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If you are planning to have laser hair removal and don't want the hair present during the 4-6 weeks before your treatment, shaving is your only option. You cannot pluck, tweeze or wax as the hair must be present within the hair follicle for the laser treatment to work. It does not have to be present on the surface however so shaving is allowed. We tell our patients not to shave sometimes however for several days before their treatment because we may need to see where the hair is growing. In cases such as this, we will shave their hair immediately before the treatment.
Shaving does not usually alter the growth rate of the hair. The hair may feel coarser as it is growing out, initially. For some instances, it is preferable that you do shave before laser hair removal; otherwise if the hair is too long and thick, the laser may cause more discomfort and burn darker skin during the procedure. The practitioner that is removing your hair can advice you on whether to shave the hair before the procedure. Good luck.
Thanks to modern technology, all skin types from I to VI can safely and effectively be treated with laser hair removal. As a person of Pakistani descent, it is probably best to stick with an NdYAG laser with a 1064 nanometer wavelength.
AFT uses 650 nm light for hair removal. While we are not intimately familiar with this device, we can tell you that this is not a widely used wavelength for laser hair removal. The most common types of laser for hair removal are Alexandrite (755 nm), Diode (810 nm) and Nd:Yg (1064 nm). We...
Thank you for your question! It is common to wait two weeks after waxing before laser hair removal to allow the new hair to grow in the hair shaft allowing the pigment of the hair to absorb the laser energy, otherwise there won't be an effect of the treatment. Best of luck!
