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Laser: why it takes a course and how often to come

Laser hair removal isn’t about the number of sessions, it’s about the result.

The laser works only on hair in the active growth phase (anagen). Every hair goes through three phases — anagen, catagen and telogen — and not all hairs are in the active phase at the same time, which is why you need several sessions with intervals between them.
A course is 10 to 12 sessions. Over the course, 60 to 90% of the hair disappears.
At the start there are 4–5 weeks between sessions; later the intervals get longer. We don’t ask you to come back “just in a month”: we watch how your hair grows and adjust the intervals between sessions so they really work.
The laser doesn’t remove hair instantly: it looks as if it keeps growing, but these are hairs that have already been treated. Within 7 to 14 days your body pushes them to the surface and they fall out.
With every session the hair gets finer, weaker and sparser, and grows more slowly.
After the course you move on to maintenance sessions, every 2–5 months.

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