How to Care for Your Skin Before and After Laser Hair Removal

How to Care for Your Skin Before and After Laser Hair Removal

Ready to stop the endless cycle of plucking, tweezing, waxing, and shaving away unwanted body and facial hair? Dr. Rawan Abu-Zeitoon and the team at Chrysolite Aesthetics in Houston, Texas, can help with the best technology and therapy available when it comes to laser hair removal

Dr. Abu-Zeitoon selected the GentleMax Pro® nd:YAG and alexandrite lasers to help you achieve the best results possible. Properly caring for your skin before and after your treatment session helps optimize your laser hair removal results. Here’s how it works and what to do to get the smoothest, silkiest skin you can!

Understanding laser hair removal

Laser hair removal works by using advanced laser technology to safely target the protein cells in hair follicles. The laser blasts these cells with intense light. Because these cells provide the nourishment your hair needs to grow, your hair stops growing when they’re destroyed. 

You don’t have to worry about your skin or surrounding tissues being harmed because these treatments are highly targeted. In fact, because the laser hair removal system at Chrysolite Aesthetics is safe and effective, you can treat most areas of your body, including your: 

Most treatment sessions take minutes, and even bigger areas, like the chest or back, can usually fit into a lunch hour. Since laser hair removal stops new hair from growing, most results last. However, if you experience regrowth, your new hair will be lighter and thinner, making it easy to erase with a quick touch-up treatment. 

Caring for your skin before laser hair removal

To get the longest-lasting results you can with the healthiest skin possible, it’s important to care for your skin before laser hair removal treatment. Here are some of our top suggestions:

Following these guidelines works to minimize your risk of side effects on your skin, which include mild irritations, burns, and discoloration. As a bonus, these steps help ensure you get better hair removal results, too. 

Caring for your skin after laser hair removal

After your laser hair removal treatment, be sure you pay special attention to your skin. In the hours following treatment, you may experience some minor side effects. These include your skin feeling more sensitive to the touch than usual, slightly warm, or mildly irritated. 

These side effects are usually very short lived and resolve quickly, but you can help them along by taking care of your skin after your treatment. Here are our top recommendations to follow for 1-2 days after your laser treatment: 

You’ll also benefit from wearing loose, soft clothes that don’t rub against your skin. After 1-2 days, any sensitivity or irritation you’re experiencing should go away. 

For continued good results, keep taking care of your skin by minimizing sun exposure for a week. When you do go outside, be sure to wear sunscreen every time. 

Say goodbye to unwanted hair for good with laser hair removal! Contact the Houston office of Chrysolite Aesthetics by calling 832-698-1157 to schedule or book an appointment online.

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