Diode laser, considered.
From £35.
Real medical-grade 800nm diode with real-time contact cooling. Safe for all six Fitzpatrick types. Five minutes from Bank.
Five quick questions, five quick answers.
I have darker skin. Last clinic said it wouldn't work for me.
I have PCOS. Will this actually help?
I tried laser once at a chain and they pushed me into a £1,500 package.
Will it hurt?
How many sessions will I actually need?
All six.
Including yours.
The 800nm diode is built for the full Fitzpatrick scale. We patch-test at every consultation to confirm settings are right for your skin specifically. Read the full Fitzpatrick V–VI guide →
Six things to know before you book.
Laser works on the active hair follicle. A few things compromise that — and a few others compromise your skin. Here's what we'd want you to know before a session, not while you're sitting in the chair.
Stop waxing, plucking and threading.
For the six weeks before your first session, do not wax, pluck, thread, or use depilatory creams on the area. Laser targets the follicle. If the hair has been pulled out at the root, there's nothing for the laser to find. Shaving is fine and encouraged — shave the area 24 hours before you come in.
No Accutane in the past 6 months.
Isotretinoin (Accutane / Roaccutane) thins the skin and dramatically increases the risk of burns and scarring from laser. If you've taken it in the past six months, we won't treat you — no exceptions. Please tell us at consultation; it changes the timeline, not the outcome.
Avoid sun and self-tanner for 4 weeks before.
An active tan — sunbed, holiday, or self-applied — changes how the laser reads your skin. It increases the risk of hyperpigmentation and forces us to drop fluence settings. Cover up, use SPF 30+ daily, and skip the self-tan for four weeks before each session and one month after.
Mention cold sores, keloids, infections.
A history of cold sores in or near the treatment area, a tendency to form keloid scars, or any active skin infection are things we need to know at consultation. None of them are automatic disqualifiers — we adjust the plan accordingly. Pregnancy is a pause, not a cancellation.
We don't treat eyebrows or eyelashes.
Areas around the orbital bone — eyebrows, eyelashes, the immediate eye area — are not safe for laser hair removal at any clinic. The energy can refract into the eye. For brow shaping, see Manisha; for upper lip, sideburn or chin, we can absolutely help.
Aloe vera, no sauna for 48 hours.
You leave with a tube of aloe vera gel — apply morning and night for three to four days. Skin is photosensitised for 48 hours, so avoid hot baths, saunas, jacuzzis, pools and heavy gym sessions. Showers fine, lukewarm. Sunblock daily.
None of this is medical advice — it's pre-treatment guidance specific to laser hair removal, drawn from the Venus Velocity manufacturer protocol that Mikki is trained on. We talk through all of it at your free consultation.
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No "from £X." The price is the price.
A course of six is the price of five — pay five, receive six. Sessions never expire. We don't list "RRP" or "save £X" — there is no discount theatre.
March 2024
★★★★★
"Mikki is wonderful — calming, knowledgeable, and the results have been exactly what she said they'd be. I wouldn't go anywhere else."
Danielle · client since 2020
A patch test, a Fitzpatrick check, no obligation.
Thirty minutes. Bookable on weekday lunches or after-work hours. Free.
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