Laser Hair Removal - What to know

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Re: Laser Hair Removal - What to know

@stoppit

Laser is good for coarse areas - i.e bikini line, underarms, lower legs.

Most ladies don’t have coarse enough hair on the rest of their arms for good/significant results. You can get a reduction if the settings are good. I did.

The waxing/spacing thing is only for Laser and it is contrary to what you will hear from the clinics themselves, so it’s up to you if you want to follow this advice or their advice.

You are supposed to shave the area before your Laser session. I always left a small patch of hair so the tech could see how coarse/fine it was and adjust the settings accordingly. But many clinics don’t even care to look as they are interested in providing the most effective treatment. You can shave between treatments but I advise not doing it too often so you can actually observe the hair growth and therefore when you need to go back for a session. But of course, if there is something you want to be hair free for, it’s not a problem if you shave.

For electrolysis, I would advise not doing anything. Shaving can seriously slow down your treatment. But the aim with electrolysis is to get the area clear asap through regular sessions and then maintain this clearing, with sessions booked when required. Therefore, you shouldn’t have issues with being hairy.

I will pm you some recs. If you can show me a photo of your leg and arm hair it may help you. I can advise on whether it seems thick enough to give a decent response to Laser.

The issue with Laser is that you can get shedding and hair free periods even on finer hair. But hair is too fine to cause sufficient damage to the follicle to permanently damage it. So when you stop treatments, the hairs will just grow back normally.

Personally, I think Laser on hair that doesn’t get killed is worse for it than not doing anything.

Thanks for the great tips. I’ve PM’d you some pics