What are the possible causes of excessive hair growth and how can it affect my treatments?
The causes of excessive hair growth pattern are many and varied, including: • Heredity • Pregnancy • Glandular and/or hormonal imbalances (possible PCOS condition for women), including diseases causing these effects • Insulin resistance issues • Reactions to certain medications • Normal aging processes • Excessive temporary removal methods like waxing, tweezing, creams and depilatories, etc. Every laser candidate should explore a possible underlying reason of the extreme hair growth before starting laser because if there is something in the body consistently triggering hair growth, laser treatments might seem ineffective because the body will keep developing new hair. So, it will always seem like there is not reduction, when in fact it’s NEW hair your body is producing that you are seeing, not that treated by laser growing back. Women with PCOS hair growth patterns (upper lip, chin, cheeks, etc) should see an endocrinologist and have hormonal tests taken. Men can get tested for insulin
