[Jessica Leigh]

I looked into laser for my beard last winter and the specialist I saw made it clear that taking medications that might slow down hair growth will add to the number of treatments I would need. Made sense at the time.

Thanks, Jessica, but could you elaborate on this? Why does slowing down hair growth add to the number of laser treatments needed? I would think the number of treatments would be the same, just spread out over a longer time period. Or, is it because you're required to go in for treatments on a fixed schedule so more treatments are done until your beard is gone for good?

CK

Sure thing,

The schedule was fixed, one session every four weeks until the beard was diminished to my satisfaction. He said 8-12 treatments. But from my experience with other body parts probably 12-15 treatments. And I enjoy the outdoors, so none from May through August. The cost was $200 a session. But there are so many laser treatment centers I bet you could find something cheaper. American Laser, now American Skincare used to offer an "appearance guarantee" for 2 years. Pay for the initial package and continue going for up to 2 years. I would see if that offer still exist.

Cheers!