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Hi and thank you for your question. If you've completed your Laser Hair Removal package and wanted to resume with waxing for maintenance that is fine but I would not recommend waxing in between Laser Hair Removal treatments for best results. Each hair follicle is on a different growth cycle and the hair itself has 3 stages of life; laser is most effective at the first stage of life. This is why you have multiple sessions and are spaced weeks apart. Waxing will pull the bulb which is the target for the laser.
Waxing should not be done during laser hair removal treatments at all. Laser hair removal treatment intervals are chosen to ensure that each treatment is targeting hairs in the growing stage (this is the only stage laser hair removal works on), if you get waxing done in the middle of a treatment cycle it will alter the growing stage of your hairs, making your laser treatments less effective.
A Most laser treatments use heat, which can cause slight irritation and redness to the skin,” but please come in for a consultation.
No, there is usually no digging out of hairs before laser hair removal. The good news is that the laser is looking for the root bulb of the hair, which should be fairly close to the surface even if the hair is growing sideways. optimum length of hair before laser hair removal is only a few mm...
Laser hair removal will get rid of that ingrown problem for you. Please know that it will take a series of treatments to get improvement. I typically have patients do laser hair removal every 4 weeks for the first 3 sessions and then every 4 to 6 weeks for the following 3 sessions. This schedule...