Super-Useful Guide to Laser Hair Removal

Facial hair not only causes irritation, redness, and discomfort, but it also makes many women and men feel self-conscious about their appearance.

As a result, they spend a great deal of time and money shaving, waxing, plucking, and threading, just to have to repeat the process all over again.

However, there’s a better way. Laser hair removal can be used treat virtually any part of the body and is also a safe and effective way to defuzz your face.

Keep reading for our super-useful guide to laser hair removal and learn if it’s right for you.

What Is Laser Hair Removal?

Laser hair removal is a non-invasive, non-surgical treatment that targets unwanted hair with light-based energy.

By focusing concentrated light beams on pigment in the hair root, laser hair removal destroys follicles and produces permanent reduction in hair growth.

The treatment is quick, comfortable, and requires zero-downtime.

Following six sessions, spaced six-to-eight weeks apart, patients can eliminate 60-90 percent of hair in the treatment area.

Plus, you can see significant improvement one-to-three weeks after your first session.

Does Laser Hair Removal Work on the Face?

Laser hair removal can safely and effectively eliminate dark, coarse hair on the lip, chin, neck, and sideburns.

In fact, many patients are forgoing waxing, plucking, and threading, which produce temporary results and can lead to redness, ingrown hairs, razor burn, in favor of this long-lasting alternative.

Laser hair removal for the face works in much the same way as it does for the rest of the body.

However, when it comes to this area, patients should take extra precaution to avoid sun exposure before and after the procedure as well as forgoing saunas, steam rooms, and intense exercise for at least 24 hours.

It’s also recommended to discontinue retinols, scrubs, and acid washes for two days before or after laser hair removal on the face.

Finally, be sure to remove any make-up prior to your treatment.

Can You Use Laser Hair Removal on Your Eyebrows?

The eyebrows are one of the few areas that laser hair removal cannot treat, due to proximity to the eyes. Additionally, eyebrow shaping requires precise removal of specific hairs.

While laser hair removal selectively targets pigment, it is not able to spot reduce specific follicles the same way as plucking or threading the eyebrows.

What’s more, patients with light, downy hair, commonly known as peach fuzz, are not ideal candidates for laser hair removal. That’s because this type of hair lacks the necessary melanin to produce desired effects.

If you are considering laser hair removal for your body or face, please contact our office today to schedule a consultation with one of our highly skilled and experienced laser specialists.