What are the results of laser hair removal ?

Let’s get things straight from the beginning: results are remarkable if all scenarios are defined. This is the physician’s main role, who must determine the indication and describe to the patient the results he can hope for.

A few examples to help you understand.

A Black woman will not have the same permanent results as a Mediterranean girl with a light skin and dark hair.

Menopaused women will not need as much sessions as young women.

Patients suffering from pain hypersensitivity cannot be treated with high energy, so that they will require more sessions than a patient able to “endure” more pain using the same anaesthesia.

A man typically presents more regrowth risks than a woman, due to the importance of hormonal stimulation.

The treatment is less obvious in overweight people, because their bulbs are located – due to the nodes of fat - deeper under the skin, so that the residual energy of the beam is sometimes too weak to durably damage the hair structures.

The previous examples only vaguely describe how complex the cases we deal with are, so it is important for you to understand which factors are taken into account to predict the results of a laser hair removal.

In women

The treatment scheme will be the following: a first series of 6 to 7 sessions on average so as to obtain permanent hair removal on most of the hair treated and a very long-lasting hair removal treatment on the remaining hair.

The treatment – according to hormonal parameters and ethnic criteria - will be very satisfying for most of the patients, who will not need us anymore. However, a maintenance session is necessary after 1 or 3 years in case of hair regrowth (always very limited). Then, a few maintenance sessions will be planned during the next 10 years, in order to get even closer to permanent hair removal.

In men

The situation is more complicated due to a high hormonal stimulation. Many of our patients, who have undergone permanent hair removal several years ago, are still very satisfied. But some other patients will need regular maintenance sessions, just like patients with dark skins treated with the Nd-Yag laser. In all cases, the amount of hair will be reduced, as hair get thinner and more scattered after each session

It is advisable to opt for a series of attack treatments followed by consolidation treatments, without omitting a possible maintenance treatment every one to three years.