Hypopigmentation after laser hair removal (Photo)

I have never heard of paradoxical hair growth from shaving. Actually, you want to shave between treatments to get the hair short enough so that only a few mm stick above the surface. This way, the hair shaft is short enough that the laser can penetrate all the way to the root bulb and fully...

I feel fortunate to reply that we have never experienced those effects with any patients in our practice after 10 years of lasering. I am not sure what is going on there but it sounds like you should discontinue. Do you have any underlying health conditions that could be contributing? ...

Laser hair removal can possibly trigger a herpes outbreak. We usually prescreen for this at the consult appt and pretreat with valtrex to prevent this from happening. this does not preclude laser hair removal with proper prophylaxis. Here is a helpful link about laser hair removal.