Hi all. thanks to everyone who contributes honestly to this forum I have found it helpful over the past 5years. despite my own frustrations with the results.
So I have been on the gentleease setting 16 on the highest spot size. I can’t go much higher than his because i have a skin III at least. Do you think i should have a go at the yag and try to go higher on the yag (because i hear with the yag you can go higher settings for coloured people).
If you can handle 16J on 18mm without issues, stick with it. If you’re not getting results with this setting, the hair is likely not coarse enough, and a Yag is not going to be worse for it, not better.
Thanks LAgirl! Your comments are always very helpful!
I have my first session on chest and abdomen scheduled for next week. Last week I was at the clinic and had a nice conversation with the doctor in charge, who seems very experienced and objective. His initial suggestion was also to use YAG for thinning but after some discussion we have agreed to do a small area with the Alexandrite. However, he believes that, by using Alexandrite, there is a chance (though small) of having patchy results, even after only one session. What is your opinion?
We did a test spot with Alexandrite (16J and 20 mm spot size) and it went well. Would there be any reasonable settings at which YAG or Diode could achieve similar power and have similar effectiveness?
All the best
Marcus
I just replied to the same post on your other thread. Try to keep your story in one thread so it’s easy to follow and refer back to things. 