Its 6-12 mos old. The whole top was lasered off. I cant do it all cause I have a lot of gray/white hair. Ahhh.....if I were 25 again, Id have done every strand. LOL Of course B Dangerous still doesnt have a pic up.
thanks for asking...not like the other wise-ass. If u read my posts over the last 3 years, u will understand that I have hair transplant scars in the back. In addition to the gray/white hairs, it would be pretty much a nasty look with a lot of scar tissue exposed. if I went and lasered everything. My laser tech and I have discusse fthis umerous times and came up with his plan of attack.
I feel like i should also mention a rare side effect of laser hair removal but an increasingly reported one. Paradoxical hair growth. Basically when, after said number of treatments hair in the area being treated and surrounding area can start re-growing thicker and longer than what was previously there. I only bring this up because i think it may be happening to me. 6 or so weeks after my 6th treatment it was looking pretty good with only a couple of patches to deal with on the back, but all of a sudden i started seeing re-growth on pretty much my whole head. Although its still no where near as dense and thick as it used to be, the hairs that are growing back aren't particularly weak and are all black. I'm hoping that another session is going to do some good, but ive read that if you do experience Paradoxical hair growth its extremely difficult to treat and lasers have no effect on it. This is a link to a good document i found regarding the issue, and ways that it may be prevented. http://www.dermitek.com/noticias/estimulacionpelo2007.pdf
Of the 543 patients who received laser/IPL hair photoepilation, 57 (10.49%) demonstrated an increase in hair growth compared to baseline. The increased hair growth occurred within the area that was treated and also in the areas bordering the treated area, and appeared thicker and darker than the hairs initially treated (Figs. 1 and 2). An additional 44 (8.10%) patients demonstrated no apparent reduction in hair growth following treatment. Four hundred twenty-four patients (78.08%) demonstrated a decrease in hair growth with ongoing treatments. Only 14 patients (2.5%) were discharged from the clinic due to near complete hair reduction. These results are summarized in Table 2.The increased terminal hair growth occurred mostly in areas in which fine hair or both fine and coarse hair waspresent prior to initiation of treatment. Hair growth occurred with greater frequency in patients treated withthe Alexandrite and IPL devices compared those treated with the Nd:YAG, however, the later device was used lessfrequently. Patients that developed terminal hair growth were in the following age groups: 19–31 years, 44 patients; 30–40 years, 8 patients; greater than 40 years, 5 patients. The onset of increased terminal hair growth was noted between the third and tenth treatment in 39 (72.2%) of 57 patients, and 11 (19%) of 57 between the third and fourth treatment. Most patients had a normal hormonal history. Sixteen patients had irregular menses or documented ovarian cysts.Because the terminal hair growth occurred both within the treated areas and also at the periphery of treated areasit was thought that sub-therapeutic thermal energy delivered to nearby follicles induced terminal hair growth.Subsequent application of cold packs surrounding the treatment area during treatments and treating allpatients with two passes has minimized the incidence of terminal hair growth (Fig. 3). Since we have instituted thismethod in our clinic 2 years ago, we have treated over 200 patients and have not had any patients with hair growth stimulation.
Glad to help out, Bradey. General advice:(a) Take 3-4 Advils 45 minutes before your treatment(b) Loofah your head every time you shower 3-15 days after your treatment(c) Use LOTS of moisturizer or aloe gel and keep out of the sun(d) Make sure they laser your eyebrows, ears, and nose while you're there--AT NO ADDITIONAL CHARGEAdvice for your technician: Be thorough. Don't be afraid to cause me pain.Regarding your concerns about "cheaping out..." My technician (a registered nurse) is probably also the cheapest in town. Going to an expensive aesthetics doctors office is NO GUARANTEE of quality. You want someone who has had experience lasering men's heads. Again, that's experience lasering HEADS. That's probably not going to be a high end place. My advice: save your money.What treatment am I on? My 8th. I took my avatar pic after my 3rd visit.Horseshoe visibility. Horseshoe is pretty invisible for 5-7 days after shaving for 6-8 weeks after each treatment.Good luck!
Thanks alot Common, I'll definitly be putting your advice to good practice. A through C.. i'll definitly work on D too LOLSo your saying after 6-8 weeks after your treatment it starts to get more and more noticable?And those pictures that you posted earlier what treatment were you on when you took those cause those are awesome pictures, No horseshoe whatsoever. Thats what i want.Thanks Again