I am a dark skin african american female. I have a small to moderate amount of black hairs underneath my chin. I heard that lasers may scar or burn persons with darker complexions. A determalogist recommended cynosure, I'm interested but scared of scars or burns and I would like some other opinions.
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Thank you for your question! It is best to avoid using depilatory creams between laser hair removal treatments. If you need to shave, that is fine. No creams, no plucking, no anything in between are the best ideas. These should have been reviewed with you in detail during your initial consult ...
Before you spend $$ on peels or IPL, try these topicals.
This is called post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation (PIH).
I recommend Melarase AM and Melarase PM creams from Kare Skin as well as a broad spectrum sunblock like Spectrase. Bothe are from Kare Skin. Scler-x post inflammatory h...
Despite wearing metal eyeshields, there will be transmitted light that bounces off internal structures. This is commonly noted by patients during facial V-beam for blood vessel / rosacea treatment, laser hair removal, and laser for lentigines / brown sun spots. The laser beam, is not...