Is it possible for birth control pills to cause new hair growth in spite of receiving laser hair removal treatments? (Photo)

Dear bkay12:Don’t despair! Hair removal needs to be performed with lasers rather than light devices, and the highest tolerable settings need to be chosen with the very first treatment. Otherwise, hairs will only be stunned and smaller rather than permanently eliminated, and with subsequent tr...

This difficult to answer without pictures. Diode, alexandrite and yag lasers work best for hair removal. It will take a series of treatments and some people need treatments to maintain. See an expert in laser hair removal for best results. Best, Dr. Emer

Normally we tell patients they will need 5-7 treatments to see a major reduction in hair growth. There are also many different machines- so it depends on the machine you used. Luckily for you, you only had one treatment. I would say you should see 85% growth back, maybe more, but it will take ...