Needle epilation: Gentle hair removal for your skin health

Permanent hair removal with needle epilation is gentler and more efficient on tattoos than laser treatment. Laser treatment requires a colour contrast between skin and hair to make sure the light pulse works in the right place to destroy the hair follicles. In tattooed skin, hair cannot be dealt with and the tattoo pigmentation causes other skin areas to be targeted rather than those planned.

The laser light destroys the colour pigments in the tattoo and therefore removes the tattoo, but not the hair. If there is unwanted hair on the tattooed skin, needle epilation ensures gentle and permanent hair removal. The gentle electrical impulse does not affect the colour pigments of the tattoo, but works only on the hair follicles.

As with tattoos and birthmarks, white hair lacks the skin colour contrast to make laser depilation successful. However, needle epilation is adapted to individual hair conditions and manually applies the electrical impulse to the follicle at the root of the hair. This is also easily possible with fine and thin downy hair as well as with white hair and offers effective and permanent hair removal here too.

Blood congestion may occur after treatment. The use of a cold water compress, warm baths with soda and Epsom salt, disinfection in areas prone to infection (24 hours) and the use of a soothing lotion are all recommended.

After treatment, the skin may be irritated, develop small pimples or pustules, or develop a little blood congestion. We recommend using cold water compresses, lukewarm baths with soda or Epsom salt, mild skin disinfection and care with mild products that contain active ingredients like aloe vera or Bephanol.

For a period of at least 24 hours, wear light clothing made of natural and soft fabrics such as cotton or linen in order to keep skin irritation as low as possible.