A Question About Laser Resurfacing and Facial Hair Growth?

Laser resurfacing will help with your acne scarring.  However, since those hair follicles are gone,it will not regenerate your facial hair in those scarred areas.

Thank you for your question. Laser resurfacing will not help with facial hair regrowth.  At least not substantially.  LR will improve the quality of your skin tone and texture, the hair may be less ingrown with the improved skin quality, but the numbers will be the same. I hope this helps.

lasers have a good track record for acne scars and can significantly improve scarring. lasers used for skin resurfacing do not offer much help with hair regrowth. if hair regrowth is desired then one must consult with a dermatologist and see if topical agents can help enhance hair regrowth

Resurfacing lasers will not damage the hair follicles following treatment of acne scars. However, if you have areas of scarring that lack hair growth, laser resurfacing will not repair the hair follicle and allow the return of hair growth. In areas of bad scarring, the follicle is likely completely absent. Laser treatments will make that skin look smoother and the scarring less noticeable but will not in any way return areas of hair growth, unfortunately. I hope this information is helpful.

Stephen Weber MD, FACS

Lone Tree Facial Plastic Surgeon

Unfortunately one of the effects of the inflammation and scarring of acne is loss of the hair follicles.  You will not grow new ones in these areas so the only ways to get hair back that has been lost would be to either transplant some follicles with similar hair characteristics or excise small areas so unaffected follicles are brought together.  I would imagine the potential scarring from these options would far outweigh the benefit, but that also depends on how significantly this hair loss impacts you.