It was special for $1500 for 6 sessions and $35 per session after that for 2 years. Going in was nervous and I walked releaved. They used the Candela YAG with the cooling spray. There policy is start out on setting 6 to prevent any problems. I was told that she will double it every session until 30 and use that until we are done. First let me say the believe it or not that cooling spray makes a difference. Not sure if it's the different sensation or the cool wet feeling. She stated out with my front neck and it was a little painful, but more annoying than unbearable. Then she went to my face and the Scalp. I shaved my head against the grain and I didn't on my neck. I said that to say it didn't hurt at all on my head. It was so simple and easy to be honest. She did all 3 areas with 15% overlap with in about 45 minutes. I took the Motrin and didn't use any topical creams. Next session will be a good test to see if the higher setting makes any difference on the scalp as far as pain is concerned. There was no pain afterwards and no visible marks. I really don't feel like anything has been done. Again with the lower setting this could be different next time. I will make a point to shave against the grain under my neck to get a much close shave and see if that makes a difference as far as pain. If all the session go this smooth I will be very happy. I hope my experience helps someone else out.
go for it; but be warned...its not a perfect science.
Quote from: marty22 on March 04, 2011, 03:39:57 PMgo for it; but be warned...its not a perfect science.In terms of pain?
correct..in terms of success. thats why I have advised people (privately via e-mail) not to consider lasering the entire scalp without knowing that you still may have to shave periodically.
Considering the fact that greys will also remain, you would have to shave in each case scenario... along with occasional peach fuzz.But the fact that the dark shadow is gone or diminished to minimum, makes the money worth of it, in my opinion.
Quote from: kokyman on March 05, 2011, 11:31:05 AMConsidering the fact that greys will also remain, you would have to shave in each case scenario... along with occasional peach fuzz.But the fact that the dark shadow is gone or diminished to minimum, makes the money worth of it, in my opinion.It's not just the greys. A lot of people have more than one hair color. The hair can be mostly dark but there can be a lot of blond or red hairs mixed in. Those can be more resistant to the laser. And that may or may not be a significant amount of hair, depending on the person. Also, no matter what they tell you, some of the hair does grow back eventually.
I haven't had it done on my scalp. I had my back, shoulders and chest done about four years ago. I had way too much hair on my chest -- a combination of black, red, blond and some scattered greys. The laser took care of the really dark hairs, and gave me about an 80% reduction, which is about what I'd been told to expect.For a long time afterwards, the remaining hair had an odd pattern -- you could easily see the "lines" from the laser. That wasn't a problem on the chest, but I'd have been very unhappy if I'd had that on my head. Some of the hair has grown back and it looks more natural now. No one would ever be able to tell that I'd had it done, except if they compared some before and after photos.It was worth having done, because I was never comfortable with that overabundance of chest hair -- which was very wiry and prickly. But I never got 100% hair free, which I would have liked to have done. I can only assume that scalp hair, which is generally thicker than body hair, would be more difficult to remove.
But how many sessions have you done on chest? If it was only one, or 2-3, it's impossible to get hair-free state. Also, around 8-10 is an average number of sessions that is needed for substantial results, maybe even 2-3 more for some people.
Quote from: kokyman on March 05, 2011, 03:56:24 PMBut how many sessions have you done on chest? If it was only one, or 2-3, it's impossible to get hair-free state. Also, around 8-10 is an average number of sessions that is needed for substantial results, maybe even 2-3 more for some people.It was about 7 or 8 sessions; I don't remember exactly.