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Can You Dye Facial Peach Fuzz So You Can Home Laser?

asked 10 months ago by sally1722
Latest answer by Leyda Elizabeth Bowes, MD
Question viewed 228 times
Tags: dye, facial hair, hair color

Can you dye facial hair peach fuzz so the at home lasers can remove it?

4 answers to Can You Dye Facial Peach Fuzz So You Can Home Laser?

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Laser Hair Removal Needs the Root of the Hair to be Dark

For laser hair removal to work, the root of the hair needs to have a high concentration of melanine, which is the target and basis for all light- or laser-assisted hair removal. As the pigment in the root absorbs the laser energy, it generates a heat wave that travels to the area of the hair known as the 'germ center' which controls its growth. If the germ center is damaged, the hair dies. Coloring light hair will only affect the shaft of the hair, not the root, and therefore be... more
Leyda Elizabeth Bowes, MD

Miami Dermatologic Surgeon

www.bowesdermatology.com

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Dying Your Hair Will Not Affect Laser Treatments

Lasers create a beam of highly concentrated light that penetrates deep into the skin where it delivers a controlled amount of therapeutic heat. This light energy is absorbed by the pigment located in the hair follicles. Since hair dye does not penetrate that deeply it will not affect your laser treatments.
Mitchell Schwartz, MD

South Burlington Dermatologic Surgeon

dorsetstreetdermatology.com

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Coloring hair for laser hair removal.

Agree with my friend Dr. Wasserman on this. In fact one of the very early hair removal systems used this - Thermolase. Nice review if you google Thermolase. Unfortunately was temporary.
Jason Pozner, MD

Boca Raton Plastic Surgeon

www.spsboca.com

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Coloring hair does not make it work for laser hair removal

This is an excellent question and the clinical studies have been performed. Unfortunately this method of 'tricking' the laser into seeing the hair does not work. I am sorry, because this would be an excellent way to treat additional targets with lasers.
Daniel I. Wasserman, MD

Naples Dermatologic Surgeon

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