How many treatments should laser hair removal take with an Icon laser and the MaxR handpiece?

We use the same laser in our office and we sell the treatments in packages of 6 to make it more affordable and some people will get reduction in some areas in 6 treatments, but the recommendation is 12 treatments.  Darker skin types need lower settings which will take more treatments.  Lighter or finer hairs will require more treatments for the laser to catch all the hairs. The ideal candidate has very light skin and very thick, coarse, dark hairs and those will respond the quickest.  Without knowing your skin type and hair color/density and thickness, I don't know if you fall into the small group that needs fewer treatments.  The nice thing about this laser is it has a Skintel tester that checks your skins pigment and picks the ideal settings for the best/ideal settings for a safe treatment for you that day.  Hope this helps.

Yes, it is normal. It certainly is a reasonable question to ask "how many treatments will I need?" Unfortunately, it is never possible to give an exact answer. The variables include the type of hair you have, where on the body are you being treated and the type of laser possibly.  Only the hair follicles that are in the growth phase of the cell cycle are susceptible to being eliminated by the treatment.  A small percentage of hair follicles at any given time are in the growth phase.  6 sessions is what I usually recommend as a starter package for my patients. I make sure they understand that they may need more.