Why didn’t laser work on my hormonal hair?

Answered by Eva Taub

I hear this often, and it’s rarely the client’s fault. There are usually two explanations. First, a minimum of 12 sessions applies in every case I treat, and hormonal hair from PCOS or menopause keeps being “refreshed” by active hormone levels on top of that baseline — if the underlying cause is a true hormonal imbalance like PCOS, endometriosis, Cushing’s syndrome, insulin resistance, or Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, a full course is often 20 to 30 sessions or more, with ongoing maintenance after that. If you stopped anywhere short of 12 sessions, that was very likely not enough, hormonal hair or not. Second, if the wrong laser wavelength was used for your skin tone, results can be poor or inconsistent regardless of how many sessions you had — this is unfortunately common and worth confirming with a new provider experienced in melanin-rich skin.