Laser hair removal can backfire and actually stimulate new hair growth instead of destroying follicles, especially in people with darker skin and hormonal conditions like PCOS. You can prevent it by switching laser types, increasing the energy settings, or trying electrolysis instead.
It took me 10 years to learn this, but I'll teach it to you in 10 seconds. You don't always hear this before you book a laser hair removal package, but this is called paradoxical hair growth. Basically, instead of removing your hair, the laser can stimulate new hair growth because the heat is not strong enough to destroy the hair follicle and it stimulates it instead. It happens in darker skin tones, usually in hormone sensitive areas like the jawline and people who have hormonal sensitivities like pcos. But you're not destined for failure because you got options either. We can switch technologies, adjust the settings, or transfer you to electrolysis for permanent removal.
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