What should you know about Braun Silk laser hair removal?

Light is drawn to pigment in the hair, where heat can affect the follicle and reduce later growth. Because follicles cycle through growth stages, one session cannot address every hair. Hair colour, skin tone, body area and contact with the skin influence the response. Home devices differ from clinic lasers: a clinic may use Alexandrite Laser, Diode Laser or Nd:YAG Laser after assessing the person and selecting settings.

A brief warm feeling and redness around follicles may be expected. A reaction that becomes more painful or widespread is not something to keep treating through.

Use the manufacturer’s skin-tone check and instructions for shaving, patch testing and treatment frequency. Work on clean, dry, intact skin. Keep the device away from tattoos, dark spots, wounds, eczema-like flares and recently tanned skin. Avoid extra passes over a stubborn area, and protect treated skin from strong sunlight. Do not share a device when hygiene or skin infection is a concern.

For recurring shaving-related bumps, review Razor Bumps and Ingrown Hairs. A clinician should assess painful, draining or persistent lesions before light treatment.

Stop treatment and obtain medical advice for blisters, burns, severe tenderness, increasing swelling, spreading redness, discharge, eye symptoms or persistent darkening or lightening. Sudden facial hair growth or growth with other hormonal symptoms deserves an assessment rather than repeated home treatment.

Ask whether your skin and hair characteristics are appropriate for home light treatment, whether a medicine or condition changes the risk, and when a professional laser assessment would be safer. Mention recurrent painful lumps because Hidradenitis Suppurativa can require a different plan.