Last update July 12, 2017

Depilation

Compatible

Safe substance and/or breastfeeding is the best option.

Side effects due to depilatory treatments are very few and mostly restricted to local discomfort (irritation, burn sensation, pain or infection) and reversible.

The European Society of Dermatology does not address any warning against its use while breastfeeding on its Guide for Photoepilation nor gives any statement on contraindications in the last trimester of pregnancy,

Neither, the American Academy of Dermatology does not warn against its use.

Other scientific societies recommend to be cautious with no specifications on it and without citing scientific sources.

There are not scientific bases that would support any contraindication of depilatory treatments while breastfeeding (e.i. Shaving, waxing, cotton thread -threading khite hair removal- chemical products, electrolysis, laser ray – alexandrite emission, diode, neodymium, ruby or YAG laser- photoepilation). Neither a less effectiveness of depilatory methods during a telogenic phase of the hair, resting or falling phase, nor discoloration of the hair due to an alleged hormonal influence of breastfeeding.

Due to irritation and a risk for local infection as a result of any depilatory method, hair removal would better avoided on areas close to the breast or the nipple, otherwise use preventive measures.

The application of anesthetic creams on large areas of skin may induce the appearance of Methahemoglobinemia (see information on EMLA, Lidocaine and Prilocaine)


See below the information of these related products:

  • Eflornithine Topical (Safe substance and/or breastfeeding is the best option.)
  • Laser Rays (Safe substance and/or breastfeeding is the best option.)
  • Lidocaine (Safe substance and/or breastfeeding is the best option.)
  • Prilocaine (Safe substance and/or breastfeeding is the best option.)

Suggestions made at e-lactancia are done by APILAM team of health professionals, and are based on updated scientific publications. It is not intended to replace the relationship you have with your doctor but to compound it. The pharmaceutical industry contraindicates breastfeeding, mistakenly and without scientific reasons, in most of the drug data sheets.

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References

  1. ABA - Australian Breastfeeding Association. Beauty treatments and breastfeeding. None 2021 Full text (link to original source) Full text (in our servers)
  2. Alster TS. Laser Hair removal. For the media. American Academy of Dermatology. 2015 Full text (link to original source) Full text (in our servers)
  3. Murase J. Safe Skin Care During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding. Fact Sheet. For the media. American Academy of Dermatology. 2015 Full text (link to original source) Full text (in our servers)
  4. MurciaSalud. Preevid. ¿Es incompatible el tratamiento de depilación con láser alejandrita con embarazo y lactancia? Biblioteca virtual. 2014 Full text (link to original source) Full text (in our servers)
  5. Helou J, Habre M, Soutou B, Maatouk I, Ibrahim T, Tomb R. Reversibility of hyperhidrosis post axillary depilatory laser. Lasers Med Sci. 2014 Abstract
  6. Sociedad Española de Medicina Estética (SEME). Decálogo de seguridad de la depilación láser. Web. 2012 Full text (link to original source) Full text (in our servers)
  7. American Pregnancy Association. Laser Hair Removal and Pregnancy. Web. 2012 Full text (link to original source) Full text (in our servers)
  8. Sociedad Española de Medicina Estética (SEME). Informe: Tratamientos de depilación con láser. Web. 2012 Full text (link to original source) Full text (in our servers)
  9. Bode D, Seehusen DA, Baird D. Hirsutism in women. Am Fam Physician. 2012 Abstract Full text (link to original source) Full text (in our servers)
  10. Ciocon DH, Boker A, Goldberg DJ. Intense pulsed light: what works, what's new, what's next. Facial Plast Surg. 2009 Abstract
  11. Haedersdal M, Gøtzsche PC. Laser and photoepilation for unwanted hair growth. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2006 Abstract
  12. Drosner M, Adatto M; European Society for Laser Dermatology. Photo-epilation: guidelines for care from the European Society for Laser Dermatology (ESLD). J Cosmet Laser Ther. 2005 Abstract Full text (in our servers)
  13. Dawber RP. Guidance for the management of hirsutism. Curr Med Res Opin. 2005 Abstract
  14. Moreno-Arias G, Castelo-Branco C, Ferrando J. Paradoxical effect after IPL photoepilation. Dermatol Surg. 2002 Abstract
  15. Liew SH. Laser hair removal: guidelines for management. Am J Clin Dermatol. 2002 Abstract
  16. Lévy JL, Trelles MA, de Ramecourt A. Epilation with a long-pulse 1064 nm Nd:YAG laser in facial hirsutism. J Cosmet Laser Ther. 2001 Abstract
  17. Goldberg DJ, Samady JA. Evaluation of a long-pulse Q-switched Nd:YAG laser for hair removal. Dermatol Surg. 2000 Abstract
  18. Richards RN, Meharg GE. Electrolysis: observations from 13 years and 140,000 hours of experience. J Am Acad Dermatol. 1995 Abstract

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