Can Laser Hair Removal kill the eggs in your ovaries and / or affect fertility in women?

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Daniel Shapiro, MD · Answer

Thank you for your question. The type of radiation emitted during this type of procedure is concentrated visible light which has a longer wavelength than gamma and xray radiation which do harm human cells.

Elizabeth F. Rostan, MD - Account Suspended · Answer

Laser hair removal is very safe and has no effect on ovaries or fertility. Lasers are focused, intense beams of visible light (like what comes out of a light bulb, just more concentrated) and do not penetrate deeper that the skin. Lasers are sometimes confused with another form of the electromagnetic spectrum which are deeply penetrating xrays and gamma rays that can cause damage. Lasers are in the visible light spectrum and very safe and do not represent "radiation".

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