What precautions should be taken before and after treatment?
Avoid the sun 4-6 weeks before and after treatment.
Avoid plucking or waxing hair for 6 weeks prior to treatment. If you have had a
history of lip herpes, prophylactic antiviral medication may be prescribed.
If you have a tan or have a dark skin,
a bleaching cream is started 2-4 weeks
before treatment.
How many treatments will I need?
Hair grows in cycles: ‘active’ phase, followed by ‘resting’ phase, etc. The number of
treatments required depends upon your
skin type, hair colour and hair coarseness. Everyone will require at least 3 treatments
as the process is only effective on hairs
during their ‘active’ growing cycle. Repeated sessions will be necessary to treat the follicles that were in the ‘resting’ phase when they re-enter the ‘active’ phase.
What are the possible complications?
Like any other laser treatment, complications are possible but uncommon, temporary or permanent, such as infection, inflammatory reaction, skin discoloration (hypopigmentation, hyperpigmentation), redness, scarring poor hair response, etc.
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