I need to understand something !

Hair Removal Methods Laser hair removal
#1

OK I’ve been lurking here for a while and gained fair enough information about laser and other kinds of hair removal.

I know that laser can induce hair in some parts of the body and the hair is supposed to be dark and coarse in order for laser to be effective. What I don’t understand is how laser might induce hair in the upper arms and shoulders for example if the hair there is already dark colored ? laser should eliminate this type of hair right ? and induced growth should not be noticeable in that case.

#2

Shoulder clean-ups are done frequently by electrologists because the hair is not coarse enough for laser.

#3

Fine hair doesn’t have enough pigment to be “eliminated” by laser. Hair needs to be coarse enough to absorb enough heat to disable it permanently. This is explained in the FAQs below.

When treating areas with fine or sparse growth, the areas with little or no hair touched by laser can turn that hair into more prominent growth.

#4

It would be cool if laser could induce some thicker growth on the heads of balding/thinning men. Too bad these things are never fair.

#5

I’m thinking this would probably be possible if those men had some inactive follicles left on their heads :slight_smile:

#6

Hi skyota,

I think it’s more a case of dormant follicles being ‘activated’ by the heat or existing fine hair being ‘strengthened’ so becoming coarser and darker.

There are just some areas where it has been observed enough that it’s not really recommended, such as a woman’s face.

Even women who have had thick hair, for example on the chin, even though it was treated, they developed much more hair in areas where the hair was previously unnoticeable.