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Can laser hair removal be used to treat the vagina and buttocks?

jessica.albaMar 12, 2016
Most places where they do waxing to remove in grown hairs do not do touch the private parts, or what they call inside the bikini line of a women, or male? If I went to a location that does laser hair removal to remove hairs they do the entire body been the buttocks or the vagina? I hope I am not offending anyone by saying that? Also, can laser hair removal be somewhat painful for the first time or multiple times for a patient?

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