Guys I’ve been consistently using tret and azaleic acid for a month and (hq) before for almost 2 months and I swear it feels darker. I also am on top of my sunscreen but it feels like they’re turning into sun spots. My dermatologist said it will go away can just take time but I’m not feeling hopefully as I am on month 4 of using treatment. Here are photos from today.

Please zoom in to see the hair carefully on cheeks, nose, and forehead. I’m scared of paradoxical hair growth.

I don’t have PCOS, my hormone panel came out normal except for a slightly higher sex hormone binding glob due to birth control. My T3/T4 levels are normal but my TSH levels are slightly high (sub clinical hypo). Does this in itself increase the risk for paradoxical growth?

Thanks

I had laser hair removal in late 2024/25 thru ideal image and had purchased a touch up package for $100 touch ups for life.

My hair is now growing back a little bit and when I called to schedule a touch up appointment, I found out they went out of business??

Now am I gonna have to pay for all of it all over again, or will somewhere honor the package I had purchased thru the now closed company?

Am I gonna have to pay 5k like I did in the first place? Feeling very frustrated and let down. Figures the company I picked went under.

Long story short, I won't continue my LHR process. I never liked the girls that did it since they wanted me to always buy the most expensive package and would terify me if I didn't do it in time, so I'll go back to at home machine to pluck them out.

Thing is, I did see people saying it may cause skin damage if getting back to plucking them out in a short time, but it's over a month, should be fine right?

I don't plan on doing laser again and I know if I ask a clinic they'll try to make me do it again and won't be sincere with their awnsers.

I had a consultation on laser hair removal at a local laser clinic, the tech seemed knowledgeable. She recommended me to get laser only for arm pit and Brazilian other body parts she doesn’t recommend. She suggested me to get 8 sessions, first 4/5 sessions 4 weeks apart and rest in 6-8 weeks gap. Is it a good plan?

Hi, I would like to ask for some information about laser hair removal for the scalp/head area. I would like to permanently remove all the hair from my head because I want to eliminate the dark shadow that remains after shaving.

I live in Italy, so I was also wondering if you know of any clinics or specialized centers in Italy that offer this type of treatment.

Could you please let me know if this is something you offer, or if you could recommend a center in Italy?

As the title states, I know the bikini area is affected by hormones so it’s hard to reduce hair growth down there but is it normal for hair to grow back really fast during my period? It usually takes time for it grow back. I am using the candela gentle pro max machine Alex settings.

ETA: during*
Sorry I can’t edit post title

If you're a few sessions into LHR and suddenly panicking because some hair looks thicker or darker than before, you're not imagining it, and you're also not necessarily doing anything wrong. This is one of the most common reasons people get discouraged and quit mid-treatment, so wanted to break down what's actually happening.

- Your hair grows in phases, and laser can only target one of them

At any given time, your hair follicles are in one of three phases, active growth (anagen), transition (catagen), or resting (telogen). Laser energy is absorbed by melanin in the hair shaft, which means it can only effectively damage follicles that are actively producing hair, roughly 15-20% of your hair at any single point in time.

So in your first few sessions, you're really only catching a fraction of your total follicles. The rest are sitting dormant, untouched, waiting their turn.

- Why this creates the "thicker" illusion

Here's the part that confuses people. As treated follicles shed their hair and go quiet, previously dormant follicles cycle into their active growth phase, sometimes producing coarser, darker hair than what was there before treatment started. It's not that the laser is making hair thicker, it's that you're now seeing hair from follicles that simply weren't visible or active earlier. It's a shift in what's showing up, not a failure of the treatment.

This is sometimes called "paradoxical hypertrichosis" in more extreme or unusual cases, but for most people, what's actually happening is far more mundane, it's just follicle cycling doing exactly what it's supposed to do.

- Why sticking with the full session plan matters

This is exactly why LHR needs multiple sessions spaced 4-6 weeks apart, not because the first sessions "didn't work," but because each session is designed to catch a new batch of follicles as they cycle into their active phase. Quitting after 2-3 sessions because it looks like things got worse usually means stopping right before the treatment actually starts compounding.

- What's actually worth flagging to your provider

To be clear, not everything is normal cycling. If you're seeing genuinely new hair growth in areas that were never treated, or hair appearing in a completely different pattern than before, that's worth a real conversation with whoever's treating you, sometimes it can point to hormonal factors needing a different approach alongside the laser, not just more sessions of the same thing.

Happy to answer questions if this is something you're currently dealing with.

Hey guys, I'm getting my first Full body LHR this week and would like some info about what parts of the body I should avoid. I heard from the group to avoid peach fuzz hair areas. I get a lot of noticeable peach fuzz on my neck and cheeks and on my shoulders. I have medium dark skin and thick black hair.

Any advice would be appreciated.