I’m a 19 year old male and a couple years back (before I knew the difference between true laser and IPL) I had about 11 or 12 treatments on my face with a Palomar IPL machine and fast-forward to now, most of the hair on my face has grown back, probably thinner. A few friends have noticed that I have some blondish/reddish hairs on my chin kind of sporadically. They are not extremely noticeable but I have very dark brown hair in reality (though it might look black) and I’ve even been told by someone that my hair has red undertones (though I’m not sure what that means exactly). Anyway, my question is this: could the IPL treatments have caused this loss of pigment or melanin in some hairs on my beard/chin? Any insight is appreciated, thanks.
I doubt it. You’re still very young and at this age basically still in full development of your facial hair (and other hormonal hair). You’ll see changes in your hair still for the next 5-7 years at least.
I’m surprised you did your beard when you were so young still and just starting to develop serious hair. That can cause lots of patchiness.