Laser hair removal – is it recommended for everyone?

Each method that aims to remove unwanted hair from the body surface has its pros and cons. Looking for lasting effects, more and more people (both women and men) reach for a laser, which after a few sessions allows to achieve satisfactory results. However, the basic question arises – are light beams allowed for everyone?

Laser hair removal is recommended for people who want to permanently remove unwanted hair. Apply based on the results that will need to be applied “boosting” effects must be constantly maintained. Without ingrown hair, inflammation or simply lost time and pain …

Laser for men

Treatment on chest is increasingly performed on men. You don’t always have enough treatments to get perfectly smooth skin. Some customers care only about thinning hair. Chest laser hair removal can be extended to include abdominal laser hair removal. Depilation of such a large surface usually takes about 1.5 hours and is not particularly painful if soothing methods are used, such as the cooling tip at the laser head. Another equally popular procedure in men is neck depilation. It belongs to fast treatments, because usually a small amount of hair grows in this area of ​​the body. These are usually long, dark and curly hair, i.e. ideal for laser removal.

For every cosmetic or aesthetic medicine procedure, there are some contraindications that prevent a completely safe procedure. In this case  these are:

• fresh, strong tan
• taking supplements and herbal teas (e.g. St. John’s wort, calendula), photosensitizing drugs – retinoids
• depilation with wax and tweezers (at least 3 weeks before the procedure it must be stopped)
• gray hair color (light or red hair reacts less to laser light)
• epilepsy
• skin diseases such as psoriasis, albinism; herpes; cancer
• wounds, strong stretch marks
• pregnancy
• the use of so-called sweat blockers 2 weeks before surgery

In case of other health problems or taking antibiotics, hormonal drugs – it is worth having a list of used preparations.