Which laser would you recomment stoppit?, I am seriously considering it.
Hi Saadia,
The type of Laser used will depend on your Fitzpatrick skintype. This will be determined when you go for a consultation. Type IV or higher is treated with an ND:Yag Laser (there are a few different companies that make ND:Yag Lasers). I would find a clinic that specialises in treating Black and Asian skins; they usually have more than type of Laser to treat all skin types.
For example, my clinic uses an Apogee Elite system. It's one machine but it has both an ND:Yag Laser and an Alexandrite (Type III or lower).
Please do a search for Laser and my username - all my posts on this subject should come up. It would be worth going through them for more information.
There is a lot a client needs to know before starting. Unfortunately, even if you go to a very good clinic you still need to know things in relation to frequency of sessions, appropriate settings, what is normal/abnormal etc. It's very easy to be under-treated or end up having far more sessions than one needs (great for the clinic though).
Also bear in mind, that for Type VI and higher, ND:Yag cannot destroy follicles with finer hairs (Alexandrite can go a little further). So for example, one wouldn't see much of a reduction on the upper arm. Or if having the legs treated, once the hairs left are quite fine, it's time to stop as more treatments won't do much more.
As an example, I had 6 Laser treatments on my underarms and now finishing up the last finer hairs with electrolysis.