Hi I have recently been for my first session having the front neck lasered. I was just wondering if the greenish looking skin should remain after the laser? If i can explain this better, after you have a shave, you can tell you have shaved, as although the skin is smooth, you can see where the stubble will grow back out. Should this be the same after a laser treatment?
Are you talking about the five o’clock shadow or do you actually have darker skin (i.e. pigmentation)?
Skin generally looks the same as if you just shaved or even a bit rougher due to burned hairs. Within the next 3 weeks, these hairs will be coming out to shed. They may look like they’re growing at first, but they will fall out. You should notice it in the shower or when you wash your face in a week or so.
I know what you mean and that’s normal. Give it around 2 weeks and it will go away. Yes, the color deep dark green and it is actually much darker than the color you get after a clean shave. Do you have any sister, girlfriend or wife? If yes, you can use their make-up. A skin color tone really helps, it succeeds in hiding that green color.
Thank you the 5 0’clock shadow, those were the words I was looking for.
After you start shedding (usually a few days or a week in my experience), you should notice a greatly reduced or eliminated shadow. Depending on several factors, the shadow may be spotty, with spots it worked well and spots it didn’t.
Hi not noticed any shedding yet (though it has only been a few days) though it is growing back with stubble, is this normal? Am i allowed to shave it? Thanks,
Shedding usually doesn’t start until week 1 or 1.5 as mentioned in the FAQs. Please be patient. You can shave, but not shaving will probably help the hairs work themselves out of the skin faster.
Hi All, its been two weeks now, about 80% of the hairs have shed, can i shave the stragglers, or should I wait another week, and see if these shed? Also still there is the 5 o’clock shadow, but with no hair growing is this normal, and will it go? Thanks,
You can shave if you want, if the hair will shed it will whether it is shaved or not.
It doesn’t take many hairs under the skin to cause a shadow, at least in my experience. I wouldn’t worry about it right now, let the remainder that will shed do so and see what happens. If you have had 80% of your hair (visible/dark/laser ideal hair) on your first treatment, you are doing great.
Yes, you can shave.
I’m not sure I’m understanding the second comment. Are you saying there is a shadow due to the hair that still remains in the skin and is not shedding or there is a shadow even in the areas with no hair at all now?
80% shedding is very good. You should probably go in for a touchup on anything that still remains at 3 weeks.