Is laser hair removal permanent?
Many people think that laser hair removal is a permanent solution. However, this simply isn t true. Some re-growth is natural and expected. You shouldn t expect laser hair removal to remove every single hair from an area. However, it can make significant reductions.A set of at least 6-8 treatments is often necessary to achieve significant hair removal. Many factors come into play here, including the size of the area being treated, the texture of the hair, skin type, and the frequency of treatments. After your treatments, you will probably also want to do some touch-up treatments to maintain smooth skin.
Laser hair removal generally consists of extended periods of hair removal, with a decrease in the amount of hair and in the diameter of the hairs. Thus, after each session and according to the area of the body involved, one can notice increasingly longer periods between hair removal sessions (4–6 weeks at the beginning, and several months after some sessions). Typically, after several sessions hair removal is virtually complete.
Theoretically, damaging a hair follicle should destroy the hair, but results are variable because of the way hair grows and other factors. Repeated treatments have a cumulative effect. You will probably see a marked reduction in hair numbers, or your re-growth will be lighter in color and have a finer texture.
