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It is always best to postpone any elective treatments if you are feeling under the weather. At Monroe Comprehensive Laser Center, we advise pts to postpone treatments until they are afebrile at least 48 hours. Would a fever necessarily affect your treatment results? Probably not, but it makes good sense to wait.
While your fever should not affect your hair removal treatment, I would recommend waiting until you feel better to receive your treatment. As you do not know the cause of your fever, it is best to wait a 24 to 48 hours after you feel better to ensure you are not contagious. Additionally, viral infections can sometimes cause rashes and you wouldn't want to mistake that viral rash for the results from your laser treatment.
It is best to postpone your treatment if you are not feeling well. It will not effect your treatment to wait a until you are feeling better.
It is always best to postpone elective procedures when you have a fever. There are possible reactions to the treatment and they can be exacerbated by being sick/ill. Healing can be impaired.
Yes, you can use an electric shaver the day before. At Monroe Comprehensive Laser Center in Monroe, Mi, we recommend that the pt refrain from any plucking, electrolysis or waxing for several weeks before their treatments. These procedures remove hair at the root and leave nothing for...
Hi and thank you for your question and pictures! While you need to do a follow up with your physician, based on the picture and the description, the red spots appears to be folliculitis (inflammation of hair follicles) which does happen from time to time after laser hair removal as body is...
Thank you for your question. It is up to the individual provider whether they are comfortable treating your Brazilian area with your piercing in place. I would be sure to mention it when you schedule your appointment with a well trained provider and be sure they discuss how the treatment will go...
Hello, and thank you for your question. There shouldn’t be any reason why you can’t continue to use jojoba oil on your skin during laser hair removal treatments, but if you’re questioning it, run it by your provider just to be sure. The same goes for other topical products you might be unsur...
Lasers work by detecting contrast in the pigment between your skin and hair color. Best results are achieved with lighter skinned individuals with darker, more coarse hair.
Thank you for your question! There is absolutely no way to just "reduce" the amount of hair in an area. hair growth is on a cycle and it will be patchy and often leave "spots" of loss. if you are goign to remove hair you need to reduce it completely or just don't do it. I suggest if you are ...
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