My at-home laser is not working on my underarm but works on the bikini area, any ideas as to why?

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I have bought a laser to use at home and have been using it for under 2 years. it has been effective for my bikini area but not for my underarms. I have been doing it every 2 weeks, have even bought numbing cream so I can laser for longer at the greatest intensity and still nothing. It has slightly thinned out since before the journey but not enough at all. Please help

Anshul Gambhir, MD · Answer

Thank you for your question! I am not sure what at home laser you have and how effective they are but I can go over how laser hair reduction works. Laser hair attacks the pigment of the hair follicle so it will only work on darker more coarse hair. If your arm hair is super fine and blonde then the laser will not get you any results. Hope this helps!

Matt Tahsini, MD · Answer

Hello and thank you for your question. I’m not quite sure why your at home laser isn’t working on your underarms. Laser does only work on dark, coarse hair so if your underarm hair is light and fine any type of laser will not work. I hope this helps. Best wishes.
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