Does Laser Hair Removal Work For Ingrown Hair?

Laser hair removal is an excellent procedure to clear hairs and thereby reducing the incidence of ingrown hairs. Laser hair removal can eliminate ingrown hair, leaving your skin smooth and hair-free for longer and even indefinite periods of time.

Ingrown hair is a condition where hair curls back or grows sideways into the skin. When a person shaves or waxes their hair, the broken off or short embedded hair that remains can get trapped inside the hair follicle and grow sideways or can grow back into the skin. Consequently, the hair follicle can accumulate dead skin, clogging and inflaming the hair follicle. Even though, ingrown hairs are not considered serious, recurring ingrown hairs can cause pain from infection,darkening of the skin, or scarring.

Laser hair removal can be performed on almost any part of the body and will make hair lighter, finer, and prevent ingrown hairs. The laser will penetrate all the way down the hair follicle and will destroy the cells. This will eliminate Folliculitis (Ingrown hairs). Laser hair removal causes the hair follicle to shrink and the hair to fall out. If you do it enough times and at the appropriate energy level, it will shrink the follicle completely so that the hair doesn't grow back after it falls out. If there's no hair in the follicle, it can't become ingrown.
The results of ingrown hair following laser hair removal are wonderful. Be certain to visit a laser center in a physician office with multiple lasers so you can fine the ideal laser to provide the safest and most effective laser for your skin type.