Laser Hair Removal Pricing

The demand for laser hair removal has sky rocketed thanks to improved results and reliability as an effect of advancement in laser technology. One of the first things people ask about is the costs involved in such a treatment. The short answer: it depends. The long answer, well, this is the long answer.
As with most cosmetic procedures, pricing is done on a case by case basis depending on a number of factors.
There are three factors that influence the hair removal cost by laser treatment. First, it depends on what area of the body the hair will be removed from.
Facial hair removal is very different from hair removal of the backside because of the difference in the skin. The second influence is the number of repeat sessions required. Obviously, the performing doctor will charge more if more work is involved across multiple sessions. The third influence in cost is the doctor and how much the doctor charges for his or her work. When consulting with a doctor about the procedure, it’s a good idea to ask how
they charge and get an approximation of the total costs if you do decide to follow through with the procedure.
Different clinics use a variety of methods to come up with the final bill for the procedure. Some will charge on based solely on time, and usually by the minute. Some will charge a flat fee for each session or a series of sessions. Others will charge per laser pulse. There are other methods but these are the three most common ways laser hair removal is priced.
When a clinic is using time as the basis for billing, there are a few key factors. The number one on the patient’s part is the amount of hair involved.
That is the overall amount of hair follicles regardless of whether it is across a large area, or a lot of hair in a small concentrated area. The other two factors depend on how fast the person performing the procedure operates the laser hair zapping equipment, and the speed of the laser machine itself.
Most places use 15 minute increments so your final cost depends on how many 15 minute increments are needed to get the work done.
Flat Fee pricing method can be for a seriers of treatments or per single treatment. The flat fee will be the same for all patients having the same specific area of their bodies treated, no matter of the amount of hair they need removed.
The other form of pricing is the charge per pulse. Laser hair removal works by firing a laser beam to damage hair follicles and each firing is a pulse.
Each pulse lasts less than a second and can penetrate about a hundred hair follicles. This seems like a very fair way of pricing since more pulses will be required to remove more hair and therefore a person that only wants light treatment will be charged less than a patient with more hair to be
removed.
Some places will first charge a price for a minimum number of pulses. Most places will charge about a dollar per pulse above the initial minimum number of pulses. Over a period of treatments, there will be less hair to be removed and the cost per session becomes less. The price per pulse changes according to the laser needed because different lasers target different amounts of hair.
Regardless of the pricing methods, the individual and the area to be treated is really what determine whether to cost will be higher or lower. The amount of hair in that particular area, the thickness of the hair, and the number of treatments required to complete the job is what really determines the costs of laser hair removal.