FAQs

How will HRT affect my laser hair removal?

HRT has a powerful effect on hair growth, and therefore on laser hair removal.

For our trans femme clients, being on HRT (estrogen plus a T-blocker, or monotherapy) dramatically improves the hair removal results we are able to achieve. This is something we have seen here at Bluebird, again and again, over the last five years of treating our trans clients.

Because of this, we recommend that our trans femme and non-binary clients, for whom HRT is part of their plan, begin their HRT regiment before, or at about the same time, as they begin their laser hair removal. For our trans femme and non-binary clients on HRT, we are generally able to achieve permanent hair removal results upwards of 90%

However, we do have some trans femme and non-binary clients who cannot be on HRT because of health complications, or who simply choose not to be. For these clients we are still able to get substantial results, but we generally achieve overall hair reduction of 50-70%.

For trans masc clients, testosterone is a powerful driver of body hair growth. For trans men on T, we are able to achieve results in line with those of cis men, 50-70% overall reduction.

For our trans masc clients doing hair removal in preparation for surgery, we generally do four aggressive laser sessions, removing just the coarsest, darkest hair, and then move them on quickly to electrolysis to take care of what remains.

Also read: So how does laser hair removal work? And: What results can I expect? And: Is laser hair removal permanent? And: What’s the diff between laser and electrolysis?