How to prepare for laser hair removal treatment visit?

Before starting laser hair removal treatments at My Beauty Basics please go through the information in this article. It should help to save time during your visit and help you to prepare for the treatment day.

Consultation and Patch Test

Please note it is madatory to book a free consultation and patch test visit at least 48 hours before treatment can actually take place. This ensures the suitability of the skin area to the laser hair removal treatment and ensure any medical conditions and medications can be considered before starting the treatment.

Consultation Documents

Please review and familiarise yourself with the below documents before your consultation and patch test visit. This will save time to read, review and sign the documents during your visit.

Medical History Questionnaire

Medical history questionnaire is one of the most important document that helps us to determine the suitability of the laser hair removal treatments for you. It helps the therapist to establish any contraindications and give you advice to seek further consent from your GP before treatment can be carried out.

Our treatments protocol is created and governed by recognised expert medical practitioner Dr Ross Martin (M.B., Ch.B, MRCGP, FRACGP, DRCOG). If needed we can consult Dr Ross Martin to seek further guidence if for certain medications your are taking or medical conditions you may have, contradict with the laser treatments.

Laser Hair Removal for Diabetic Clients

For diabetic clients it is possible for us to carry out limited laser hair removal treatments provided certain pre-conditions are met. All clients with diabetes will need to complete additional questionnaire shown below.

Informed Consent Booklet

Informed consent booket is provided during the visit so that you are fully aware of all aspects of the laser hair treatments. Please read through this booklet before your visit. Reading the booklet beforehand will help you to have your questions ready for the therapist, to be asked during your visit.

After care Instructions Booklet

After care play an important part in the overall laser hair removal treatment process. Aftercare instructions helps to maintain the efficacy of the laser hair removal treatment.

Fitzpatrick Skin Typing

Analysing the skin type correctly helps to use the correct setting of the laser hair removal device therefore contributes to effectiveness of the treatment. Your thearapist will calculate the overall score and perform a further skin analysis to conclude the skin type. Your help will be needed to circle against the scale of each personal attributes relevant to you.

Shaving Requirement

Please shave the area(s) at least 24 hours before you are planning to get rid of unwanted hair in preparation for the patch test and each time you visit for your laser hair removal appointment.

No Waxing

To ensure that we can produce effective results for the laser hair removal treatments we need to request you to stop using wax hair removal method 3-4 weeks in advance. You can continue to use waxing for hair removal from other areas of the body that are not going to be treated by laser hair removal.

Fitzpatrick skin types for laser hair removal

Why is it important to know your Fitzpatrick skin type when considering the laser hair removal treatments?

Accurate skin typing is one of the most important information needed to obtain desirable results from the laser treatments. During your consultation visit you will be asked a series of questions to determine your skin type from the Fitzpatrick scale of 1 to 6.

Read through the below sections to know your skin type in preparation for your consultation appointment for the laser hair removal treatments.

Fitzpatrick Skin Type 1

Below table shows common attributes for the type 1 skin.

Natural Skin Colour	​Very fair
Natural Hair	Red or Blonde
Natural Eyes	Light blue, grey or green
Skin Characterstics (on exposure to direct sun)	Always burns, Never Tans, Freckles
Common Ethnicity	Nordic Europeann Caucasian

Fitzpatrick Skin Type 2

Below table shows common attributes for the type 2 skin.

Natural Skin Colour	Very fair to light
Natural Hair	Red, Blonde
Natural Eyes	​Blue, green, Hazel
Skin Characterstics (on exposure to direct sun)	Usually burns, Tans with difficulty
Common Ethnicity	European Caucasian

Fitzpatrick Skin Type 3

Below table shows common attributes for the type 3 skin.

Natural Skin Colour	Fair to Light
​Natural Hair	Any
​Natural Eyes	Any
​Skin Characterstics (on exposure to direct sun)	Sometimes Mild Burn, Gradually Tans
​Common Ethnicity	Most Common Caucasian Skin Type

Fitzpatrick Skin Type 4

Below table shows common attributes for the type 4 skin.

​Natural Skin Colour	​Fair to Olive/Light Brown
​​Natural Hair	Any
​Natural Eyes	Any
​Skin Characterstics (on exposure to direct sun)	​Rarely Burns, Tans With Ease
​Common Ethnicity	Mediterranean Caucasian and Fair Asian

Fitzpatrick Skin Type 5

Below table shows common attributes for the type 5 skin.

​Natural Skin Colour	Light Brown/Medium Brown​
​​Natural Hair	Brown to Black
​​Natural Eyes	Brown
​Skin Characterstics (on exposure to direct sun)	Very Rarely Burns, Tans Very Easily
​​Common Ethnicity	Middle Eastern, Native Indian and Asian

Fitzpatrick Skin Type 6

Below table shows common attributes for the type 6 skin.

​​Natural Skin Colour	Dark Brown to Black
​​Natural Hair	Brown to Black
​Natural Eyes	Brown to Black
​Skin Characterstics (on exposure to direct sun)	Never Burns, Tans Easily
​Common Ethnicity	African, Southern MidEastern, Caribbean

Want to know more about how are we supporting our customers to save money on laser treatments? Please continue to read.

How to save money on treatments?

Complete price list for laser hair removal can be found from below link. Please note an important requirement before treatment can be carried out is for you to attend a free consultation and patch testing appointment. This is also visible in the below price list as free item.

Price list

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Why Venus Velocity Diode Laser Machine?

We have chosen Venus Velocity medical grade diode laser machine for hair removal due to its gold standard efficacy and power.

Suitable for all skin types

Diode laser technology used in the Venus Velocity is safe, comfortable results in ultra fast treatment times and is effective for all skin types. Its proven efficacy is setting the new gold standard in laser hair removal.

Venus velocity has 3 ergonomic applicators designed for precesion targeting of the hair to produce different spot sizes in different areas of the body.

Smallest tip size is most suitable to target small areas like upper lips, sideburns or fingers. Medium tip suitable for areas line underarms, shoulders or half arms whereas large tip being suitable for large to extra large target areas like full back or full legs.

Revolutionary Real time Cooling System

Real time cooling system in the Venus Velocity checks the applicator tip's temeprature 1000 times a second to ensure safe and very comfortable treatment experience.

No downtime

Our customers being able to return to their regular routine has been one of the important decision when short listing the technology we wanted to adopt at My Beauty Basics. There is really no downtime after treatment session with the Venus velocity.

Why Laser and not IPL?

We wanted to ensure that we are able to produce desirable results for our customers. With the Venus Velocity diode laser hair removal machine we have the highest power laser, medical grade class 4 device. IPL devices although can be used for hair removal, they are mainly multi purpose devices with more effective results for skin rejuvenlation related treatments and possibilities of resticted hair removal treatments.

With our decision to not opt in for IPL for hair removal treatments we have the most powerful, dedicated, safe, fast and effective results based permanent hair reduction solution. Effective long lasting results are produced in lower number of treatments visits than IPL based hair removal techniques. Venus Velocity customers reports visible results consistently after 2-3 treatments. Although it may be tempeting to stop treatments after 3 visits but we recommend to continue with treatment visits to produce permanent hair reduction.

Where to start from?

It all start with analysing and skin typing. Being able to describe the correct skin type is at the core of achieving effective hair removal results. To know your Fitzpatrick skin type continue to read.

What is your skin type?

Want to know more about how are we supporting our customers to save money on laser treatments? Please continue to read.

How to save money on treatments?

Complete price list for laser hair removal can be found from below link. Please note an important requirement before treatment can be carried out is for you to attend a free consultation and patch testing appointment. This is also visible in the below price list as free item.

Price list

Browse through frequently asked questions (FAQs) we get from clients about the laser hair removal treatments. Please give us indication that content is helpful to you through the heart sign show on the right hand side below.