3 Side effects of laser hair removal at home by yourself
1. Most common risk is reddening, and mild swelling.
They are usually mild and only last a few days. Skin irritation is normal. Mild stinging is normal but any excessive pain means that something is wrong and the laser treatment should stop if adjusting the settings does not help.
2. The second risk is infection.
The hair has to be removed not only from the top of the skin but underneath at the root. If this process is done improperly it can lead to infection of the skin.
3. More severe and extremely complications is blistering, scarring and discoloration of the skin.
They are extremely rare and usually happen when the laser is used on skin that is tanned or too dark for the laser to work properly. There are also happen if home laser hair removal is not done correctly. One of the major reasons that can be difficult to do yourself is that you have to make sure not to overlap the pulses on your skin. If you go over the same area that you already did with the laser, it can cause extreme pain and possible permanent scarring.
No matter what method of laser hair removal patients choose, professional or at-home, there's always risk involved. But home laser hair removal equipments are still in its infancy, it should not really be considered as a replacement for a professional procedure at an established clinic.
Home laser treatment is still not as effective as that carried out in a professional clinic resulting in treatments that may take a very long time to do anything but the smallest areas of skin. Perhaps as these at-home laser hair removal systems improve and develop in future years, risk factors will diminish and their effectiveness will improve; but while they're still new, professional laser hair removal seems to be the safer, more reliable choice.