Are there any side effects of laser epilation?

Answer 1

Epilation performed by laser was performed experimentally for about 20 years before it became commercially available in the mid 1990s. Laser and light-based methods are sometimes called phototricholysis or photoepilation.

In addition to lasers, some light-based epilators use a xenon flash lamp which emits full-spectrum intense pulsed light (IPL) . Treatment with this device is sometimes popularly referred to as laser hair removal, though the device is not a laser per se.

Sometimes, the skin turns red after treatment and in a few cases blisters can appear as a result of excessive exposure to laser light, as if sun burned. For most, the treatment has no side-effects and the described skin reactions disappear within a few hours or days.