If I Have Never Shaved or Waxed my Bikini/brazilian Area Before, Can I Still Get Laser Treatment?

Hi Issy.  The way your underarm looks now is pretty consistent with a good treatment.  There may be some charred hair, some raised bumps, redness and irritation for 24 hours after treatment.  The area does not normally look darker for any length of time.  It does not look...

Laser hair removal reduces hairs in the growing phase. Hair at any given time can be in 3 different phases of growth, so it is difficult to control whether hair is thinned or completely reduced. Initially, the reduction can be uniform in appearance, but the hair reduction is normally patchy.

Laser hair removal will not affect your daughter's hormones, nor will it cause any other harmful systemic effects. This is an age group in which the patient's maturity level is the best predictor as to whether or not she/he would be a good candidate for laser hair removal. Some eleven year-olds...

Upper lip brownish discoloration may occur after any laser procedure, especially if your skin is olive or darker. It's referred to as post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation. If you want to improve this, you must use SPF30 or higher every day. You may also consult a dermatologist for evaluation...

Hi Dana.  Yes, you can do the pubic area for laser hair removal and this is one of the most common treatments we do.  We usually perform 6 - 8 treatments to achieve 75% - 95% permanent hair removal.  Important questions to ask are what type of laser is being used and how much...

Hi Domith.  Shaving works best but we do have some African American patients that get so many ingrown hairs when they shave that clipping very closely to the skin works better for them.  In either case, we would need to have the hair not sticking up above the skin to offer the safest...