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A member asked:
What are the side effect of laser hair removal ?is it causing cancer in long term?!
A doctor has provided 1 answer
Not a cancer risk: Anyone can do a bad study to "show" that anything causes any cancer, just based on how people answer questions. The things that actually do this and hold up either mutate genes (which lasering a follicle won't do) or result in prolonged hyperproliferation of cells (same). Don't worry about this. Laser hair removal is a huge help for many people. Best wishes.
Answered 2/28/2015
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