A couple questions

Hair Removal Methods Laser hair removal
#1

So, it’s been approximately 10 weeks since my last treatment on my shoulders and upper back. 18mm 16 J 3msec. And, I have a couple questions:

  1. My skin definitely reacted to 18mm 16J. I still have some darker pigmented areas. After my treatment 10 weeks ago, it took over a week for the redness and bumpiness to subside. Pretty sure that’s not normal. But, is it more effective to go with these settings than say to switch to a Yag?

  2. Hair is starting to grow. At the moment, what is growing is sparse and patchy. However, I feel like this is new hair in one cycle and there is a bunch more waiting to come up as well. So I guess, what type of growth should I expect at this point, 10 weeks after treatment? Hard to justify going in for another treatment right now. Or is there enough for the laser to target under the skin?

Is all the hair in the next cycle expected to grow in by 10 or 12 weeks?

  1. What the heck can I do to make the transition from lower arms to upper arms to shoulders look natural? Right now it just looks terrible.

  2. Im hesitant to treat upper arms and lower arms. Considering treating the upper arms. Definitely a lot of coarse hair mixed with finer hair. Thoughts?

Thanks!

#2

I can only say for the transition, they should overlap a bit with your upperarms then after a couple of treatments(like if you get 6 in total just do the overlapping part for 3 treatments) only treat your forearms.
On this forum they aren’t positive about upper arms though. I hear a lot about induced growth there.

#3

I wouldn’t wait longer than 12 weeks. If the hair is not coarse enough, laser may not be a good option in the first place.

In terms of type of laser, it’s up to you. Redness and bumpiness is ok, but pigmentation is not. If you don’t want to risk pigmentation and you weren’t tanned laser time, then a Yag is necessary.

They can blend the areas by having 1-2 treatments where the two areas meet. Or you can leave it for electrolysis.

We don’t recommend treating upper arms. There is a big chance of induced growth.

Can you post photos of all the areas you’re treating? Are you sure all of it is coarse enough? On most men, these areas don’t have very coarse hair.

#4

What kind of regrowth is expected at 12 weeks? So, I experienced shedding and new hair coming in but I was just wondering what the results should look like 12 weeks post tx. I guess Im trying to understand how effective the tx was. Should it be as dense as before? Should it be significantly less? Any guidance would be great. Photos coming soon.

#5

At 12 weeks, you should be seeing hair from the next phase of growth. The hair you treated on your previous treatment should have shed at 3 weeks.