If you shave your legs three times a week, that is roughly 150 times a year and somewhere near forty hours of your life. Six to eight sessions and that number goes to almost nothing — no stubble by evening, no nicks, no razor burn behind the knee.
Legs are the largest area most people treat, which makes them the area where the difference is most obvious day to day. It is also the area clients most often say they should have done years earlier.
Shave both legs the night before or the morning of your appointment. Do not wax or epilate for four weeks beforehand, and stop retinoids and strong acids a week before.
The appointment runs about forty minutes for full legs. You lie down, one leg is treated at a time in sections, and the chilled applicator glides continuously rather than stamping. Most clients read or talk through it.
Expect mild pinkness and a warm feeling like light sunburn for a few hours. Skip the gym, hot showers and saunas for twenty-four hours — heat plus freshly treated follicles is the main cause of irritation.
Treated hairs shed over the next one to three weeks, which looks like slow regrowth but is not. Between sessions you may shave normally. Book four to six weeks apart; legs sit at the longer end of that range because leg hair cycles more slowly than underarm or bikini hair.
A Georgetown client after six sessions. Results depend on hair colour and thickness, hormones, and how closely the schedule is kept.
Prices are per session. Combining areas is usually cheaper than booking them separately — the Full Body package at $200 covers face, arms, legs, underarms and Brazilian together.
About forty minutes. The Soprano treats in continuous motion rather than individual pulses, so even a large area moves quickly.
Yes. Half legs is a common starting point, particularly for clients who mostly wear trousers in winter. Ask at your consultation and Sukh will price it for you.
Honestly, not well. The laser targets pigment in the hair, so blonde, red, grey and white hair responds poorly no matter which machine is used. Sukh will tell you at the patch test rather than take your money for six sessions that will not work.
Yes, and you should — shaving does not affect your results at all. What you must avoid between sessions is waxing, plucking and epilating, because those remove the follicle the laser needs to find.
Moles are covered and treated around, never over. Varicose veins are generally not a contraindication but mention them at your consultation so Sukh can assess the area properly.
Two weeks before and after each session, and no self-tanner in that window either. Treating recently tanned skin is the single most common cause of complications, which is why the answer is a firm no rather than a maybe.
Twenty minutes, a patch test, and honest answers about what laser can and cannot do for your skin and hair. No pressure, no obligation.