scalp birthmark pulse dye laser

[mars]

hello everyone

i know this not really related to hair loss but howsever...i have a portwinestain/stockbite birth mark on my nape and im planning on getting the candella v beam pulsed dye laser to treat it but i have being told 1-it prob wont work because its on my nape and these are usually permanent, 2-it may cause slight thinning of hair on the treated area on scalp..this scares me most as my nape hair is lower density and a small bit finer that the rest of my head

I was wondering has anyone had this laser treatment on their scalp for any reason and did it thin your hair?

Thanks,mars

 

[Bigmac]

Hi Mars, did you find any further info on this.

Cheers bm.

 

[mars]

Nothing more to add..the risk of hair thinning is not worth the risk and nape port wines are permanent so it seems like i would be wasting alot of money too so i will prob just have to live with it its not that bad but it would prefere if it wasnt there,thanks for the reply.

 

[Bigmac]

No problem, the risk of my hair thinning furthe would prevent me from doing this.

 

[RichTea]

I had pulse dye laser on my red blotches on my face it hurt and did bugger all. IPL worked though but that also is used for removing hair .

Most of these lasers work by attacking pigment on white skin so it shoots at hairs as well as veins