Did you know that over 61 million adults in the United States live with a disability, many of whom face unique challenges in everyday tasks like hair removal?
Traditional methods such as shaving and waxing can be not only inconvenient but also painful, risky, and often inaccessible for those with physical or mental disabilities.
At SEV Laser, we believe everyone deserves to feel confident and comfortable in their own skin. That’s why we’re proud to offer inclusive and adaptive laser hair removal treatments, tailored to meet the needs of every individual. Let us help you turn a daunting task into an empowering experience.
Benefits of Laser Hair Removal for People with Disabilities
Hair removal can be a hassle for anyone but a disability can make it feel like a truly monumental effort. Even so, there’s no reason why you should endure discomfort from unwanted hair, or risk injury from hot wax and razors. Laser hair removal is an accessible method of achieving lasting hair reduction. It’s an excellent choice for everyone, including those with disabilities. With recent improvements in laser technology, laser treatment has become the gold standard for hair removal.
By trading in razors and wax for laser hair removal treatments at one of our SEV studios, you can enjoy the following benefits:
Improved pain management
Reduced risk of injury from shaving
More confidence, less embarrassment
Hair removal from blind spots or hard-to-reach places
Comfortable, accessible environment
Realistic goals and expectations
Accommodating, mindful staff
Customizing Treatments for Your Needs
Prior to your appointment, we will send you documentation to review and sign, to make sure we can treat you safely.
Either on a call the day before or right before your appointment, one of our registered nurses or laser technicians at SEV will evaluate your skin type, ask questions to better understand factors that may affect your treatment, and let you know what you can expect from your appointment.
Feel free to ask as many questions as you wish, as well! Our staff and nurses are trained to explain the technology and process we use, including the different types of lasers. We’ll be thrilled to share that information with you and help you come up with strategies that will ensure treatment success.
Depending on your skin type, we might choose between an Alexandrite or Nd:YAG laser. These advanced lasers penetrate the skin and target the hair follicle, disabling it. Alexandrite lasers emit shorter wavelengths and are more appropriate for lighter skin, while the Nd:YAG laser is safe for all skin types and is especially ideal for those with darker skin tones.
At SEV, we use the Candela GentleMax Pro or Cynosure Elite iQ. These dual-wavelength laser platforms use both lasers, allowing us to tailor the treatment to each individual client.
Creating a Comfortable and Accessible Environment
Every SEV location is designed with comfort and inclusivity in mind. Our locations are accessible to those with limited mobility. Your appointment will take place in a comfortable, professional treatment room with medical-grade equipment and protective gear like masks and gloves. .
One of the biggest concerns for many of our patients during hair removal treatment is pain. Before starting your treatment, we will always conduct a test pulse to find your ideal treatment settings. Additionally, our treatments always include advanced cooling that goes a long way toward reducing pain and side effects. Before and after each pulse of the laser, a cold gust of air cools the skin and reduces discomfort.
Laser hair removal sessions for specific parts of the body rarely exceed thirty minutes, so you won’t have to tolerate discomfort for very long. If you want a full-body treatment but have concerns about your pain tolerance, you might consider splitting it into separate sessions.
Addressing Specific Disability-Related Hair Growth Issues
One of the largest audiences for hair removal is those who experience excessive hair growth due to conditions or disabilities. Excessive hair growth or hirsutism refers to male-pattern hair growth in women. This commonly occurs on the face, chest, and back, though it can also lead to thicker hair growth on the arms and legs.
Women with hirsutism often experience hormonal imbalances caused by polycystic ovary syndrome, Cushing’s syndrome, hereditary conditions, and even medications. While laser hair removal does not stop what’s causing the excessive hair growth, it can help mitigate it. With regular sessions, you can keep hair growth in check.
Many people with disabilities also struggle to remove hair due to their disability. Limited mobility and shaky hands can make it difficult, risky, or impossible to shave safely. Waxing might seem like a solution, but it’s a lifetime commitment and can be very painful. Waxing salons aren’t always inclusive and compassionate.
If you experience hand tremors, mobility issues, or another disability that makes hair removal difficult, you might benefit the most from laser hair removal. It not only provides a more permanent option, but it can also be combined with other beauty adaptations to make the world of cosmetics more accessible to everyone.
Combining Laser Hair Removal with Adaptive Beauty Routines
Adaptive beauty refers to tips, tricks, or tools that make cosmetics easier to use for people with disabilities.
For example, makeup artists with shaky hands might put rubber bands or pencil grips on their eyeliner and lipstick to make them easier to hold. Stencils can be used to get the perfect brow or wing, and specially shaped brushes can help achieve the desired result with fewer mistakes.
While adaptive beauty used to consist mostly of DIY hacks, it’s beginning to hit the mainstream. More and more cosmetic companies are beginning to tailor their products to previously underrecognized consumers, and this includes laser hair removal.
SEV Laser caters to its customers by making hair removal less painful and more effective. If you want to maintain smoother skin with less stress and upset, laser hair removal might become a valuable tool in your adaptive beauty routine.
Expected Results and Realistic Timelines
While laser hair removal can permanently disable follicles, this doesn’t happen immediately or all at once. Before committing to laser hair removal, you should be aware of the limitations. The color of your hair, your hormones, and other factors can all affect your treatment, leading to varying results. This is why we remain transparent with customers from the beginning.
During your consultation, the specialists at SEV Laser can estimate how many laser sessions you may need, although because the process is so variable we don’t make any guarantees. Most of our clients require at least 8 sessions to see significant hair reduction, and some many need more.
You might also need touch-ups in the future to maintain your results. As long as you continue treating the area on a regular basis, the hair will continue to thin and fall out over time. Most patients see significant hair loss during the course of their treatment and onwards.
Our laser hair removal pricing is transparent and flexible, so you’ll know how much you can expect to pay up-front, with options to pay as you go or save with one of our plans.
SEV Laser: Your Advanced and Inclusive Provider
The SEV experience is designed to accommodate our entire client base. When you undergo laser hair removal at SEV, we take your individual needs into account before, during, and after every session. We customize treatment to your needs, taking things like mobility and sensory preferences into account.
SEV Laser takes pride in its professional, inclusive, and compassionate staff. Our nurses receive special training for laser hair removal systems, including the Candela GentleMax Pro and the cooling device that reduces pain and irritation.
Book Your Inclusive Treatment at SEV
By making laser hair removal more accessible and affordable, SEV is joining the adaptive beauty movement to give everyone the tools they need to feel comfortable and confident in their own skin. Beauty standards aren’t always accommodating, but the solutions can be.
Struggling with traditional forms of hair removal due to a disability? Laser hair removal can make things safer, easier, and less stressful. Get in touch to schedule a consultation and experience the SEV difference.
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This mode provides different assistive options to help users with cognitive impairments such as Dyslexia, Autism, CVA, and others, to focus on the essential elements of the website more easily.
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This mode helps users with ADHD and Neurodevelopmental disorders to read, browse, and focus on the main website elements more easily while significantly reducing distractions.
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Accessibility Statement
sevlaser.com
February 9, 2025
Compliance status
We firmly believe that the internet should be available and accessible to anyone, and are committed to providing a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience,
regardless of circumstance and ability.
To fulfill this, we aim to adhere as strictly as possible to the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 (WCAG 2.1) at the AA level.
These guidelines explain how to make web content accessible to people with a wide array of disabilities. Complying with those guidelines helps us ensure that the website is accessible
to all people: blind people, people with motor impairments, visual impairment, cognitive disabilities, and more.
This website utilizes various technologies that are meant to make it as accessible as possible at all times. We utilize an accessibility interface that allows persons with specific
disabilities to adjust the website’s UI (user interface) and design it to their personal needs.
Additionally, the website utilizes an AI-based application that runs in the background and optimizes its accessibility level constantly. This application remediates the website’s HTML,
adapts Its functionality and behavior for screen-readers used by the blind users, and for keyboard functions used by individuals with motor impairments.
If you’ve found a malfunction or have ideas for improvement, we’ll be happy to hear from you. You can reach out to the website’s operators by using the following email
Screen-reader and keyboard navigation
Our website implements the ARIA attributes (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) technique, alongside various different behavioral changes, to ensure blind users visiting with
screen-readers are able to read, comprehend, and enjoy the website’s functions. As soon as a user with a screen-reader enters your site, they immediately receive
a prompt to enter the Screen-Reader Profile so they can browse and operate your site effectively. Here’s how our website covers some of the most important screen-reader requirements,
alongside console screenshots of code examples:
Screen-reader optimization: we run a background process that learns the website’s components from top to bottom, to ensure ongoing compliance even when updating the website.
In this process, we provide screen-readers with meaningful data using the ARIA set of attributes. For example, we provide accurate form labels;
descriptions for actionable icons (social media icons, search icons, cart icons, etc.); validation guidance for form inputs; element roles such as buttons, menus, modal dialogues (popups),
and others. Additionally, the background process scans all the website’s images and provides an accurate and meaningful image-object-recognition-based description as an ALT (alternate text) tag
for images that are not described. It will also extract texts that are embedded within the image, using an OCR (optical character recognition) technology.
To turn on screen-reader adjustments at any time, users need only to press the Alt+1 keyboard combination. Screen-reader users also get automatic announcements to turn the Screen-reader mode on
as soon as they enter the website.
These adjustments are compatible with all popular screen readers, including JAWS and NVDA.
Keyboard navigation optimization: The background process also adjusts the website’s HTML, and adds various behaviors using JavaScript code to make the website operable by the keyboard. This includes the ability to navigate the website using the Tab and Shift+Tab keys, operate dropdowns with the arrow keys, close them with Esc, trigger buttons and links using the Enter key, navigate between radio and checkbox elements using the arrow keys, and fill them in with the Spacebar or Enter key.Additionally, keyboard users will find quick-navigation and content-skip menus, available at any time by clicking Alt+1, or as the first elements of the site while navigating with the keyboard. The background process also handles triggered popups by moving the keyboard focus towards them as soon as they appear, and not allow the focus drift outside it.
Users can also use shortcuts such as “M” (menus), “H” (headings), “F” (forms), “B” (buttons), and “G” (graphics) to jump to specific elements.
Disability profiles supported in our website
Epilepsy Safe Mode: this profile enables people with epilepsy to use the website safely by eliminating the risk of seizures that result from flashing or blinking animations and risky color combinations.
Visually Impaired Mode: this mode adjusts the website for the convenience of users with visual impairments such as Degrading Eyesight, Tunnel Vision, Cataract, Glaucoma, and others.
Cognitive Disability Mode: this mode provides different assistive options to help users with cognitive impairments such as Dyslexia, Autism, CVA, and others, to focus on the essential elements of the website more easily.
ADHD Friendly Mode: this mode helps users with ADHD and Neurodevelopmental disorders to read, browse, and focus on the main website elements more easily while significantly reducing distractions.
Blindness Mode: this mode configures the website to be compatible with screen-readers such as JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, and TalkBack. A screen-reader is software for blind users that is installed on a computer and smartphone, and websites must be compatible with it.
Keyboard Navigation Profile (Motor-Impaired): this profile enables motor-impaired persons to operate the website using the keyboard Tab, Shift+Tab, and the Enter keys. Users can also use shortcuts such as “M” (menus), “H” (headings), “F” (forms), “B” (buttons), and “G” (graphics) to jump to specific elements.
Additional UI, design, and readability adjustments
Font adjustments – users, can increase and decrease its size, change its family (type), adjust the spacing, alignment, line height, and more.
Color adjustments – users can select various color contrast profiles such as light, dark, inverted, and monochrome. Additionally, users can swap color schemes of titles, texts, and backgrounds, with over seven different coloring options.
Animations – person with epilepsy can stop all running animations with the click of a button. Animations controlled by the interface include videos, GIFs, and CSS flashing transitions.
Content highlighting – users can choose to emphasize important elements such as links and titles. They can also choose to highlight focused or hovered elements only.
Audio muting – users with hearing devices may experience headaches or other issues due to automatic audio playing. This option lets users mute the entire website instantly.
Cognitive disorders – we utilize a search engine that is linked to Wikipedia and Wiktionary, allowing people with cognitive disorders to decipher meanings of phrases, initials, slang, and others.
Additional functions – we provide users the option to change cursor color and size, use a printing mode, enable a virtual keyboard, and many other functions.
Browser and assistive technology compatibility
We aim to support the widest array of browsers and assistive technologies as possible, so our users can choose the best fitting tools for them, with as few limitations as possible. Therefore, we have worked very hard to be able to support all major systems that comprise over 95% of the user market share including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Opera and Microsoft Edge, JAWS and NVDA (screen readers).
Notes, comments, and feedback
Despite our very best efforts to allow anybody to adjust the website to their needs. There may still be pages or sections that are not fully accessible, are in the process of becoming accessible, or are lacking an adequate technological solution to make them accessible. Still, we are continually improving our accessibility, adding, updating and improving its options and features, and developing and adopting new technologies. All this is meant to reach the optimal level of accessibility, following technological advancements. For any assistance, please reach out to
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