Help - I’m About to Have Laser Hair Removal for the First Time!
During your time before hair laser removal appointment, particularly your first one, the pressure and excitement can cause you to forget something.
A month or more before your appointment:
Stop using depilation creams, waxing, epilating, sugaring and tweezing at the latest 2 weeks prior to treatment, and if possible a month or more prior. These methods of removal interfere with the follicle that the hair laser removal treatment aims to target.
Broach the subject of pain relief with your laser hair removal clinic and choose what to use.
There are topical anesthetics such as EMLA, which you apply to your skin. These products are excellent if you are worried about discomfort during the treatment, however do be cautious if you are applying it to large areas of skin as the chemicals are absorbed into the bloodstream. Follow the instructions with care.
Consider whether you want to take a photographic journal of the parts of the body you are having treated to monitor how well the treatment works. The clinic might do this but in any case you might want to take some also.
Stop sunbathing! The whiter your skin is when you get your hair laser removal treatment, the more successful and permanent your results from removal of hair by laser are likely to be.
The week of your appointment
Post treatment side effects are rare, as long as your hair laser removal appointment is with a reputable clinic who have properly maintained equipment and well experienced operators. However your skin will most likely be red after the treatment so if you are planning laser facial hair removal then you might want to think about the option of whether you need to take the rest of the day off your job if you’re at all worried about people at work knowing you had something done.
The night before
This is a ideal time to shave the parts of the body you are going to have laser hair removal done on. If you shave within 24 hours of the procedure you will find it is less painful and it can also be more successful because less of the laser energy is used pointlessly on destroying the hair above the skin, meaning a greater proportion is directed where it is most useful, at the follicle, to kill it off.
Just a few hours to go
If you are getting your underarms treated, don’t apply any deodorant. Just wash your underarms with soap and rinse properly. If it’s really hot and there’s a danger you might get too sweaty prior to your appointment, you could use unperfumed baby wipes to ward off any smells.
For any parts of the body, don’t put creams or lotions on before removal of hair by laser.
The last 20 minutes
What is your pain tolerance like? If you are worried, then it is good advice to take a couple of oral painkillers right prior to the laser hair removal appointment.
If you follow our reminders, we hope that your hair laser removal treatment will be stress-free!
Ingrid Preube
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