What you need to know
1. It's not just for girls!
No. In fact, the social zeitgeist has arguably shifted to the point of inverse: grooming is good. Some well-intentioned lasering can be a huge confidence boost if you're a bit self-conscious about those straggling hairs. Actually, the societal norms have shifted such that there's a place in Hong Kong that specialises in laser removal just for men. What are they called you say? Laser Kool !! - which makes sense, because laser's, by their very nature, are cool. Laser Kool !! have a centre that only take on male clients, with all male employees so you don't have to feel embarrassed about your unnaturally hairy balls.
2. What can you get done?
Pretty much anything you can think of—nipples, abdomen, naval, groin, armpits, fingers, back of your palms, toes, and knees. Also, don't think that once you sign on the dotted line that's it, hairless for life. You can cater how far you want to go, and they'll even help you pick 'styles' for certain areas. They even provide a service called a "Manzillian" (a male Brazilian, if you didn't already guess it). They can have your manhood looking like a work of art before you can say, "holy f**k, there's a burning laser inches away from my testicles, get me the f**k out of here!"
3. Is it permanent?
For all intents and purposes—yes, but in order to completely rid yourself of unwanted hair, you will most likely need to book a few sessions over time to get the result you're after.
4. How long does it take?
It can vary between six to eight treatments, depending on your hair and skin pigmentation and the coarseness of the hair you are treating.
5. Most importantly, is it painful?
Yeah, a bit. Imagine a six-year-old with knives for feet kicking you when you've got a hangover. Just kidding, it's actually not that bad, kind of like getting pinged with an elastic band, so more a pain in the literal hairy arse than anything.
6. How does it work?
So now you know what you can have done, you must be asking "how does it work?" Well, the treatment area is exposed to intense light of a single frequency. The pigment in the hair absorbs the light and converts it into heat energy that preferentially heats the hair and the root ball, which reduces oxygen around the hair follicle. This causes damage to the hair root and reducing the ability for the hair to regrow. Obviously.
7. How much does it cost?
This is a little tricky to answer as there's such a wide variety of areas to cover, length of treatment, amount of sessions etc... As a very rough guide, you can be looking at as little as $300 to $500 for a single session on a small area all the way up to something in the region of $20k to $30k for a full course, like getting your legs totally baldified (disclaimer: not a word), or turning a bum crack that's reminiscent of the Amazon rain forest into the Sistine Chapel of bum cracks. I'm going to stop saying bum cracks now.
Laser Kool !!, 5/F, Cameron Plaza, 23 Cameron Road, Tsim Sha Tsui | (+852) 2369 5990