Shaving or trimming prior to LHR treatments is more effective in the long term?

Yes, I recommend shaving the night before or morning of treatment. Keep in mind, it will take a series of treatments and some people need treatments to maintain. See an expert. Best, Dr. Emer

It is a good idea to follow any pre-treatment advice your practitioner gives you to prepare your skin for laser hair removal treatment. There is ... The lighter your skin is during treatment, the more likely you are to get better, longer term hair free results.You are allowed to shave or trim hair up until the day you start treatment.

Yes, it is recommended that you shave before the treatment.  Your provider should have given you pre and post treatment instructions.  Trimming is not effective and will leave hair too long to treat, you need to shave the day of or night before your treatment.  It will take 5-7 treatments usually to get optimal results, and often follow up maintenance treatments.

Thanks for your question.  You service provider obviously did not give you post-care instructions.  First, it will take a series of treatments to reduce your hair production.  LHR treatments deliver a burst of energy to the hair follicles that are actively growing.  The energy destroys these follicles ability to produce another hair.  The hair shafts in those follicles will release and fall out over the next 1-3 weeks.  Other dormant hair follicles start producing hair every day.  It takes a series of at least 6 treatments to get most the hair growth.  In order to avoid surface burns, we have our patients shave before LHR treatments.  You must not wax or pluck during LHR treatments.  You can shave at any time you wish between treatments.Generally speaking, you should look for a facility where they have a doctor on staff and is usually there to answer questions.  Find out what type of machine (laser vs. IPL) they will be using.  A properly calibrated laser is usually much more comfortable than an IPL.  Using the correct settings for your skin type also makes it more comfortable.  Sorry to say, probably the most expensive treatment is probably the best.Best of luck

Hey there,Shaving is the only recommended method for keeping yourself hair free in between laser hair removal sessions because it removes only the hair shaft above the skin without disturbing the follicle so that they can be easily targeted during the laser sessions. All the other hair removal methods like waxing, tweezing, threading will remove the entire hair shaft thus disturbing the follicle.Hope this helps.