Treatment Information     5 Best Budget Beauty Tips 7 Tips to the Perfect Facial Acupuncture Aromatherapy Bio Sculpture Gel Bleaching Body Wraps Cleansing Day Makeup Ear Piercing Electrolysis Evening Makeup Exfoliation/Facial scrubs Eye Lash Extensions Eye Lash Perming Eyebrow Shaping Eyelash/Brow Tinting Face Masks Facial Massage Galvanic Treatment High Frequency Hopi Ear Candles Hot Stone Massage Indian Head Massage IPL Ellipse - Intense Pulse Light Manicure Micro-Dermabrasion Minx Nails Nutritional Therapy Oxygen Therapy Pedicure QX Health Test Red Veins Reflexology Reiki Semi-Permanent Pigmentation Sunscreen - No Longer Optional Waxing Your first visit to a salon IPL Ellipse - Intense Pulse Light Hair Removal How does Ellipse Hair Removal Work ? To achieve long lasting or permanent hair reduction, it is necessary to destroy the hair follicle from which individual hairs grow. Well controlled pulses of light penetrate the upper skin layer and are absorbed by one of the body's own natural chemicals - melanin - in the hair contained in the follicle. Melanin converts the light energy into heat. This heat is transferred to the hair follicle, which is destroyed, making it unable to produce a new hair. The treatment is only effective on growing hairs as these are still attached to the follicle. The majority of our hair is in the resting phase which explains why more than one treatment is necessary. This technique is called "Selective Photothermolysis".