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IPL after laser hair removal.

Fabulous471714Dec 19, 2023
Hi! I was getting laser hair removal for a year at a clinic. It has become costly so I'm thinking about using an IPL machine to maintain the results of the laser removal I had done the past year. The clinician told me that if I do that then I will have excessive hair growth because IPL will stimulate hair growth rather than reduce it since I was exposed to laser already. Is this true? Will my hair grow if I use an IPL now?

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