For a lot of people, it can be a very exciting prospect to get started on their laser hair removal journey. When you get to the end, you’ll potentially never have to shave again, or at least not for a very long time, being left with beautiful, smooth skin for years to come.
While those treatment sessions are ongoing, however, there are a few things that you’ll need to keep in mind. Here, we explore some basic but super important things to avoid directly after a session, from sun to shaving, to help you get the most out of your experience.
Sun Or Heat
After a laser hair removal session at a clinic like LaserHQ, your skin in those areas can be very sensitive to the thing that hurt it in the first place – heat. As a result, you really need to make sure that you’re able to protect it for those first few days, especially.
Try to avoid exposing your treated skin to direct sunlight. Cover up if you can, and if not, put a factor 50 sun cream on, making sure that you choose an option without alcohol or other potential irritants. Avoid excessive heat, such as saunas, as well.
Exercise
Straight after a session, you’ll also want to avoid exercise. First, your skin won’t take kindly to the heat and perspiration that comes with exercise, and could flare up uncomfortably. Second, it’s likely that your sports clothing will chafe or rub on the affected area, which could be another cause for discomfort. Ask your technician, but it’s likely a good idea to rest for a day or two.
Aggressive skin products
When our skin is functioning as a healthy barrier, we don’t recognise quite how harsh some skin products can be. After a laser hair removal session, when certain areas of skin are exceptionally sensitive, this changes somewhat.
Even a scented moisturiser can sting and be bad for the skin, not to mention how painful something like an aggressive exfoliator could be. Try to only use simple, healthy moisturisers, and give the rest of your beauty routine a break for a little while.
Shaving
For the first four or five days after your laser hair removal treatment, it’s also important that you don’t shave, wax or pluck the area that you’ve had treatment on. Not only will that area be more sensitive, but you also need to wait for the hair follicles to naturally react to the laser treatment, which can take a few days.
After those first five days, you can get shaving again, but no sooner – it’s not something that you’ll have to endure for long, as once your treatment is up, you won’t have to shave again for the foreseeable future!
Laser hair removal can come with a bit of faff at first, but in the long term, it’s quite the opposite. Your skincare routine will end up being much simpler, shaving minutes off of how long it takes you to get ready every single day.
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