Between sessions: 4 mistakes that slow your laser hair removal results If you’re considering laser hair removal in Cheadle, it’s important to be aware of these common mistakes.
Booking your appointments is only half of a successful course. What you do in the weeks between sessions matters just as much. If you’ve started laser hair removal Cheadle clients rely on, or you’re about to, here are four common mistakes to avoid.
1. Waxing or plucking between sessions. It feels like a quick fix for a stray hair, but waxing, plucking and threading remove the hair from the root, and the laser needs that hair to do its job. One NHS laser centre advises that you can keep shaving or trimming between treatments, but should not wax, pluck or use hair removal creams. Shaving is the safe option. nbt
2. Sun, sunbeds and fake tan. Tanned or sun-exposed skin is more likely to react to treatment. Treated skin is more sensitive to sunlight afterwards. Use a high-factor SPF on treated areas, cover up where you can, and let us know about any holiday or tan before your next appointment so we can plan around it.
3. Skipping or delaying sessions. Hair grows in cycles, and the laser can only treat hair that is actively growing at the time. Appointments are spaced out so that new hairs are caught as they enter that phase. A gap now and then is fine and doesn’t undo your progress, but regular spacing gives the best result.
4. Judging your results too early. After a session, treated hairs often shed over the following one to three weeks. That can look like regrowth, but it is actually the treatment working. Take a photo before each session and compare, because gradual change is hard to spot from memory.
A few extras: avoid hot baths, saunas and intense workouts for the first day or two, use a gentle fragrance-free moisturiser if skin feels dry, and don’t scratch or pick at the area.
At Angel Skin Lab, we use a diode laser for hair removal and tailor every plan to your skin tone, hair type and treatment area. If you’re looking for laser hair removal Cheadle locals can trust, we’ll talk you through exactly what to do at each stage. For more general information, you can read about laser hair removal from an NHS laser centre.
📍 Angel Skin Lab, Suite S61, Bizspace Cheadle Place, Stockport Road, Cheadle, Stockport, SK8 2JX
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https://www.nbt.nhs.uk/bristol-laser-centre/laser-treatments/hair-removal
