Aftercare advice
Laser hair removal: before and after treatment
Advice before and after laser hair removal.
General advice – the nurse will give you personal advice tailored to your treatment.
Before treatment
- Shave the area the day before or on the same day – do not wax, tweeze or epilate for 4 weeks before.
- Avoid sun, tanning beds and self-tanning for 2–4 weeks before and after.
- Come without cream, deodorant or perfume in the area.
- Tell us about medicines that make the skin sensitive to light and about herpes (for the lip area).
After treatment
- Cool the area if needed; use a gentle, fragrance-free moisturiser.
- Avoid sun, tanning beds, sauna, hard exercise and hot baths for 48 hours; use sunscreen.
- Do not wax/tweeze between treatments – shaving is fine.
- The hairs “fall out” within 1–3 weeks – this is normal.
This is normal
- Redness and small swellings around the hair follicles for hours to 1–2 days.
When to get in touch
Get in touch if you experience any of this:
- In case of severe pain, white/pale or bluish skin, visual disturbances, difficulty breathing, severe swelling that spreads, fever or pus: call the clinic on 403 11 017 immediately (outside opening hours: legevakt 116 117 (out-of-hours emergency clinic); in case of acute danger 113 (emergency number)).
- Blisters, burns or pigment changes that persist.
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