Can a cancer patient have electrolysis or laser hair removal treatment?

Thank you for your question. Hormones create hair follicles and for the face your hormones are the strongest on the body.  Your hair grows in three different phases and it is required for you to have a laser hair removal treatment done every 4 weeks to catch the hair in the growth phase.   You...

This difficult to answer without pictures. Diode, alexandrite and yag lasers work best for hair removal. It will take a series of treatments and some people need treatments to maintain. See an expert in laser hair removal for best results. Best, Dr. Emer

Normally we tell patients they will need 5-7 treatments to see a major reduction in hair growth. There are also many different machines- so it depends on the machine you used. Luckily for you, you only had one treatment. I would say you should see 85% growth back, maybe more, but it will take ...

Thank you for your question. Hormones create hair follicles and for the face your hormones are the strongest on the body.  Your hair grows in three different phases and it is required for you to have a laser hair removal treatment done every 4 weeks to catch the hair in the growth phase.   You...