Patient's Query
Hi doctor,
I am a 24-year-old female and have excessive hair on my body. They are still growing. Is laser treatment safe or not?
Please advise me on how to get rid of it.
Hi,
Welcome to icliniq.com.
I understand your concern.
Excessive hair from the body can only be removed by the laser technique. In case of conditions like hirsutism, where body hair grows in unwanted areas, especially for females, they may use creams like Eflornithine twice daily. Even though that is true, creams are sometimes less effective than laser treatment.
Laser treatment is absolutely safe and is meant to treat skin conditions. Lasers can penetrate the skin to the affected area to remove excess hair, and no other treatment is as effective as lasers.
The treatment is done in sessions depending on the hair cycles, which means that if you undergo a laser treatment today, the existing hair follicles, along with the hair, will be removed. Still, in the next three to four weeks, you might notice hair growth from other follicles that were not removed because they were in the dormant stage of the hair cycle.
Once done in three to four sessions every four weeks, all the hair follicles weaken, helping you get rid of the hair on your body for years. Kindly consult a cosmetic dermatologist in person for this.
I hope this has helped you.
Please feel free to reach out to me again if you have further queries.
Thank you.
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Answered byDr. Sandhya Narayanan Kutty
Medically reviewed byDr. K. Shobana
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