GentleLase/Personal Area/Pain Advise

Hair Removal Methods Laser hair removal
#1

My name is Pedro

Here is my problem: Doing laser in “personal” areas. The pain and itch from the budding hairs and irritation in between treatments–especially beginning at week 3–is so painful that it is causing me severe depression.

Solution Ideas:

  1. Continue with laser but change my skin care regiment in between treatments I COULD USE ADVICE ON THIS, THANK YOU SO MUCH IN ADVANCE*

  2. Stop laser, wait for hair regrowth and then wax area, followed by application of Eflora cream (Generic for Vaniqa) to retard the hair growth. I APPRECIATE ALL INPUT REGARDING THIS IDEA AS WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH IN ADVANCE

The details:

Laser Type: Candela GentleLase Plus Alexandrite
–I am (one) treatment deep so far–

Areas Treated: personal areas (the crack of my bum, where bum/leg meet, areas around genitals)

Reasons Why?: physical discomfort since adolescence due to hair in these areas. I chose laser as a way to reduce the physical pain I have always felt since my teens due to (I believe) my level of hirsuteness in these areas, i.e. the friction, the chafing-- I did not chose laser for reasons related to beauty or aesthetics.

Please advise and thank you so much,
Pedro

#2

Laser with proper settings/energies is not a cake walk; painless laser from low settings will produce bad results and waste of money. What you should do is invest in topical lidocaine cream to numb the area before your treatments. You can get a prescription EMLA cream from your doc or buy non prescription LMX 5 cream that works very well to reduce pain.
Your first treatments will be more painful because the hair is thick and denser. As your treatments will continue, the pain will subside as less hair should be growing in.

#3

If I’m reading Pedro’s post right, he’s getting the pain 3 weeks after treatment. I’ve never had any pain like that!?