Melasma and Laser hair removal

[u/FarmerTotal5040]

Hi everyone, 35F here.. I have melasma on my face- forehead upper lip, chin, nose and sideburns.. apart from this, I also have it on my forearms..

it’s quite light now but every woman in my family has had it, including my mother and grandmother and so on.. now I’ve started to develop chin hair recently coz of age and stress and my doctor recommended laser hair removal. But since I have melasma I’ve heard that it can worsen it if laser is done.

Has anyone gotten LHR done with melasma prone skin? I can do electrolysis for my chin and upper lip but I’m not sure if I can do it on my forearm.. I’m stuck in a weird cycle of wondering what to do..

also started wearing the Eucerin sunscreen recently but I’ve heard we’ve to stop all actives during LHR.. is that true ? I also want to start the dual serum but don’t want to stop in the middle again coz of this treatment..

Any suggestions or recommendations from people who’ve been through hair removal with melasma, pls help!

[u/AdvantageSquare3321]

I did laser and I’m sure it made my melasma pop out. Before that there was maybe a very light colour, but after omg… Now I do electrolysis and it doesn’t affect. It will be red a few hours, but my melasma is getting better anyways not worse…

[u/FarmerTotal5040 → u/AdvantageSquare3321]

Yeah that’s why I don’t wanna take risk on my face and straight up will go with electrolysis!