What is the mirasmooth procedure?

MiraSmooth is an FDA-approved procedure that uses microwave technology to permanently remove hair and sweat from the underarm area. Dermatologist Whitney Bowe, MD, discusses how the MiraSmooth procedure works and what makes it unique.

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The device emits microwave energy that focuses on the layer of the skin where the sweat glands and the hair follicles reside.

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Mirror smooth is really the only FDA-approved procedure that simultaneously and permanently reduces both hair

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and sweat. So initially, we use this microwave technology to treat sweat, but then we started

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realizing that it was also resulting in permanent hair reduction. So the company actually went back to the drawing board, did a bunch of studies, and just recently

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got FDA approval for permanent reduction in hair as well. So the way that Mirror Smooth works is it works via microwave energy.

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So you place the device on the skin. And then the skin is drawn up into the device, and then the device emits microwave energy

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that focuses on the layer of the skin where the sweat glands and the hair follicles reside. It creates a zone of heat that permanently destroys

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those structures, and it protects the superficial skin throughout the process. So it's very safe.

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What's very unique about this procedure is that it's colorblind. So in the past, when it came to laser hair removal, we were limited.

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We could only treat people who had dark hair. But with mirror smooth, you can actually treat hair of any color.

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So it's just as effective on somebody who has blonde hair, light brown hair, gray hair, red hair. Now that's one of the biggest breakthroughs in permanent hair

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reduction in the last decade [LOGO]