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Is it normal for your hair to look worse and more noticeable before it looks better after first laser hair removal treatment?

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amanda b22Mar 30, 2019

Now each hair is dark and more noticeable and it’s feels so coarse it’s painful to shave. Will this hair fall out and I just have to be patient?

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