Cynosure for Hair Under Chin? (Dark-Skinned African American Female)

If you use the depilatory cream less than two weeks prior to laser hair removal treatment, there may not be enough pigment in the hair follicle (from loss of the hair shaft) so that energy will not be absorbed where it is needed. This would reduce the efficiency of the treatment.

Usually, hyperpigmentation, an increase in your true melanin, or pigment, occurs longer than a week after trauma, such as a burn.  If skin starts to exfoliate it may turn darker sometimes and look like pigment but in reality there is no post inflammatory hyperpigmenation.  When there...

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...

It is hard to say how your skin will react to the burns. Normally over time, superficial burns heal well with minimal skin changes. It may result in hyperpigmentation which you can use skin lightening creams for such as hydroquinone daily for a few months. The main thing is that you keep the...

Preparing the skin prior to laser hair removal involves elimination of surface growth.  You should shave with the grain to avoid more ingrown hairs, or use clippers.  Otherwise, hair above the surface will absorb the laser energy and maintain heat on the surface which can risk burning...

Advice for numbing cream must be given by a physician for you based on your treatment.  There are risks with the application of numbing cream and the absorption into the blood stream if it is a wide spread area.  The type of cream can make a difference. Please ask the physician who is...