I have a few thin soft hairs that go from my upper lip to my side burns. They are dark, so I assume they can be treated. I’m already having my upper lip done, so I’m sure I could get a few extra zaps for this trail of hair, but I’m nervous about causing more hair growth.
So far I’ve had three treatments and good results with the GentleLase and I have Type 2 skin.
If there is no cost, do you think its worth it to have this area treated?
Hi Jessica,
Very nice professional looking pics!
What camera did you use?
Also, you managed to get a great URL!
As you know, there are mixed reactions regarding laser hair removal on the face. What do your practitioners say? Did they say anything to make you feel apprehensive?
i wouldn’t risk it for so few sparse hairs and get electrolysis instead. it’s really hard to tell how common this is as these forums are skewed towards people who’re having problems during treatments. in either case, your upper lip hair is already fine too. i wouldn’t risk it. it’s impossible to get just those few hairs and not target the area around them where there is probably only peach fuzz, but which can potentially turn into terminal hairs if laser touches it.
Thanks LAGirl, you’re probably right. I don’t want to make anything worse.
Arlene, thanks for saying the pics look good, by boyfriend takes them for me, and he’s really into photography. They were taken with a Canon Powershot SD110 3.2 mp.
It’s not his best camera, so I’m surprised to hear they look so good. – You can tell when I started cropping the pics b/c they are no longer perfectly square. =)
If we are talking about light coloured, the type of “peach-fuzz” hair, we could say it is almost certain it will cause more hair. My dermatologist told me that it happens 99% of those cases and that she wouldn’t dare touch thin, light coloured hair with a laser.
If we are talking about light coloured, the type of “peach-fuzz” hair, we could say it is almost certain it will cause more hair. My dermatologist told me that it happens 99% of those cases and that she wouldn’t dare touch thin, light coloured hair with a laser.
I agree that thin, light colored hair probably won’t respond to a laser. But I would not agree that treating it will cause more hair 99% of the time.
You’ve quoted your dermatologist already once, attributing information to her that I thought was incorrect. I asked you who this person was putting out that information (I wished to discuss it with them physician to physician) and you chose not to respond. I would appreciate if you are going to make statements about something that “you say” a physician said (thereby implying that your statement must be correct) that you supply the name of the physician. Otherwise, I am left to believe that you are just making this stuff up. And if so, I would appreciate you not doing it anymore.
Well, the hair is not light colored. It is thin and soft, but it is dark brown.