Laser Hair Removal Haram?
Question: As-salaam ‘alaykum Warahmatullah, My question is: Is it permissible for a woman to remove facial hair (cheeks, upper lips etc) by means of the laser treatment, instead of waxing, threading etc. Also, keeping in mind that the method isn’t quite permanent, and you’ll always have some hair growing back (although not as much).
Answer: Walaikum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh,
I pray this finds you in the best of health and spirits.
Yes, such hair removal is permissible–for those places where hair removal is permissible.
And Allah (swt) alone gives success.
We pray this answers your question on Laser Hair Removal.
Some information on Laser Hair removal on how this works.
Laser hair removal works because the light of the laser beam can be converted to heat. The light is attracted to the pigment (melanin) in the hair. Dark pigment absorbs the light and the converts it to heat. The heat then affects the hair follicles to prevent hair growth.
In order to destroy a hair follicle, the bulb of the hair follicle where the blood supplies the hair with oxygen to grow needs to be destroyed as well as the stem cells which are responsible for hair regeneration. To be able to do this, a temperature of about 70 degrees needs to be reached.
The darker and the thicker a hair is the more pigment it will hold, and the more light it will absorb. This is why it is important that you don’t wax or pluck your hair before a treatment, because if there is no hair there, there is no way for the laser light to treat that hair follicle.
So to recap, what happens is that the light is emitted, is then absorbed by the pigment in the hair, travels through the hair and is converted to heat and destroys the root. That hair is destroyed and does not grow back! It’s just so simple and effective.
Answered By: Mufti Omar Saheb of IlmQA
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