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Can you have red light therapy after laser hair removal.

rrobinson35Nov 4, 2018
I have seen that red light therapy stimulates the hair follicles on the face, would this not defeat the purpose of having laser hair removal?

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Dr. Monika Soni, MD
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Answered on Nov 6, 2018
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