Smooth skin, session after session.

For 48 hours: heat, sweat, and friction. That means no saunas, steam rooms, hot tubs, hot baths, swimming pools, or intense exercise.

For two weeks: SPF 50 on any treated skin that will see daylight, and no sunbeds or self-tanner. For five days on the face: no retinoids, AHAs, BHAs, or scrubs. Use unscented moisturiser, wear loose cotton clothing for the first day, and expect mild redness and small raised bumps around the follicles for a few hours — that reaction means the treatment worked. You get a written aftercare card at every session.

Yes. Our 808 nm diode laser is safe and effective across Fitzpatrick skin types I to VI, including deeply pigmented skin, when the settings are correct.

The risk on darker skin comes from lasers that cannot distinguish between melanin in the hair and melanin in the skin. Longer wavelengths bypass more of the surface pigment, and contact cooling protects the epidermis while the follicle heats. What matters more than the machine, though, is the operator: every client gets a patch test first, and we record the exact settings your skin tolerated so every subsequent session is calibrated to you rather than to an average.

Most clients need 6 to 8 sessions spaced 4 to 6 weeks apart for 70–90% permanent hair reduction. Facial and male hormonal areas usually need 8 to 12.

Hair grows in cycles, and laser only destroys follicles that are in their active growth phase on the day you are treated. That is why the spacing between sessions matters as much as the number of them. At your free patch test we give you a realistic figure for your hair type and the area you want treated, in writing, before you pay for anything.

Single sessions at our clinic run from $49 for the upper lip to $189 for full legs, and courses of six are priced at roughly a 15% discount. Every price is published on our treatments page.

Buying a course is almost always cheaper than paying session by session, because nobody gets a lasting result from one session. Courses are valid for 18 months and are transferable between areas of equal value. Payment plans are available on courses over $500, with no interest on our in-house instalments.

Yes — shaving is the only hair removal method you should use during a laser course.

Shaving cuts the hair at the surface and leaves the follicle and root intact, which is exactly what the laser needs to find at your next session. Waxing, plucking, threading, epilating, and depilatory creams all remove or damage the root, which removes the target. Doing any of those within four weeks of a session wastes that session.

Most people describe it as a warm rubber-band snap rather than pain, and rate it 2 to 4 out of 10 on the body.

Our diode handpiece cools the skin to about 4°C as it fires, which makes the biggest single difference to comfort. Coarse, dense areas like the bikini line and Brazilian are more intense than legs or arms, and free numbing cream is available for those — apply it 30 minutes before your appointment. Sessions also get noticeably easier as hair density drops through the course.