Laser hair removal safe around areola?

Laser hair removal (especially Nd-Yag) is great for removing darker hair from around the areola with just a few treatments. The sensitivity of the area can be treated with some topical numbing cream to make the treatment less uncomfortable. Find a board certifed plastic surgeon or dermatologist. I hope this helps!

Most definitely.  This is an area that is particularly prone to scattered hair.  I have performed countless laser hair removal treatments around this area with outstanding results! As long as the hair has pigment, the laser hair removal will work.

Laser hair removal has not been found to be unsafe on any skin-covered area of the body, except for the normal risks of change in pigmentation to either darker or lighter, and scarring which is extremely rare. There is no guarantee that hair growth will decrease and rarely there can be a paradoxical increase... more

Yes, it is safe to have laser hair removal done around the areola. We often do this with our LightSheer/Diode laser. I would be careful using a Nd:Yag as often times there are large veins in the periareolar area which can potentially thrombose (clot off) if the energy penetrates too deeply.