How to Care for Your Skin After Laser Hair Removal

Laser hair removal is a powerful, long-lasting solution for achieving smooth, hair-free skin, offering results that surpass traditional hair removal methods. While undergoing laser hair removal is an exciting step toward your skincare goals, your journey doesn’t end when you leave the clinic. Proper post-laser skincare is essential for minimising side effects and enhancing your results.

To ensure a smooth recovery, let’s explore the essential steps for caring for your skin after laser hair removal, using the Balense Laser Essentials with SPF Kit and the Balense Post Laser Kit with Brightening Serum to keep your skin soothed, protected, and radiant.

Understanding the Effects of Laser Hair Removal on Your Skin

Laser hair removal precisely targets hair follicles, effectively reducing hair growth over time. While highly effective, the treatment can temporarily leave your skin sensitive and more vulnerable. It’s common to experience some redness, tenderness, and mild swelling as your skin begins to heal. Occasionally, you might notice a few ingrown hairs, but with subsequent treatments, they tend to reduce significantly.

This is when your post-laser aftercare routine becomes crucial. By using gentle, nourishing products and following a few simple guidelines, you can help your skin heal reduce the likelihood of ingrown hairs, and ensure a more comfortable experience with each progressive session. This thoughtful care will maximise the benefits of your treatment and keep your skin looking and feeling its best.

Introducing the Balense Kits: Your Post-Laser Hair Removal Skincare Essentials

To effectively support your skin’s recovery after laser hair removal, Balense offers two comprehensive kits:

Balense Laser Essentials with SPF Kit

This kit includes everything you need for a basic, effective post-laser hair removal skincare routine:

• Balense Gentle Cleanser: A daily pH-balancing face and body wash that gently purifies while preserving the skin’s natural moisture barrier. Formulated with:
  • Beetroot Extract: Provides hydrating and anti-inflammatory properties, helping to soothe and nourish the skin.
  • Blue-Green Algae: Rich in vitamins and minerals, this ingredient supports skin health by reducing redness and improving overall tone.
  • Hyaluronic Acid: Enhances skin hydration, ensuring your skin remains soft and supple after cleansing. This cleanser is suitable for all skin types, including sensitive skin, and provides a thorough yet gentle cleansing experience.

• Balense Micro Exfoliant: A nourishing micro exfoliant that gently removes dead skin cells while improving tone and texture. This exfoliant offers long-lasting hydration through the HylaTech Active Delivery System, which ensures high-performance ingredients are slowly released for ongoing benefits. Key ingredients include:
  • Jojoba Exfoliating Spheres: Made from Jojoba wax, these bio-degradable, aquatic-friendly beads are smooth and gentle on the skin, providing physical exfoliation without irritation.
  • Encapsulated Salicylic Acid: Provides sustained chemical exfoliation, effectively and continuously removing dead skin cells for a clear, refreshed complexion.
  • Betaine: An anti-irritant, non-drying surfactant derived from beetroot, which hydrates the skin while allowing for a gentle foaming action, leaving your skin smooth and silky.
  • Klamath Lake Blue Green Algae: Rich in nutrients that hydrate, reduce redness, and brighten the skin, promoting an even and calm complexion.

• Balense Recovery Laser Gel: A cooling gel designed to calm and soothe the skin after laser hair removal. This advanced formula not only cools the skin and reduces redness but also provides long-lasting hydration using our innovative HylaTech Active Delivery System. This system ensures high-performance ingredients are slowly released for optimal results. Key ingredients include:
  • Hyaluronic Acid with Chondrus Crispus: Offering up to 2.5 times more hydrating availability than single-strand hyaluronic acid, ensuring your skin stays deeply moisturised.
  • Grifolin: Reduces the agitation of nerve endings that trigger the TRPV1 receptor, responsible for sensations of burning, itching, and redness, helping prevent thermal ageing.
  • Niacinamide (Vitamin B3): Known for its ability to visibly improve uneven skin tone, fine lines, wrinkles, and dullness, enhancing the overall appearance of your skin.

• Balense UV Defiance® SPF 50+ Lotion: A broad-spectrum UVA and UVB sunscreen that’s lightweight, fast-absorbing, and non-ghosting. Enriched with Aloe Vera and Vitamin E, it’s essential for daily protection against UV damage, sunspots, and premature ageing.

Balense Post Laser Kit with Brightening Serum

This kit includes all the essentials from the Laser Essentials Kit, but we’ve swapped out the UV Defiance SPF 50+ Lotion for the Balense Brightening Serum Concentrate. Specially curated to optimise your laser treatment, this kit will keep your freshly lasered skin clean, support hair follicle shedding, and protect your skin while it’s in a more fragile state.

• Balense Brightening Serum Concentrate: A high-performance serum that enhances skin brightness and improves overall tone. Glabridin aids in visible skin-brightening, while the Skin Resurfacing Complex promotes radiant, even skin.

Step-by-Step Post-Laser Hair Removal Skincare Timeline

After your laser hair removal treatment, your skin will go through various phases of healing. Here’s a breakdown of what to do immediately after treatment, the next day, and the following seven days:

Immediately Post-Treatment: The First Few Hours

Cooling and Calming: As soon as you get home, apply Balense Recovery Laser Gel to soothe and protect your skin. This gel helps cool the skin, reduce redness, and provide much-needed hydration.

Sun Protection: After laser hair removal, protecting your skin from the sun is mandatory. Freshly treated skin is particularly vulnerable to UV rays, which can lead to post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation (PIH). Avoid direct sunlight as much as possible, especially in the first few days.

If you need to go outside, apply Balense UV Defiance® SPF 50+ Lotion generously to shield your skin from harmful UV rays.

The Next Day: Caring for Your Skin

Gentle Cleansing: Begin your day with Balense Gentle Cleanser to remove any impurities without stripping your skin. Handle your skin with care, as it will still be sensitive.

Hydration: Reapply Balense Recovery Laser Gel to hydrate your skin and soothe any lingering discomfort.

Sun Protection: Continue to avoid direct sunlight. If you must go outside, apply Balense UV Defiance® SPF 50+ Lotion for broad-spectrum protection. To further safeguard your skin, wear a wide-brimmed hat and protective clothing.

Day 2 & 3: Post Laser

Moisturisation and Protection: Continue with Balense Recovery Laser Gel for hydration and UV Defiance® SPF 50+ Lotion for sun protection. Keeping your skin well moisturised supports its healing process and reduces the risk of irritation.

Note: After day three you can switch the Balense Recovery Laser Gel for your usual Balense Moisturiser such as the Balense Normal Skin Moisturiser +HAX5.

From Day 7: Introducing Light Exfoliation

Gentle Exfoliation: At this stage, you can start using Balense Micro Exfoliant to gently remove dead skin cells as your skin begins to renew itself. This step helps prevent dead cell buildup, making future laser hair removal sessions more effective and comfortable. Use light, circular motions and avoid over-exfoliating.

On-Going Care for Lasting Results

Your skin’s healing process continues beyond the first few days after your laser treatment. Consistently following your post-laser hair removal skincare routine with the Balense Laser Essential Kits supports your skin’s immediate recovery and sets the stage for long-term benefits.

Observing your skin, discussing any concerns with your laser technician and adjusting your routine as needed will help you maintain the results of every treatment session.

Our Top Tips for Optimal Results

Taking care of your skin after laser hair removal is all about being proactive, using the right products, and understanding your skin’s needs. Whether you choose the Balense Laser Essentials with SPF Kit for your post-laser care or the Balense Post-Laser Kit with Brightening Serum for a more comprehensive routine, these products are designed to be your perfect partners in this journey.

With consistent care and the right approach, you can enjoy the full benefits of your laser hair removal treatment for weeks and months ahead. If you’d like to learn more, why not book a free skin consultation with one of our skincare professionals today?