male in his 30's - hair regrow comments

Hair Removal Methods Laser hair removal
#1

Hi guys,

I’ve been treated both full legs and arms for the last 3 years now. I got so far 10 sessions conducted in 12 week intervals more or less. I’ve decided to stop any additional session for a longer period in order to appraise the hair re-grown and thus determining whether the treatments have been effective or not. I wanted to see also if as a male in my 30’s the new hair development is indeed an issue for me.

Well, I have to say that after almost 19 weeks from my last treatment I still have nice results in legs. No completely hairless but with decent peach fuzz all over, which was my initial goal anyways. I think I am done with legs.

Regarding arms, I have to say the results have been less than unsatisfactory. The hair has (I would say) came back in average of 90%. They’re a little thinner than before though.

I do acknowledge the fact that males in their 30’s are subject to develop new hair in areas fully cleared by laser. Considering (1) laser do not achieve 100% of hair removal, not even in the best case scenario and (2) a new hair development can happen in the vicinity of 40-50%, it seems to me that if one want to have a permanently hairless look, it is necessary to think in laser same way like wax but with a longer results; meaning at least 2 sessions per year for ever.

I do believe my sessions have been done properly and definitively I am a good candidate for hair removal. As a matter of fact I do feel the hairs on my arms are new development. That defeat the logic of laser as no matter how strong the laser settings are; the male body will always find the way to re-generate the killed hairs taking the patient to square one in less than a year.

#2

That’s not entirely true though. Arm hair isn’t usually as coarse as leg hair so you won’t get the same results. The peachfuzz is normal as well since the laser can’t see that. Laser is only reduction and not removal 100% because of the fact it can’t see or hit the finer hair or lighter hair. My legs have dark brown hair, but if I look, in amongst them three’s actually blonde hairs as well which the laser will not remove.

New hair development CAN occur but what people have to remember is that this is based on the individual. Just because you’re a male doesn’t mean you’re going to develop new hair. It’s also not so much new hair, it’s more that your body hasn’t finished developing all hair in general. Whether you do laser or not you’ll still get this hair but again it depends on the person not everyone will have it.

What people seem to forget is that this isn’t the same hair that was treated coming back. Meaning (and this is completely made up for example) lets say on your chest you have 100,000 hairs when you’re 25. You do laser and get that down to say 10,000 hairs. You may even do electrolysis and get that down to 0 to make it easier. 10 years later when you’re 35, your body may have produced new hair, so now you may have 40,000 hairs back on your chest. What people need to remember, is that if you NEVER did laser or electrolysis, you’d now have 140,000 hairs. Again I have no idea how many hairs people have, just used whole numbers as an example. 10 sessions is a LOT, you usually shouldn’t need that much which is also concerning, it should be around 6 or so. So my point with that though is that even if you go for touchups for hair that is new, you’ll only need a couple sessions.

#3

My husband has very hairy forearms and even the back of his hands. It’s long and dark but also fine, soft and fluffy. I doubt it would respond that well to Laser.

Unless you are sure that the hairs were as coarse as legs (as well as dark), this probably explains why you haven’t had great results on the arms.

As edokid has mentioned, 10 treatments is a lot.

#4

How coarse was the hair to begin with? Can you post before and after photos?

#5

I don’t have any photo… sorry for that.

I think the hairs were thick and coarse to be treated. I am not an expert but I guess that part of the problem is that since I am skin type IV and leaving in the Middle East, my arms are most of the time tanned so the practitioner has managed to use mild settings on arms in order to avoid skin damage.
Since most of the time I wear long trousers, I guess that the results in legs were better as she could go with “stronger” settings.

I will try one more time on arms but if I got the same re-grow rate after 19 weeks, I will conclude the laser is not good for my arms.

#6

I hope you’re being treated with a Yag in that case.