BIKINI WAX LASER HELP

Hair Removal Methods Laser hair removal
#1

i have some questions for people with experience/knowledge on bikini laser waxes

  1. how much does it cost per session?
  2. do you have sensitive skin?
  3. how many sessions do you have to do ?
  4. how did you feel after the first session? like pleased with results?

im worried b/c i have very sensitive skin. the wrong food/medication/cream/detergent anything touches my skin and i can be broke out for weeks…however when i wax my eyebrows, it doesnt seem to bother me (yet)
i just wonder how permanent and worth it laser to the bikini area, and crack area would be? and what are the worst sid effects? could it leave little dots forever? help please thanks esp with knowledge of sensitive skin

#2

Please read the FAQs without posting these questions, most have been answered already. We have no idea where you’re located so how can we tell you what cost would be? It’s different based on the place you go so you have to call around. It is permanent and you won’t get results from just one session. Read the FAQs everything is covered there so not going to answer the rest of the questions.

#3

i’m sorry i have learning disability and it’s hard for me to gather all that information from everywhere. which is why i’m in IEP classes. i didnt mean to offend you. if anyone else would please answer the question i would appreciate it

#4

You didn’t offend, it’s just that a lot of these questions are already answered in the frequently asked questions so we’re basically just writing the answers over again. It’s in probably the 4th or 5th topic down from the top in the forum.

I think Bikini I’ve seen a lot is around $99 per session which usually includes underarms too. Expect to pay $80-150 I think for bikini line.

In general it will take 6-8 sessions to get full removal. Laser can only see very dark coarse hair so anything fine or light will need electrolysis to get rid of at the end.

After your first session, hair will look like it’s growing for 2-3 weeks then it all falls out and you’ll be completely smooth for 6-8 weeks then it grows back for your next session. So you’ll be happy in that you’re hair free. When the hair grows back for the next session you probably won’t have huge noticeable differences though, usually takes 2-3 sessions to notice anything. The hair treated (if treated properly) will never come back.

#5

I pay $112 for a full bikini treatment (everything gone, totally bare). I have sensitive skin (very sensitive), but I don’t have any bad reactions to laser. One time I got a very small burn, it healed perfectly within a week.

6-8 sessions is average, but this area responds really well and I have heard people who are done in as little as 5 treatments. So far I’ve had 2 sessions with very good results.

#6

okay 2 more questinos:
what is electrolysis and does it cost more than laser treatment?
and
how much should i tip a laser surgeon (do you? is it like hair salon)

#7

Electrolysis will probably end up costing more, in time at least, than laser. Electrolysis will permanently remove one hair at a time. There are varying speeds so unless you get a great electrologist (most electrologists on this board ;)) you’ll be waiting around a long time. Laser will be done over about a period of a year but you will be fairly hairless for most of that time, and an actual session to get rid of bikini hair shouldn’t take more than 20 minutes.

My laser treatments were $60, but they can be more. With the FAQs, remember to find out the right type of laser for you and look at what sort of questions you should ask practitioners before deciding to hand your money over to them.

I think tipping is ridiculous on the whole and I wouldn’t do it. If these people can’t charge enough to pay their employees, thats their own lookout.

#8

I don’t tip for laser. I have tipped for electrolysis when I have student work done (since it’s so discounted), especially if I have the same student working on me more than once. But never laser.

Electrolysis is very effective, but can be slow and expensive depending on where you live. For an ideal area like the bikini line, it’s much easier to do laser in my opinion. Electrolysis is great for areas that wouldn’t respond well for laser.

#9

My first 2 places never requested tips, but my current place does laser and waxing and when I pay with interac it always pops up saying Add Tip? So I feel cheap if I say no, so I usually give $5 or $10, mostly because the service is so inexpensive and my tech is just amazing, always does a bit extra or goes above and beyond so I really don’t mind.

#10

Staying smooth for 6-8 weeks after shedding is complete doesn’t make sense. Clinics will tell you to come back in 6-8 weeks post shedding, so it means that the hair has to start growing back in with in several weeks after shedding.

#11

I mean when I say looks like it’s growing for 2-3 weeks that it then falls out and you’ll be completely smooth until around 6-8 weeks. From my experience though even though they tell you to come back 6-8 weeks, it’s way too early. On almost all areas I’ve had treated, around week 8 I’m still hair free and end up waiting closer to 12 weeks before I go back. For myself personally though I am smooth for 6-8 weeks, it takes forever for the hair to fully come back. There is some hair around week 8, but waiting until week 12 has much more back.

#12

I get at LEAST 6 weeks of being totally smooth too after waiting 2-3 weeks for shedding. Then it starts to come back in the space of week # 7 or 8. So I go back in at the 12 week mark. Each area has different hair cycles (and each person is different). There’s no single right answer.

#13

My hair definitely started growing back at around 7 weeks after treatment. But that was after my first treatment and it’ll probably get longer. It’s definitely up to how you feel and not what the clinic tells you :S I told my clinic that I didn’t have hair regrowth til week 7 and they didn’t believe me. They wanted me to come back after 4-6 weeks.

#14

I think the only real right answer is simple, you go back when the hair has come back and not before. If it takes 7 weeks or 12 weeks, you go when it comes back. You wouldn’t get a hair cut and then go back a few days later to have it cut again, you wait until it starts getting long. Or like waxing, you wouldn’t wax your legs and then wax them again a week later since there’d be nothing there to treat, you wait until it’s back long enough for the wax to actually grip it and then wax. Laser is the same, go as soon as you want but if the hair isn’t fully back it’s just a waste of time and money.

#15

  • Cost for each laser bikini treatment is $50-250 depending on how much you’re removing, where you’re located, etc

  • Laser is permanent as long as you’re using the right laser at correct settings

  • Laser is cheaper and faster (time on the table) than electrolysis for areas with coarse dense hair like bikini

  • All hair will shed each time 3 weeks after the treatment. If it doesn’t, something is not being done right.

  • You will need 6-8 treatments on average, spaced 8-12 weeks apart.

  • Please read the FAQs at the link below. I wrote them and they answer all your questions.