Temporary Side Effects of Laser Hair Removal

Jun 22
08:17

2011

Imran Saeed

Imran Saeed

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This article is about the Temporary Side Effects of Laser Hair Removal.

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Side effects of laser hair removal are basically temporary. Permanent side effects only take place if care is not taken after the treatment. Some of the temporary side effects from laser hair removal treatment include swelling,Temporary Side Effects of Laser Hair Removal  Articles pain, hyper pigmentation, blistering and redness.

 These side effects can be avoided if you carefully listen and act upon the measures told to you by your technician or specialist. You should be choosing a qualified and experienced technician so that he knows how to cope with different kinds of skin and what settings he should be using for different types of hair. If your technician is not highly qualified, there is a high risk of temporary side effects like blistering and hyper pigmentation. If you provide wrong information to your technician, about your skin, you are more likely to experience hyper pigmentation. So make sure that you tell your technician everything about your skin.

You should avoid excessive sun exposure if you want to reduce the risk of temporary side effects. Sometimes the follicles are swollen up and cause red bumps to appear on the skin. This normally takes place in areas with more dense hair. Sometimes the skin becomes red from certain areas. This usually happens because the skin in that particular area is sensitive. Pain is a common temporary side effect of laser hair removal treatment. You could use a topical numbing agent or pain killers to relieve pain. But this pain is just temporary and may even disappear in hours and it might sometimes take a day. If swelling is experienced, that is again very common. This basically happens because laser light penetrates your skin. This is normally observed in sensitive areas like the upper lip, bikini area and areas of your face. But swelling vanishes in a day or two.   Blistering occurs if you do excessive sun exposure after the treatment. Sun exposure should be avoided three weeks before and after the treatment. Make sure if you have any other reactions on your skin, you must inform your laser hair removal technician so that he might be able to help you on this.

If done with proper care and expertise, no permanent side effects have been seen to date. The side effects are temporary and they disappear in about three days maximum,