I'm a male with fair skin and dark hair. I have quite a lot of coarse body hair, which I recently purchased an at-home IPL hair removal device for. I would like to pre-treat with EMLA 5% lidocaine, but read about overdose & deaths in my research. My question is: What's the safest amount of area to apply it to at a time? One whole leg? I'm rather thin and 5'7, so one leg wouldn't be too much surface area. I would do a different body part each day this way for overdose safety. Thank you!
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Hello, thank you for your question. For LHR on Hispanic skin, the question that you should be asking is.... what wavelength are you able to provide me? The 1064 wavelength is safest with darker skin types. LHR is a series of treatments, usually 6-8 treatments done between 4-8 weeks apart d...
Hi there, if the hairs are becoming finer and lighter it is working for you. Laser hair removal should actually be called laser hair reduction as each time only a bit of the hair is removed and usually 8-10 treatments are needed for 80-90% reduction in most people. The coarser the hair you...
The skin becomes more sensitive to the laser while on Retin A. Most docs will say to discontinue use of this 3 days prior to the laser. Since you have just started it, it is best to stop prior to treatments. Sometimes with long term users, I will allow them to continue it because their skin has...
