Laser Treatment For Tanned Skin

Skin irritation and pigmentation changes are the most common.

Laser treatment for tanned skin. During your laser hair removal treatments you ll need to take special care when it comes to self tanning or sun tanning whether it s from sun exposure or sun beds. Sun tan removal treatments. Tanned skin is skin that has darkened due to excess sun exposure especially uv rays. Because tanning darkens the skin this makes it harder for the laser to distinguish between the pigment in skin.

It removes hair above the skin that can result in surface skin damage from burnt hairs but it leaves the hair shaft intact below the surface. This is why we ask our clients to arrive tan free otherwise it could be money down the drain for you. At the devon laser clinic we do not perform laser treatment on tanned skin. Laser hair removal usually requires two to six treatments.

What you can expect. The laser may cause temporary side effects immediately after the procedure. The laser is attracted to the dark pigmentation in your hair. The more sun tanned the skin the more risk of adverse side effects such as pigmentation changes and at worse a burn.

Laser resurfacing is a treatment to reduce facial wrinkles and skin irregularities such as blemishes or acne scars. This is a medical grade hair removal laser and so it will not allow for ineffective hair removal treatment on tanned skin. Best treatments for skin pigmentation. At skintelligence clinic we use an alexandrite and nd yag laser.

Laser hair removal works by using small high heat lasers. You may feel itching or stinging for 12 to 72 hours after the procedure. Depending on the problem that. Trimming and shaving is recommended the day before laser treatment.

Five to seven days after laser resurfacing your skin will become dry and peel. It is a result of an increase in the melanin content of the skin which is the body s natural protective measure triggered to minimise additional skin damage.