Waxing

jalpari90 · March 30, 2010, 9:14am

Legs, bikini, underarms all done. Currently doing 3/4 arms. I’m not 100% hair free in those areas as that’s not what Laser is - it’s a permanent reduction not complete hair removal. I would say I have 90% reduction in most areas but that 10% left is fine and barely noticeable.

Laser won’t give good (or usually any) results where the hair is fine such as stomach, back, upper arms and face. You can search for ‘Laser’ in this section of the forums for all the info I have written in the past. It will explain everything clearly. People keep doing and doing treatments in these areas (sometimes for 2 years or more), thinking it’s working coz they get shedding and ‘hair-free’ periods but the follicles aren’t actually permanently disabled.

For example, after 6 underarm treatments, I finished off the remaining fine hairs with electrolysis. Electrolysis cost less than a 7th Laser treatment and actually killed those remaining follicles; it was unlikey that Laser would have been able to.

mkd: It depends on a lot of things - how course and dark the hair is, how in ‘sycn’ the hair is on your first treatment (Laser will only damage follicles in the growth phase), what settings are used.
my underarms took 6 treatments, lower leg 3, front of thighs 4, bikini 3.
Clinics will never tell you that you can achieve such good and rapid results, you really need to do your research how to get the most out of them. They say typically 6 minimum.

AH right. Nice sharing. How painful is electrolysis? And the cost part is unanswered?