Laser Hair Removal Guide

Photoepilation And Hair Loss?

I recently had 1 session of photoepilation on my neck -couple of weeks later, i suffered substantial hair loss mainly from the lower back of my head – could there be a connection ?

Answer:

The quick answer to your question is YES… there is a connection.

But I must say that, it needs a few more details. Further exploration into your medical and family history, could help reach a final conclusion of photoepilation being the real culprit, in your case.

• By medical history I mean whether or not you have any other illness and whether you are taking any medications for that illness.
• By family history I mean is there any evidence of hair loss or baldness in your family.

Now… going forward with the little background information you have provided, we can safely assume that there is a connection between the hair loss and the photo-epilation sessions you had.

The first and clear logic to that fact is that photoepilation is a method of hair removal… and done wrongly, it must cause hair to fall from the skin surrounding the target skin for hair removal. (I am not blaming the facility, you performed your hair removal at!)

Second quick logic is the fact that you were not suffering from hair loss prior to performing this procedure.

The third logic is or may be a bit technical and scientific for a common consumer. And it lies in… the mechanism through which photo epilation works.

Yes… flash lamp treatments (another name for photoepilation) work by targeting selectively the large and pigmented follicles of hair.

Now, what must be the result of targeting all the large hair follicles? You guessed it… damaging all of them.

And that is also the reason why photo epilation leads to significant and long lasting hair removal.

In contrast techniques like laser hair removal target only the follicle which is in Anagen phase of its growth cycle.

And all the other follicles that are not in this phase of growth are thus escaped from laser beams.

(I am not emphasizing the benefits of laser hair removal over photo epilation here, but mentioning it just for the sake of a quick contrast, which must help you towards better understanding of the issue being discussed. Laser hair removal has its own share of issues – maybe negligible!)

So photo epilation seems to be a rather crude method of hair removal when compared with the advanced ones.

Hence it is bound to cause a more widespread area of hair loss.

Now that depends also on the expertise and knowledge of the one who is performing the procedure.

Conclusion: Photoepilation, in your case, and with the details you have provided can safely be assumed to have connection with the sudden hair loss you are experiencing.

What You Should Do:

• Consult a dermatologist urgently. And until and unless you get a final verdict from such a competent professional regarding the link between your condition and photoepilation, you must assume that there is a connection between the two.
• Stop immediately, any further sessions of hair removal by any method whatsoever.
• Get the hair loss treated.
• Keep in touch with this page. Because many other experts and experienced consumers may read this and give you more valuable inputs than I could.

It always amazes me that in life, what we do want to stay, we lose it very easily and what we do want to get rid of leaves us, if ever… badly or at least with a cost.

However there is a good news for you also.

Because if there is really a connection between your photoepilation treatment and the hair loss, then its temporary.

I am saying this because photoepilation is a long lasting but not permanent method of hair removal. So your hair loss must either be a temporary phenomenon.

Wishing you all the good luck that you get things sorted out and end up with a real remedy for the situation.