When is my next laser hair removal session?

 

For LHR, timing between each session is essential, not only to obtain the most ultimate long-term result in hair removal/reduction, but also to minimise hypertrichosis risks. Your 1st & 2nd sessions should be between 6 to 8 weeks apart. Then subsequent 3rd to 6th session should be between 6 weeks to 6 months apart. 

 

Since laser/IPL works effectively for hair only in anagen. When to resume next LHR session? Not too soon while more density of hair is still required & not too late when hair grow out too long - hair may no longer be in anagen phase of hair growth cycle. These can ruin your ultimate result to have the uttermost reduction. Resume next session as soon as majority of your hair start emerging out from skin. Good time to have treatment is when majority of hair is in anagen, only then u will get the greatest ultimate reduction result.

 

The most effective result is when hairs are in the anagen phase. Why?
Any dark-colour objects (in this case, dark skin & hair shafts of all growth cycle including anagen) absorb light from laser and turn the light into heat and give off such heat to surroundings that have no dark pigments, such as colourless follicles containing hair stem cells. Any colourless, red, blond, grey & white objects don't absorb light produced by the current LHR devices.
Only hairs in anagen phase are still in contact with the parts of colourless hair follicles containing colourless stem cells. Even though hairs in other growth phases absorb light from laser and give off heat to surrounding but they have lost contact with stem cells. If the stem cells aren't destructed, hairs will eventually grow back.

The subsequent LHR session, laser (including diode & IPL) becomes less effective, thus the less the result.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Please wait around 6-8 weeks (not earlier and not later) after waxing, plucking, threading, using epilation cream or other methods that affect or disturb hair underneath the skin, before starting/resuming your LHR session.

To ensure, ultimate uttermost reduction result from light therapy for hair removal, it is recommended to WAX around 6-8 weeks prior to light therapy, expecting ALL hair that emerging out of your skin post waxing are in anagen.

 

 

 

When should you cease having LHR?

You must experience ALL of the following events every single time you are having LHR done:
1. Your hair follicles become inflamed (red angry bumps) 10-15 mins after they are hit by laser beams.
2. Your hair fall out/shed within 1-2 weeks after the treatment.

If you do NOT experience these 2 events, stop wasting your money and cease laser, diode or IPL hair removal.

Electrolysis becomes your only choice that can permanently destroy every hair.

 

 

 

Other topics:

-- How to get the most permanent reduction from LHR

-- Nearly everything clients need to know about IPL or LHR

 

 

Concern about Scarring Post Electrolysis and Laser IPL Burns

 

Being well informed can help reduce your concern/stress.

 

Scarring concern post electrolysis treatment:

https://hairtell.com/forum/t/pitted-scars-immediately-after-first-session/54663

https://hairtell.com/forum/t/red-dots-on-butt-1-month-after-electrolysis/54842

angiogenesis 

https://youtu.be/jFKcx7XQDTc

 

 

https://youtu.be/9--CRwOxb74

 

 

 

Scarring concern post burns from IPL, diode or laser hair removal:

https://hairtell.com/forum/t/hypopigmentation-after-laser-treatment-burns-photo/51382/8

You should be more concern about under-treatment and over-treatment of electrolysis hair removal and laser hair removal because it can be unnoticeable for some time.

-- One time of electrolysis over-treatment can cause scarring. How do you know that your are overtreated? It is obvious and noticeable. For examples, see photos posted by "pinksun" via forum: https://hairtell.com/forum/t/electrolysis-disaster-not-for-the-faint-hearted/54437 and Erin_Nicole's post via https://hairtell.com/forum/t/electrolysis-nightmare-pls-help/54738

 

 -- Multiple timeS of electrolysis under-treatmentS can also cause permanent scars because your therapist doesn't have the right skills and/or cannot see your hair because no proper visual aids and/or lighting, thus cannot remove your hair permanently within one or few attempts and have to treat the same follicles over and over. These scars take time to develop. It's scary and mostly concerned because it isn't obvious. How do you know that you are not under-treated? You shouldn't feel being plucked and you should see result. Permanent hair removal means you don't require multiple treatments that keep continuing forever.  The treatment eventually ceases 1 1/2 - 2 years, on average, after your first initial treatment, but a client must spend regular commitments.

In the beginning, sessions are longer in duration and more frequent. Over time, treatments will shrink in duration and be spaced further and further apart until all hair is gone forever.

-- One time of LHR over-treatment can cause painful blisters and burns that result in TEMPORARILY hypo-pigmentation for upto around 5 yrs

 

-- Multiple times of LHR under-treatments can lead to excessive hair grow called hypertrichosis, instead of removing it. https://www.lasercollege.org/diode-laser-hair-removal-or-hair-growth-stimulation/      Examples of reported cases: Case A, Case B, Case C

-- Under treatments of LHR also ruin the ultimate long-term/permanent results to have the utmost reduction in hair removal. LHR is most effective when hair is still dark, dense, coarse and in anagen.

What is scarring?

Scars develop when both outermost layers (aka epidermis) + deeper layers are damaged.

No visible scars when only one of the two affected - that is epidermis is kept intact during the treatment.

See scholar articles under wound healing topic.

Other links:

-- *** My services are for customers who are seriously looking to get permanent results in hair removal, whether it is totally hair removal or just a significant hair reduction. I provide result guarantee in permanent hair removal/reduction. Thus, ALL customers need to understand the following information: Customers Beware (explaining what normally expected post treatments, both electrolysis and laser/IPL)

-- How do you know if such laser treatment session is effective?

-- How can you tell whether your electrolysis hair removal is effective?

-- Why your age is one of the significant factors of your ultimate result?

-- How do you know when you are over treated by laser or IPL?