Laser hair removal on the face??

katrina1979

Just looking for some advice. I have terroble facial hair above my lip and chin area, this is now really getting too me. I have had it for approx 15 years but it seems to be affecting me more and getting worse. My mum also has it so probably hereditary as i know it is not medical.

Is it worth giving laser treatment a go? Has anyone with really bad areas tried it and had success.

Any experiances welcome, also how long it takes if there is success.

Thanks

janthemum

I paid for my daughter to have this done as it was really bothering her. She went, for about 12 sessions in all starting off 2 weekly and finally spaced out to 3 monthly at a cost of £50 a session and her upper lip is now hairless. So I believe well worth it as for rest of her lofe she will not have to deal with this problem. I believe it worked very well. but they did say at the beginning that 6 sessions would do it but that was too optimistic. by the way hardly painful at all my DD says.

Toothsmith

Laser isn't 'permanent' hair removal, nomatter what the brochures say.

But it iS good.

Make sure the place you go is CQC registered.

katrina1979

Thanks for replys, any other experiences welcome, really need to decided if its worth the money as it is very expensive.

luxtown

janthemum wrote: »

I paid for my daughter to have this done as it was really bothering her. She went, for about 12 sessions in all starting off 2 weekly and finally spaced out to 3 monthly at a cost of £50 a session and her upper lip is now hairless. So I believe well worth it as for rest of her lofe she will not have to deal with this problem. I believe it worked very well. but they did say at the beginning that 6 sessions would do it but that was too optimistic. by the way hardly painful at all my DD says.

I am sorry you had very poor results. I did 3 sessions on my chin (it was very bad an embarrassing for a woman) and my hair is completely gone. After many years of tweezers I think the IPL was well worth it. I did it at Skin Like Silk and it was not expensive at all so worth considering. Good luck

[Deleted User]

I had laser done on my bikini area, legs and underarms and after 7-8 sessions I am now hair free. Expensive, but it works!

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

If you haven't tried before, get a full face threading done first. If you really like how that makes you feel, then it is worth going for accredited laser removal.

Philippa36

I was told that I could get dark patches and skin discolouration with laser hair removal. I have mediterranean colouring and freckles and it totally put me off.

Has anyone been affected in this way?

Toothsmith

Hyper (dark) or Hypopigmentation (light) is a risk of any laser treatment.

The key is - (like carpet cleaning) to do a small test patch somewhere where it doesn't show. This would give an indication of whether you're prone to that sort of thing or not.

A decent registered operator should be doing this automatically anyway.

[Deleted User]

Toothsmith is correct. They will have a look at your skin and do test patches. I too have olive skin and freckles

Philippa36

I didn't go ahead as it was for treatment on my face. If it was on my body, I wouldn't be so concerned! (I went to the Sk:n Clinic and the girl that did the consultation looked about 16 and I didn't feel very confident about the whole sales pitch).