After your treatment
Caring for your skin after Laser Hair Removal · Face & Underarm
What to expect, what helps, and what is worth telling us about.
Treated skin is often pink with small raised bumps around the follicles, like goosebumps; this usually settles within a day.
- Cool the area with a cool compress if it feels warm — never put ice straight onto the skin.
- Cleanse gently and moisturise with something bland and fragrance-free.
- Wear a high-factor sunscreen on any treated skin that sees daylight, and avoid sun, sunbeds and self-tan.
- Skip saunas, steam rooms, hot baths, swimming pools and intense exercise for the first 24 hours.
- No waxing, plucking, threading or epilating between sessions — shaving is fine.
- Avoid perfumed products and anything that rubs the area for the rest of the day.
- Hairs will appear to grow out and then shed over the following days — that is treated hair leaving, not regrowth.
- Leave make-up off treated areas of the face for the rest of the day, and skip deodorant on treated underarms until any redness has gone.
Tell us if you see blistering, crusting, or redness that increases rather than settles.
General guidance for this treatment, not a personal care plan. The instructions your practitioner gives you at your appointment come first — follow those. If anything worries you afterwards, contact the clinic.
