How Many IPL Sessions are Required to Achieve Almost No Hair?

My wedding is in late October and i have just strated IPL hair removal, in 2 weeks i will have my second one.. when is the best time to have the last session especially that i am planning to go tanning (solarium or sun) to get a slight brown skin. Thank you for your time

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The number of IPL treatments needed for "almost complete" hair removal depends on the IPL used, the color of your skin and hair.

Dark hair on light skin is the easiest hair to remove. If the skin is darker and the hair lighter, it becomes much more difficult to remove hair safely with IPL. IPL devices vary greatly in power, wavelength of light and operator knowledge. Often IPL is not the best device for hair removal in certain skin types. Dark hair on dark skin is best removed with a long-pulse Nd:YAG laser. Under ideal conditions six to eight treatments will remove much of the... more

Mark Taylor, MD

Salt Lake City Dermatologic Surgeon

www.gatewaylasercenter.com

How Many IPL Sessions are Required to Achieve Almost No Hair?

Our regimen is 4 sessions one month a part and one more session in 6-8 months if needed. Hairs go through cycle of growing and rest stages and only when they are growing, they respond to IPL or laser treatment. One month a part should get majority of the hairs at their growing stages but some may grow later as far as 6-9 months.