Burns and Blisters from Laser Hair Removal on Lower Leg? (photo)

I'm so sorry. I will say that I think these are excessive and a good technician should have seen your skin responding this way and stopped the treatment for evaluation and not continued. Basically what you have is hyperpigmentation, burns, and blisters. Sometimes darker pigments when treated will surface (usually because too high of settings were used). Your technician should have been more careful with the settings on the laser and you needed to have much lower settings used. In all... more

Your burns and blisters on your legs are a difficult problem, and I am sorry you have to go through this. There are different lasers that are used for people with Indian type IV skin. I'm not sure what type of laser was used on you, but we do not have these problems in our office with the lasers we use. The most important thing now is to keep these area completely out of the sun by wearing pants not just sunscreen and to treat the burns... more

Hello, thanks for your question. I am so sorry you had this experience with laser treatment. I too am of Indian descent and have performed the laser hair removal on others of Indian descent without problem. I cannot predict why this happened to you without examining you, but I am glad you went to the emergency room to seek proper care. When operated properly, laser hair removal is a very safe effective means of hair reduction. In our office, only board-certified physicians operate our laser... more