Discomfort Rarely Limits Hair Removal Treatment

Discomfort is one of the many factors the person administering the laser treatment will use to determine the appropriate setting for the laser. Patients should be discouraged from applying numbing cream themselves to large areas of the body prior to laser treatment. Although prescription numbing creams are generally safe, putting them on large areas of the body can result in the numbing medications being absorbed into the bloodstream in significant amounts. Applying numbing cream is safe when it is supervised by a physician and proven to be effective in the said treatment. It is not wrong to apply numbing cream but the patient should have a extreme caution on the treatment. In general, discomfort rarely limits the ability to perform laser treatment. However, in a small number of patients it does limit one’s ability to receive laser hair removal treatments.