Does one laser treatment permanently remove hair?

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Hi- I've been doing laser hair removal on my face for the past year but my last session was a nightmare. The technician accidentally burnt off a quarter size chuck of my hair on my scalp. Its totally bald!! This was two months ago and only two strands of hair has grown back. My question is , will the hair grow back?And if so , how long would it take to grow back? Ive been use 2% minoxidil? I'm emotionally scarred. Please help.

Bobby Buka, MD - Account Suspended · Answer

It would be really helpful to know which laser was used to zap your scalp, but unless there’s scar tissue there (skin, not emotional), the hair should grow back nicely in the area without further treatment. One of the education points we commonly make to laser hair removal patients is that laser treatment has an additive effect and one treatment will not remove hair permanently. In that instance, it’s a limitation of the treatment, but in your case, this point should be reassuring. Should grow back in 4-6 months with the next anagen hair cycle. Minoxidil may help a bit, but it’s still gonna take time.

F. Victor Rueckl, MD (in memoriam) · Answer

One session of laser hair removal will permanently remove SOME hairs in a specific area, but definitely not all of them. If it just took a single treatment people would be quite happy! The hairs on your hair have a long growth cycle, so it will take them quite awhile to come back in this area - 6-12 months to see growth. If you want to make it happen faster, you could try Latisse. This would be off-label use for this product but what it does is make the growth cycle much faster for areas where it's applied, so those hairs where you were accidentally treated will start growing back at a faster rate. "This answer has been solicited without seeing this patient and cannot 
be held as true medical advice, but only opinion. Seek in-person 
treatment with a trained medical professional for appropriate care."

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