Results - Answer question determine Fitzpatrick skin type

• Pale white skin
• Blue / Hazel eyes
• Blond / Red hair
• Freckles or Albino

• Highly sensitive
• Always burns
• Never tans

Laser hair removal will be most effective on skin type I. The type I of skin absorbs the least amount of laser light, so a relatively high amount of energy can be used to hair follicles. This results of laser hair removal in an extremely effective and painless treatment.

• Fair skin
• Blue eyes

• Very sun sensitive
• Burns easily
• Tans minimally

Laser hair removal will be very effective on skin type II. The type II of skin absorbs very little laser light, so a relatively high amount of energy can be used to hair follicles. It resulting in excellent permanent results of laser hair removal.

• Darker white skin
  
  Example :
  Darker Caucasians, European mix

• Sun sensitive skin
• Sometimes burns
• Slowly tans to light brown

Laser hair removal of dark hairs will be effective on skin type III. The type III of skin absorbs more laser light than lighter shades of skin, so the energy on some types of lasers may be turned down somewhat to avoid damaging the skin.

The procedure may not provide permanent results of laser hair removal for light brown or blonde hair that is not markedly darker than the skin.

• Light brown skin
  
  Example :
  Mediterranian, European, Asian, Hispanic, American Indian

• Mini sun sensitive
• Burns minimally
• Tans to moderate brown

The skin type IV absorbs a relatively large amount of laser radiation, consequently, they was not traditionally treated by lasers. From 2001 year, laser designs have been developed that allow effective treatment of dark hair on skin types IV and darker (types V and VI).

A few more visits might need to be scheduled to make the hair removal / reduction truly permanent. If you are currently tanned (even with tan-in-a-can) you should wait before having any laser procedures.

• Brown skin
  
  Example :
  Hispanics, Afro-American, Middle Eastern

• Sun-insensitive skin
• Rarely burns
• Tans well

The skin type V and VI absorbs more laser radiation than other types of skin, consequently, was not traditionally treated by lasers.

• Dark brown
  Black skin
  
  Example :
  Afro-American, African, Middle Eastern

• Sun-insensitive
• Never burns
• Deeply pigmented