What now?

Hair Removal Methods Laser hair removal
#1

I’ve had 12 sessions of laser with a Cynosure Alexandrite at skn clinics on my full back, neck and upper arms. The setting was mostly on 18mm spot size and 20 joules.

Anyway, I finished my last session about 3 months ago, and the darned hair has grown back, mostly on my upper half (shoulders/arms/neck). :frowning:

I’ve decided to get electrolysis done one my back, since there is very little that stands out in that area; so zapping individual hairs is reasonable, but what about the growth on the shoulders (see attached pic)?

#2

Woops. I noticed the image hadn’t uploaded properly, so here it is again…

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Any suggestions?

#3

A modern electrologist could knock out those hairs in good measure. I’d go that direction now. So do you think laser got te bulk of your hair in these areas?

#4

I’d say the number of hairs has stayed mostly the sme, but the thickness and length of the hairs has been reduced quite nicely.

The troubled areas were mostly the lowerback and shoulders. There was very little in between to begin with. The laser had a greater impact on the lower back area, there’s hardly anything there now. Maybe it’s success rate in that region had to do with the fact that the growth in that region had happened quite some time ago; whilst the growth in the shoulder area was a reletatively recent thing (started sprouting 2-3 years ago).

BTW How many hours of electrolysis do you think we’re talking about?

#5

I cant see the full picture and any guesstimate I would say, would be specific for me, as related to my equipment, skill and ability to sit and concentrate for as long as you desire. If the hair present was cleared totally in a long session, you would still need to get through three hair growth cycles or 9-12 months for the remaining hairs, most likely.

Does yor laser specialist think it is a sure thing to keep treating you?

#6

The hair in that photo is not coarse enough for laser, so you definitely need electrolysis now. Do you have before photos?

Are you sure it was 18mm spot size? There are only a couple Cynosure machines (the very new ones) that have it. Also, do you know the pulse width?