Your doctor may initially call you for an assessment of the area with undesired and unwanted hair. If required a hormonal profile may be ordered by the doctor to find out if there is an underlying hormonal imbalance that is leading to the excess growth of hair.

If there is an underlying hormonal imbalance the doctor may start the patient on some hormonal medicines to correct the underline imbalance before starting the laser treatment process. Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common underlying factor that may lead to Excessive hair growth over the facial area.

Before starting the laser treatment process, the hair over the area is typically shaped off with a razor or an electric trimmer. This allows the laser light to target the hair roots and efficiently penetrate and reach the hair roots. Plucking the hair or waxing the hair prior to treatment is to be avoided.

Depending on the area for Laser hair treatment, a session will last for a few minutes. A laser over the face can be typically completed in 15 minutes time.

Benefits Of Laser hair removal

Laser hair removal is a wonderful gift of technology that can help patients deal with undesired and unwanted hair over any part of the body.

Laser hair removal can be used to target unwanted hair over any area of the body for example underarms, the beard area, moustache, for beard shaping, the extra hair in between the eyebrows, chest area and even the bikini area.

With every treatment session of Laser hair reduction, the hair in the area tends to show delayed growth. Even after the first session of laser, the hair may show at least a 25% decrease in the rate of regrowth. With every successive session, the rate of Regrowth continuously decreases till we can achieve an 80% – 85% reduction in the rate of Hair Regrowth.

Other than that decreased rate of Regrowth the thickness of hair also tends to decrease with every successive session. The hair which was initially hard and coarse tend to become fine with every laser session. The colour of hair also tends to become lighter and the dark black hair tends to become fine and light brown in colour with every laser treatment session.

Depending on different areas of the body it may generally take around 4 to 8 sessions to achieve a significant hair reduction over a particular area.

What to expect after a laser hair reduction session

Immediately after the session, there might be some amount of redness or erythema over the treatment area. Some patients with a complaint of burning sensation over the treatment area. This can be managed by giving cold compresses or using ice packs to sooth the area. The redness will typically settle down one to two hours after the treatment.

There is no persistent pain after the treatment and the patient can go to work immediately after or at the maximum on the next day after the treatment session.

Side effects of laser hair reduction

Laser hair reduction is generally a very safe process. Unlike the misconception of people that procedure is painful Laser hair reduction is generally perceived by most patients as painless. Most patients may experience a mild warmth or a burning sensation over the area during the procedure. Some areas may be more sensitive like the upper lip, the underarms or the bikini areas and patients may experience more discomfort over these areas.

 Aftercare following Laser hair removal

you may be given cooling masks or Ice packs following a laser treatment session to take care of the redness or the warm sensation that is felt after treatment.

Sunscreen is generally applied after the laser treatment session to protect the treatment area from ultraviolet rays of the sunlight.

The patients can wash the area and use a soap or a face wash typically within a couple of hours after the treatment session.