i am getting laser hair remoaval treatment but i am on a break for about 4 months as i am abroad! id like to know if it is safe to bleach my facial hair during this period
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June 20, 2010
Answer: Bleaching hair is safe between laser hair removal
Ron Shelton, MDDermatologic Surgeon, Board Certified in Dermatology
If you are planning to have laser hair removal and don't want the hair present during the 4-6 weeks before your treatment, shaving is your only option. You cannot pluck, tweeze or wax as the hair must be present within the hair follicle for the laser treatment to work. It does not have...
Thanks to modern technology, all skin types from I to VI can safely and effectively be treated with laser hair removal. As a person of Pakistani descent, it is probably best to stick with an NdYAG laser with a 1064 nanometer wavelength.
AFT uses 650 nm light for hair removal. While we are not intimately familiar with this device, we can tell you that this is not a widely used wavelength for laser hair removal.
The most common types of laser for hair removal are Alexandrite (755 nm), Diode (810 nm) and Nd:Yg (1064 nm). We...
