Hormones whilst breastfeeding, Laser hair removal

[SaveTheEmpire]

Can anyone advise me or point me to some information on laser hair removal whilst breastfeeding? I'd really like to have it done but I'm feeding 6mo dd and plan to continue for the foreseeable future. My local clinic has a great deal on but they say they won't treat pregnant or breastfeeding women.

I'm considering fibbing and having it done anyway but would like to know a bit more beforehand. My GP looked baffled and said it'd be fine, even whilst pregnant but he's generally pretty laid back. I've seen on kellymom that it doesn't affect the milk but my uninformed googling has thrown a few things up about hyper-pigmentation and scarring.

I'll probably ttc dc2 whilst still bf'ing (not for a while tho, can't face 2 just yet!) so if it's not ok, it'll be years more of waiting, which is a bit of a pain.

Cheers for any help or advice you can give.

I've just started a course. I've been breastfeeding for 8months and plan to until daughter is 12 months. I was advised that hyper pigmentation can happen anyway (is a risk you take having laser). I don't think there is any reason why you shouldn't have laser hair removal whilst breastfeeding. The main risks are associated with your skin colour in that the darker you are, the more likely you are to burn. Also, they wont give you laser if you're pregnant or trying to conceive.Sorry can't be of more help.

Thanks pinkseren. My skin colour is looks-ill-in-the-sunshine pale, and I have dark hair, so that's reassuring.

It's annoying that there seems to be so little knowledge about the effects of various things on bfing and vice versa. Depending how many dcs we have, I might be bf for most of the next 10 years. Do hormone levels really stay similar to pregnancy the whole time you're bf'ing, or do they level off and become a bit more "normal" after a while?