Cynosure for Hair Under Chin? (Dark-Skinned African American Female)

I have been using Cynosure lasers for a couple of years now and it works great on all skin types, including dark African American skin. It is really important that the laser operator is fully aware and understands all the settings. I really believe that you will have great results with 3-5 treatments, about one month apart. Good luck!

The Cynosure Apogee laser is a NeoDynium Yag laser, 1064nm. wavelength. This manufacturer, and others that have the same wavelength, provide a safer technology for laser hair removal in patients with skin of color. Shorter wavelengths such as in the Alexandrite and Light Sheer diode laser might have their energies preferentially absorbed by the pigmented epidermis rather than the hair follicle's pigment in the dermis. The energy could then provide unwanted heat in the skin surface... more