Laser Hair Removal on Dark Skin (African American) Q & A
Progression. An ongoing video diary of my attempt to achieve what I consider a better complexion by getting the Vitalize Peel, facials as well as possibly the Laser Genesis AND also some laser hair removal q&a.
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Laser Hair Removal Injury to Dark Skin
www.hairfacts.com Andrea James, of www.hairfacts.com and http talks about the potential for burns and injury to dark skin via laser hair removal. Included are some potentially disturbing photos of burns to one patient’s neck and back.
Golden Brown Hair | Light brown hair color
Golden brown hair color is a type of brown hair color with light undertones. It is one of the lighter shades of brown hair color, which is found in three shades like medium brown, light golden brown and light golden reddish brown. Jennifer Love Hewitt, Natalie Portman, and the likes, bear naturally golden brown hair color. Golden brown hair look amazing, and they can be adorned with various interesting hair coloring ideas. Since golden brown shade is quiet attractive in itself, you can also use hair highlights to enhance the natural appearance of your hair. Golden brown hair with highlights look extremely feminine and sophisticated. However, there are only a few colors that can go with golden hair color. The following article deals with the hair highlights that you can use to make your golden brown hair even more attractive.
Hair Highlights for Golden Brown Hair
Most people who bear medium to light golden brown hair color belong to warm skin tone category. Warm skin tone category includes natural golden blonde, dark brown with gold and/or red tones, strawberry blonde, red blonde and medium golden brown hair colors. While the natural skin color of warm skin tone category is pale with gold, peach or cream undertones and brown with pink, golden, reddish, ruddy or rosy undertone. The eye color of these people is either golden brown, green, turquoise, greenish blue or hazel. If you bear some of these characteristics, then you belong to the warm skin tone category. Choosing hair color based on skin tone proves really beneficial when it comes to flaunting golden brown hair with highlights.
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Golden Brown Hair with Highlights
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As I said earlier, there are a few highlights for brown hair that also suit with the golden brown hair color shade. The best of them all is golden strawberry blond hair color. Highlights with golden strawberry blonde hair color look really attractive with natural golden brown hair color. You can also opt for light golden blonde, light auburn and golden brown highlights for golden brown hair shades. You can also try for a few deeper and richer hair color tones like dark golden brown, mahogany brown, chestnut brown and auburn. Highlights with cinnamon, orange, chocolate and copper streaks surely grab the attention as well. Golden brown hair with red highlights also look pretty attractive, but make sure that you opt for well placed highlights and streaks.
Golden Brown Hair with Highlights
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Well, there are few brown hair color ideas that otherwise look great with dark, or other brown hair color shades but don’t go with golden brown hair color at all. It is the reason why you need to be aware about them as well. Hair highlights like blue, violet, white, jet black should be strictly avoided. You also need to avoid beige, ash, platinum blonde and all such cool color tones since they make your skin to look washed out. Avoid the colors that don’t provide texture and depth to your golden brown mane. If you are not sure about your skin tone as well as suitable highlight shades for long brown hair with golden undertones, then you better consult your hairstylist. He/she is the best person to let you know the color shades that suit you the best.
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@entertainer4ever You are very welcome!
This video was so informative, thank you very much for your wisdom
@TheShakarasmith Yes!! Ask as many questions as it takes and then ask some more! I’m SO glad the scars went away.
I’ll keep saying this forever. The YAG laser is the only one safe for darker skin tones at the moment. Make sure this is the laser that’s being used. Also, make sure they do a test spot. Get the settings. Shave as close as you can get – no waxing. And make sure you ask for a mirror to look especially if it hurts. It should sting a little but if it hurts that’s not good.
Two years ago I went for laser hair removal for my bikini line. the lady that did it have experience with African Americans. She scared me very badly! My skin was burnt and it’s left dark burns spots! Thank God those scars went away. It took forever for it to heal and for the scars to cease! So ask many questions to whoever you plan to go to!!!!!!
While watching this video there was actually an ad on the right of the video for a chance to win free laser hair removal. How Ironic.
@Rooprani12 Good!
It shows that these machins are very powerfull. And even if on white it does not induce burns, it shows the amount of energy that is going into one skin. I do not trust this industry and I do not beleive the safety records they provide. Who know what will be said about those machins in 20 years time…
I am african-american and I’ve been having the hair on the front of my neck removed by Ideal Image and so far my results have been favorable. I have 6 more treatments to go and I like what I see so far. My skin tone has balanced out, the dark spots have vanished and my skin has softened. Do extensive research and try to find people who have had this kind of treatment done.
i’d sue his ass
OMG, that poor guy.
I Guess I am going to continue wit my waxing .. Thnx for the video
I’m caucasian, and had laser on my face neck chest and abs. I have dirty blonde hair and moderately fair skin. The laser removed my body hair permanently in 5 sessions. but in two years I had enough facial regrowth to return for another 5 treatments. Both times I was slightly burned on my lower neck area in final session, but nothing like this. It appeared as more of a bruising than burns. Luckily I suffered no permanent affects. I’m now having my facial hair removed by E3000 and it’s permanent.
OMG
poor guy! payers go out to him!!!
God damn , i will pray for him
@mindy458 you sound very uneducated and have no idea what this is all about. There is a difference between the laser for hair removal and those for other treatments. this is a very serious issue cuz I have been a victim of this myself. Next time dont comment on stuff you dont have any factual information about. A lot of people actually read these comments.
Poor Guy
I would have sued them people smh
thanks 4 sharing do u think this method has been revised since 08,unfortunately when things are new theres trial & error thats y I always wait till a product is out 4 a few yrs,We are guinea pigs to industries
Wow thanks for this video. I have always had a very thick dark beard and have to shave every day in order to not have a scruffy look. I was thinking of getting laser surgery but after watching this video (even though I have fairly light skin with dark hair) I have decided to stick with Gillette Mach 3′s.
Thanks again.
Thanks alot for uploading
my friend did a laser treatment for her few face spots and the stupid doctor did not tell her to use sunscreens and it was in the middle of summer, she has got huge dark spots on her face and they are permanant
i want to do it… but im so afraid..
This is an instance where GREED came into play. People have NO care when money is involved.
@animefangz The scarring on the face doesn’t happen until later. When the person was doing it, it would have looked perfectly normal and the client would have felt a slight burn.
He would have completed the whole neck and told him to go home.
A couple of days later, you start seeing the scars develop and it goes downhill messed up pretty quick ay..
OMG i pray to god this never happens to anybody again
Hey look at the bright side, That hair probably wont be growing back!
I’m fair skinned, with brown hair, not black, but I can get pretty tan. And I wanna have my facial hair because I hate it, it’s a pain in the ass, and tears up my skin shaving. Do you think I’m a good candidate?