What Should Be Done Between Hair Removal Treatments?

You want the hair shafts,which are the target for the laser energy, to be present. If you do waxing, the laser energy won’t be absorbed in the best area and the follicle would have a better chance surviving. It is best not to wax for two to four weeks prior to laser hair removal depending on the rate of your hair growth. You would like to see the hair just starting to point out of the epidermis as it grows back to have effective treatment.

In terms of hair removal, your options are leaving the hair alone, shaving, or trimming. It is not recommended to pluck, wax, tweeze, use depilatory creams, or bleach. The hairs must be in the shaft in order to be effectively treated by the laser. You should definitely avoid sun exposure and sunburns to the treated area to reduce side effects and risks with future treatments. Immediately after the treatment, you should be gentle with the area and avoid scrubbing or rubbing the area for a few days, as well as avoid any irritating products. 

You can shave as often as you would like between laser hair removal
sessions. It is important that you avoid
waxing, plucking and/or any depilatories throughout your treatment process and
for 3-4 weeks prior to initiating laser hair removal, in order for your
treatment to be effective. To avoid unnecessary complications it is also
important to keep the treatment area out of the sun. This includes tanning beds, tanning lotions
or anything that can change the natural skin color.

Between laser hair treatments the best thing to do is either shave or trim closely.  The laser needs to see a small hair present to detect hair pigmentation.  While its ok to wax early between sessions you should not wax or pluck as your next session gets close.  When your session is approaching it is best to have some minimal hair growth. 

Do not pluck, wax or otherwise remove the hair other than shaving. Removing the hair from the follicle (such as waxing) means that the target for the laser (dark color in the hair) is no longer present in the skin. This is why waxing or plucking during laser hair removal treatments will lead to poor results.