Using Meladine to Improve Laser Hair Removal?

Meladine might help laser hair removal of light colored hair minimally, in some patients. We have used in in the past on approximately 10-15 patients. I found it helped a little but not enough for us to enthusiastically recommend it or even to continue to carry it in our office (it is only sold through physicians).

Meladine is on the market to create a target for the laser, around the hair follicle, below the skin surface on light-colored hair. I had tried it on about six patients when the product first came on the market. In my very limited experience I did not find it to help, although one patient thought it did help. Possibly other providers have used this in the last several years and have more experience than I with the product and are more in favor of its use.

As my colleagues below have stated, Meladine is not reliable enough to be worth your time or money. For the repeated treatments and low response rate involved, it might be worth your while to pursue electrolysis for the white hairs on your back instead, which works for any hair color by individually killing each follicle with a tiny electric current.