Comments on: Why can’t black skinned people use some laser hair removal machines?

By: mms

mms — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:12:59 +0000

The laser sees 2 colors (light and dark)
The skin must be light enough to be separate from the hair
The laser "fries" the hair root because it’s dark (it heats it up and kills it)
And if the skin and hair are the same color it will basically just burn the entire area treated (yeah it’ll remove the hair)
But the skin will blister horribly!

I’m sure they’ll find a way for black people to have permanent hair removal soon =)
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By: Abby

Abby — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:33:59 +0000

There is too much melanin in their skin for lasers to have any affect.
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By: jais

jais — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:10:59 +0000

cause the laser must identify the difference between the hair and the skin, that why light skin with blonde or light hair also not a good candidate for laser

this is real info, i watched Oprah.

Dr.Oz is my witness
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