Every area behaves differently. Pick yours and we’ll tell you what to actually expect from it.
The same machine treats every area on this page, but the honest answer to “how many sessions, how much does it sting, will it stay gone” changes completely depending on where you point it. Underarm hair is coarse, dense and shielded from the sun, which makes it close to a textbook target. Thigh hair is often fine and pale and may not be worth your money. A chin answers to your hormones in a way a shin never will. A man’s back has a deeper reserve of dormant follicles than almost anything we treat.
So rather than one page repeating the same promises six times, each area below gets its own. What is consistent everywhere: most clients need 6 to 8 sessions spaced 4 to 6 weeks apart, the FDA-cleared language is permanent hair reduction rather than removal, and results vary with hair colour, skin tone and hormones. Blonde, red, grey and white hair respond poorly because there is little pigment in them for the laser to find — if that is you, we will say so at the consultation rather than sell you a package. If you want the underlying mechanism first, read what is laser hair removal or the details of the GentleMax Pro we treat with.
Not a sales structure — the follicle cycle dictating terms. Only hair in its active growth phase responds, so each visit treats what happens to be growing that day and waits for the next group to rotate in.
Shaving trims the shaft and leaves the follicle and its pigment intact, which is exactly what we need. Waxing, plucking, threading and epilating creams remove the target entirely. Stop those four weeks before session one.
The treatment relies on hair pigment absorbing far more energy than skin pigment. A tan — or a spray tan, or self-tanner — narrows that gap. It is why many St. Louis clients start their series in the fall.
A lasting decrease in the hairs that regrow, with what returns typically finer and lighter. Not a guarantee that every follicle is gone forever. Hormonally driven areas need maintenance more often than others.
Thirteen more areas — full body, upper lip, chin, neck, arms, stomach, back, hands and others — are treated here every week, and they will get pages of their own as we write them properly. We would rather publish six honest guides than nineteen thin ones. Call (636) 391-0015 and ask about anything not listed; the answer is almost always yes.
Laser Me has been doing this in St. Louis since 2000 — a mother-and-daughter practice, faith-based, more than 10,000 clients and over 100,000 treatments performed. Twenty-plus years teaches you one thing above all: the clients who are happiest at the end are the ones who understood their area at the beginning.
