If the clinic knows how to use LightSheer well (it’s more difficult to use) and is using good settings, it’s definitely fine to stick with it.
What would be good setting for the second treatment? They started with 25J.
And… as about half of the hair shed I am not sure if they know how to use Lightsheer well. ALthough I might try to advise them on pressing the spot against the skin which would be awkward…
Compression is important, i.e. using the up-and-down method and pressing each time.
They should test your skin and see what your skin can handle safely above 25J. 25J should be the minimum they should use. We can’t really advise how high you can go. This is something that they need to test your skin for.
Time to share my experience again.
I had my second LHR treatment with Lightsheer 7 weeks ago on lower legs and bikini line. I saw almost a complete shedding on both lower legs and bikini line. But now, 7 weeks later, most of the hair has grown back on my legs, although they are much finer than they used to be. Is that a bad sign that they have mostly grown back? What comes to bikini line then I am still satisfied with the results.
It sounds normal. You should be getting another treatment in the next 1-3 weeks.
I had my third treatment on lower legs, bikini line and part of my upper legs done 3 and a half weeks ago.
This time I am not satisfied because only 50-60 percent of the hair treated have sheded although the practitioner used 33 joules this time and it hurt badly.
I am thinking of visiting them again and of paying for the treatments again.
May having a treatment in 5 weeks time be somehow bad for the hair cycles? Because I won´t be able to go earlier.
Thank you for answering!
You should ask them for a touchup. Sounds like they missed spots. It’s best to do it now while the hair is in the right phase. Don’t wait until 5 weeks. At that point, you might as well wait 10 weeks for your next treatment.
Did they use compression? Or they glided without pressing?
Hello, Lagirl!
I called the clinic and ecplained that I have soooo many missed spots on my legs and they advised me on coming to the clinic tomorrow to show the areas treated.
Do people shave at home before getting a touchup? I mean… is there a chance I get a touchup or will it just be a visit to show my concern?
And… it is very hard to teff if they used compression or not because it hurt badly and I couldn’t think of anything else but the pain. There are areas on my legs I know they treated meaning the laser touched the place but I see no shedding. And on lower legs I have so called hair-stripes so it seems there the laser just missed spots.
I am pretty much sure they don’t offer touchups and going there means I have to pay again for the whole thing. Another concern is that they really don’t even know the basic rules because on my consultation nothing about complete hair shedding between treatments was mentioned.
I wouldn’t shave. I would leave it so they can see all the missed spots. You can shave there.
Striping is definitely a result of not overlapping and gliding.
Even if they don’t technically offer it, I think you should try to press them for a touchup based on the fact that you paid to treat the entire area, not 50% of it. I would point to striping as a definite clue that the area just wasn’t covered well.
I won’t shave and see what happens.
Is there a slight difference between having a touchup on a week 4 or 5? Is it useless in that case?
It’s best to get it as close to 3 weeks as possible. Technically, it’s better to get it the next day after the treatment, but you won’t know what was missed then. 3 weeks is the earliest you can tell for sure.
I went to the clinic and they were willing to offer me a free touchup for lower legs. I didn’t shave before so the practitioner could see the hair stripes.
I asked her to press the laserspot hard against my skin to see if that way the results would be better. She said she had never used that hard compression on anybody before.
My skin has not been that red and itching as this time, I have black-head alike dots all over the area treated, is that normal?
Yes, those are pepperspots. It’s dead hair that will fall out. You can start exfoliating to help that process in a week or two.
It looks like you’re teaching them to use the machine 
Hello!
I’ll tell you what has happened to me in the meantime.
Right now I am having treatments with Candela because after each treatment with Lightsheer I had patchy skin and I was never satisfied with the results. With Lightsheer I had 4 tr on lower legs, 4 on bikini and 2 on upper.
I’ve had plus one treatment on each area with Candela Gentlelase laser.
The practitioner also treated my buttocks although I was not sure if the hair there were coarse enough (dark-yes).
Now after 5 weeks my buttocks are OK meaning not much hair growing there, but full of folliculitidis. I was asked to come back after 1,5 months to have my buttocks retreated.
How can I be sure that the laser works on my buttocks and doesn’t induce hair growth? I can’t provide a picture because there’s nothing to see yet.
All the best,
M
What settings were used? What is your skin type?
You can’t be sure unless you don’t treat the area that doesn’t have coarse dense growth.
My skin type is II.
My next treatment is on Friday- I’ll ask for the settings then.
What comes to hair density, I have strong doubts… I just watched photos most people in this forum said laser would do no good and I even don’t have that dense hair. My hair is dark but not dense enough. Unfortunately there’s no electrolysis in my country.
Should I go and have my next treatment or wait until my hair grow so I could post photos?
The doctor who treats my hair said nothing about me not being the perfect candidate.
There is no point of having a treatment if the hair has not fully grown in yet. Many clinics will just treat regardless and will say “sorry” when you get no results. I wouldn’t waste your money if the hair is not coarse and dense.
You can potentially consider traveling to Germany or Spain for electrolysis once a month.
Hello!
I skipped my last session and let my hair grow just to be sure what I do is right. I’ve made a few photos in order to let you decide what is best for me because clinic doesn’t do that for me.
These photos are made from the back of my upper leg, the last one is the closest to the knee.
I found one clinic in my country that offers electrolysis. Here’s the site:
http://www.janssen-beauty.ee/eng.htm
I don’t know what to think of it…
Thank you!
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Your hair is fine and sparse and definitely needs electrolysis.
I don’t see any information on the type of electrolysis machine this clinic uses and what method on their website. You may want to call and ask.
Does it mean that laser is useless for me?