Is laser hair removal good for everyone?
The best results for laser hair removal include pigmented hair. It is difficult to treat blonde and light gray hair. Because the laser targets the pigment in the hair follicles, if your hair color is light, it is more difficult for the laser to detect the pigment and effectively disable the hair follicles. Considering all these cases, is there anyone who has experienced and been satisfied with laser hair removal with blond hair?
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Laser hair removal DOES NOT work with blonde or gray hair. It is physiologically impossible!
The laser does not work with light hair above a 6-7 color level. don’t waste your money on laser if your hair is light. I did laser for clients for 3 years. Quit doing laser and concentrated just on electrology better results. The Big Laser practice in town sends me clients because laser won’t work for them. I send them clients because the laser would be a better choice.
All hair types and colors can be treated as long as there is a detectable (to the light spectrum) difference between the skin and the hair follicle. There are different wavelengths mostly found in IPLs to address this. Lasers, on the other hand, for hair removal are moreso confined to Nd:Yag (1064nm) and Alex (755nm). If you’re using one or the other you can cover a wide variety of patients, but with the rest you will have to be creative, and have the appropriate tools.