At the consultation, you’ll let us know what your hopes are for laser hair removal, and we’ll assess your skin to judge the best course of action – or whether an alternative method would work better for you. If we are going ahead, we’ll do a small patch test, then see you again in a few weeks.
Once an individual follicle has been destroyed, it will never grow hair again. However, each time you have treatment, there will be some follicles that escape the lasers, either because the hair is not at the right growth stage, or because the laser didn’t quite penetrate properly. So you need to come back for several sessions, and then maybe again a year or two later.
Unlike with waxing, the hair remains in the follicle after it has been destroyed, but over the following few days, you’ll notice that they start to fall out. You might need a little after-care like creams to soothe your skin, and you’ll need to avoid the sun for a few weeks.