Hi,
I just bought a Home Electrolysis Kit and I want to limit the amount of times I have to treat each hair. The hair will only be destroyed if it is in the anagen (growing) phase at the time of treatment, right? So I was wondering if it was possible to force the hair into the anagen phase by tweezing it? If you pulled out the hair with the root, the root would have to grow again which means it would be in the anagen stage (and you would know it is when you treat it). Is that true or is my logic faulty?
Yes, you are thinking correctly.
So then why do they tell you NOT to tweeze your hair when you get laser hair removal? If you figured out how long it takes your hair to regrow after you tweeze it you could put most of your hair into the anagen phase at the same time and you could reduce the number of treatments you need, right?
Most laser practices will ask that you stop tweezing/waxing up to 6 weeks in advance. Anything that grows in during that time will be in anagen. Anything tweezed closer to the first treatment may not be available for the treatment, but possibly out of anagen by the next treatment.
They ask you not to do it once you start treatments. You can wax or tweeze 6-8 weeks prior to your first treatment. Then everything will be in anagen when you come in for your first treatment 6 weeks later.
So you’re telling me if i wax my full arms (treatment areas) and then go in for my laser treatment 6-8 weeks later the laser would be zapping hair follicles in their Anagen phase?
Could it be that simple?! They could easily put clients on a schedule of waxing waiting and laser for faster results and money saving!
Is it simply bad business by the laser industry to treat us during any phase hoping to land on Anagen when we can actually control it, save money and achieve faster results by waxing 6-8 weeks prior???
make sure that the home electrolysis kit is that and not just electric tweezers. plucking courses damage to skin cells and encourages more hair growth to the area. This is why you are not suppose to do it during treatment as it would be a never ending process of new hairs.
Yes, it is that simple and it means you’d require fewer treatments (providing they are effective treatments). After waxing, I’d wait 2-3 months before my first app. I did this myself and didn’t have more than 6 treatments on any area for my results. Coarse hair areas such as the lower legs and bikini line were done in 4-5 treatments.
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So 2-3 months or 6-8 weeks after waxing then going in for a laser appointment. How long did you wait after the appointment to wax again considering hair follicles at that point are in shock and most likely not growing out at the usual rate? Still 2-3 months or did you just wait from them to grow out far enough to wax?
thank you
While I’ve only had one treatment and things are early days, I did find that my brazillian region responded better to laser than my underarm region which has had little to no shedding. I had waxed my brazillian 3-4 weeks before my laser appointment and my underarms 3-4 months before my first appointment.