Looking to get laser hair removal on olive tanned skin, that tans easily in the sun (skin gets brown in the summer). I have black coarse hair in the areas i want to get lasered: brazilian and under arms. Also looking to do laser treatment on buttocks, where i have finer black hairs. I am of an Iranian ethnicity and have never gotten laser hair removal before. I currently shave.
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December 20, 2017
Answer: Laser Hair Removal Facts--takes a series of treatments
Hi, and thank you for your question. Yag laser 1064nm would be an ideal laser for darker skin types and it works great for dark coarse hair. For the best options book an appointment with a laser technician for more advice. Hope this help!
Best wishes. Dr.K.
It sounds like you experienced some micro crusting (or superficial scabbing) from the treatment. By exfoliating the area, it may have caused some additional irritation; potentially a mild case of folliculitis which appears like pink itchy spots. This should subside within a few...
Thank you for your
question. In regard to the itching, after a laser hair removal
treatment the hair that is in the hair follicle that has been treated, has been
injured. Over the course of the next month to six weeks it will slowly
push it's way to the surface and fall out. ...