Laser hair removal is an efficient, long-term way to permanently get rid of unwanted body and facial hair. While lasers tend to produce permanent results, sometimes new hair will reemerge, although usually finer and lighter in color than its original strands.
As not all hairs are at the same stage of growth at the time of treatment, some could be in catagen while others in telogen phase.
How Many Treatments Are Needed?
Laser hair removal uses light energy to target and damage hair follicles responsible for producing unwanted hair, while traditional methods like waxing or shaving merely remove surface-level strands of unwanted tresses. Lasers penetrate to reach deeper, reaching deep down into each follicle so it no longer produces hair; leading to permanent reduction in treatment areas.
To achieve maximum effectiveness, it’s crucial that your entire course of treatment sessions is completed as intended. This is due to hair follicles being at various stages in their growth cycle throughout each treatment session and needing to be damaged before they can stop producing hair growth. Interrupting their cycle too early or too late will only make achieving your desired result harder.
Once your full course of laser hair removal treatments is over, regrowth should not be an issue for months or even years if at all. When any hair does return it typically becomes finer and lighter in color compared to its predecessors removed during laser therapy sessions. Maintenance laser treatments may need to be repeated annually in order to stop hair follicles regrowing hair.
Laser treatment also provides another benefit of hair removal: eliminating ingrown hairs caused by waxing or shaving. Removing these painful ingrowns is often painful, leaving bumps or redness behind – so it’s reassuring that laser treatments provide a solution.
When choosing a clinic or doctor to perform laser hair removal treatments on you, ensure they are board certified in dermatology or cosmetic surgery and have experience treating your specific skin type. Be wary of spas or salons which allow nonmedical personnel to administer laser treatments as these may not possess sufficient training and experience to do it safely.
How Long After Treatment Will You See Results?
Laser hair removal involves pulses of light energy that use pulsed light energy to destroy hair follicles, thus stopping their ability to grow new hair. It is one of the five nonsurgical cosmetic treatments most frequently performed in the US, and can be applied on nearly any part of the body – it provides a fast, safe, effective method to eliminate unwanted hair without shaving, waxing or plucking!
Laser treatment works by targeting pigment in your hair follicles, heating up their cells with laser light energy and ultimately dissolving them. After multiple sessions, hair follicles will stop producing hair altogether.
Dependent upon the color and coarseness of your hair, as well as other influences like hormonal shifts, you may require multiple or less treatments in order to reach the results that you seek. Keep in mind that laser performance may differ between practitioners and may have an effect on your experience.
Most patients report significant reductions in hair growth after only several sessions; however, this will depend on several factors including color and thickness of your hair as well as laser type used, treatment area area being addressed, duration of each session as well as any hormonal influences such as changes.
Once the results of your laser hair removal procedure have been realized, you will no longer require shaving and waxing, both of which can lead to irritation and ingrown hairs. Regrowth remains possible; therefore touch-up sessions every four to six weeks for several years post initial laser treatment are required to keep up the benefits.
Your laser hair removal should only be administered by a trained medical professional who meets set standards of training, skill, and insurance coverage. Whenever possible, try finding a clinic licensed by your local health authority or regulatory body as this will give you extra peace of mind should any issues arise during or after treatment.
How Long Will It Take to See Results?
People often assume that hair will start falling out immediately following laser treatments, but this isn’t always true. Within the first week following treatment, shedding of hair is normal and may appear like new growth as damaged hair follicles shed rather than grow back out and return to their anagen stage of the cycle. Patients should avoid picking at or tweezing out shed hairs as they shed from treatment sessions; moisturizing will also be important.
Once the first week is over, hair regrowth should become less noticeable and occur less frequently. Patients typically require four to eight sessions to achieve desired results depending on which body part they’re treating. To maximize results and ensure long-term improvement it’s essential that all appointments be kept and maintenance appointments scheduled after your initial series has concluded; otherwise your results could suffer over time and become less impressive over time.
Hair that does regrowth is typically lighter and less dense due to damage done to follicles by laser treatments, yet not permanently destroyed; thus leading to sparse growth during its anagen phase only.
Refining any post-laser hair removal regrowth, the most effective strategy is to return to LH Spa & Rejuvenation for additional treatments, especially during periods of hormonal fluctuations, such as during pregnancy or menopause. This is particularly effective during these transitional times.
Multiple sessions may be necessary in order to see results, since each individual’s hair follicles are at various points in their cycle and need time to reach an anagen phase before dormant ones become targeted by laser treatment. Therefore, multiple visits must occur in order to target all of them with equal chance for destruction by laser.
Will Hair Grow Back After Laser Hair Removal?
Unwanted body hair can be an expensive, time-consuming and frustrating hassle for both women and men. Traditional methods for removal such as shaving and waxing only produce temporary results that last several days or weeks at best; for those seeking long-term solutions to this nuisance, laser hair removal provides a permanent solution with results lasting years. Laser treatment damages hair follicles so they cannot produce new hair growth; though some follicles may survive and regrow again later.
After laser treatments, hair will typically grow back lighter or thinner due to the laser only targeting hair follicles in their active (anagen) stage of growth; those in dormant or catagen stages will remain unaffected and continue growing hair in their usual way. Anyone hoping for permanent smooth hair should schedule regular touch-up sessions in order to address any regrowth that occurs.
After going through their initial round of laser hair removal treatments, most individuals do not experience any regrowth after their first few treatment sessions. For best results, people should avoid activities which cause sweating or overheating after laser therapy as these could hinder healing processes and slow recovery times. Furthermore, individuals should make an ongoing commitment to hair removal maintenance routine and sun protection habits post laser treatment.
Laser hair removal is a safe, effective, and long-term way to get rid of unwanted hair. As an elective procedure it offers permanent results for those tired of spending money and time shaving, waxing or trying other ineffective hair removal methods like threading. Should any regrowth appear after treatment there are strategies available to manage it so it remains sparse and fine.
Are you ready to say goodbye to the hassle and expense of shaving, waxing and other forms of hair removal? Call Metro Dermatology in Elmhurst today and arrange your consultation! Our board-certified specialists are on hand to provide long-lasting smooth skin.
