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No waxing or tweezing in between the laser treatments. You can shave, but you won't need to do it as often because it will take longer for the hair to grow back. When you wax or tweeze you remove the hair by the root and there won't be any target for the laser during the treatment, therefore it won't be effective.
You can shave, but you won't need to do it as often because it will take longer for the hair to grow back. It is also usually recommended that you shave the day before your treatment. Things that you should not do in between treatments are plucking, waxing, tweezing, bleaching, or using depilatory hair removal creams. When you wax or tweeze you remove the hair by the root and there won't be any target for the laser during the treatment, therefore it won't be effective.
It is fine to shave between laser hair removal sessions. Hopefully with each session you have, the need to shave will be less and less. Do not apply depilatory creams, do not wax or pluck between sessions – this is not good for the treatment areas. And make sure you go to the right person to have the procedure done – too many people are doing laser hair removal that know nothing about hair itself.
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It is okay to wax the remaining hair. It should not affect the treated hair, although without undergoing maintenance sessions, you may experience more hair growth as untreated hairs become more apparent. This is not a result of waxing, however.
Upper lip pigmentation can be a result of hormones, inflammation, sun exposure, and laser treatments. I would advise a prescription topical cream regimen twice daily.
