Casey Druatz sorry but you maybe a laser tech but all it takes to be a laser tech is a single day of instruction from a company that sells you a laser system. You're promoting Lightsheer Duet over an alexandrite laser? Give me a break! Lightsheer is an inferior diode system, medspas like your jump to use lightsheer and similar diode lasers because they are cheaper than true lasers like Alexandrite and Yag. There are countless of patients who report high rates of regrowth after being treated with diode lasers. I am not a laser tech but a consumer who had to learn your industry after wasting thousands of dollars on IPLs and other inferior laser systems like diodes. What I tell consumers now is to simply research how much an alexandrite or yag laser costs and compare it to the system their spa is promoting.
As general rule only about 10-20% of hair is being killed with each treatment session because of hair cycles and laser works on anagen hair phase only. So though you are seeing all hair shedding with each treatments, you will need to complete a course of 6 treatments minimum for good reduction. Leg hair has longest hair cycles so you should wait 10-14 weeks between treatments depending how fast the hair grows in on that area. The clinics sometime say 6-8 weeks but that's not optimal.
It's hard to judge your progress without clear before laser pics. And I never heard of laser creating grey hairs. What could have happened is that dense dark hair that overshadowed the grey hairs was killed and now the grey hairs are the remaining eye sore. You still have a solution to this problem if it bothers you a lot. Research electrolysis and with an electrologist that uses modern equipment will kill all the remaining hair of any color 100%. The remaining hair is not dense so electrolysis should go faster. Good Luck. I myself still researching laser v. electrolysis for my facial hair. Electrolysis is 100% results but can get very expensive on very dense beard.
Don't be afraid. I had done 8 laser treatments with Gentle-lase and Cynosure elite in Alexandrite mode. I'm skin type III. At high settings into my treatments I also got these superficial burns. They do fade away with time and in your case it is not severe at all. It will fade, but don't expose that area to sun light without high SPF, especially that you live in Florida. Also, apply a Vitamin K or Vitamin E lotion to help with healing. This reaction happened because your skintone looks darker and she must have used higher setting for effective treatment. It is very important to not tan even slightly because Alexandrite laser needs lighter skin pigment. Let it heal and you can continue laser treatments but maybe with lower settings (but not too low) or until your tan fades. Leg hair is generally easiest to treat with laser under right conditions.
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