How Much Does Laser Hair Removal Cost?

The one recent national figure in our research comes from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS): the average cost of laser skin treatments like laser hair removal is $697, according to its latest statistics.

Read it with its fine print.

ASPS is quoting a plastic-surgeon fee, not a med spa price; the page says the figure excludes other related expenses; and it does not say whether $697 covers one session or a course.

The statistics year is not stated on the page either.

So the price you are actually offered is set office by office.

ASPS names the drivers: the expertise and qualifications of the person performing the procedure, the type of procedure used, the time and effort the treatment requires, and the geographic location of the office.

Time is where body area enters — the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) says an upper lip takes minutes, while large areas like the back or legs can take more than an hour.

Two things to read on any quote.

Insurance does not cover laser hair removal, according to the AAD, so every session is out of pocket.

And one session is only a slice of a course, because the AAD expects a 10% to 25% reduction in hair from a first treatment — the pricing question that matters is the whole course, which the next sections take up.

We are not going to print the table this heading seems to promise, because our research found no tier-1 or tier-2 source that publishes average laser hair removal prices per body area, and the consumer review site our research attempted to check blocked access.

Any 'underarms $X, bikini $Y' table you meet elsewhere is only as strong as the sources behind it — ask what they are.

What an area does change is on the record.

The AAD lists the areas laser hair removal can treat as armpits, back, bikini area, chest, face (especially the upper lip and chin), legs, neck and shoulders.

Area drives session time, and time and effort are one of ASPS's named price drivers: an upper lip takes minutes, while large areas like the back or legs can take more than an hour.

The face carries the clearest asterisk.

The AAD's overview says laser hair removal is permanent on most areas of the body after treatment, but that because of hormones it is not permanent on a woman's face, and it can be repeated when hair regrows.

Since the AAD also says maintenance treatments may be needed to keep an area free of hair, the honest way to price any area is by the course, not by the visit.

Packages exist because a single session is not a course.

The AAD expects a 10% to 25% reduction in hair after the first treatment, and it says most patients can have a session once every 4 to 6 weeks.

On course length, the AAD's own pages give two figures: its FAQ says most patients need 2 to 6 laser treatments, while its overview says removing the unwanted hair can take 6 sessions or more.

Treat those as the anchor range, from a medical body, rather than as one fixed number.

The six-to-eight-session package is industry practice — a bundling convention, not a figure from a medical body.

We could not confirm a national package price from any tier-1 or tier-2 source either, so the only package price that means anything is the one a provider puts in writing for your area.

For how the treatment itself works between sessions, see our laser hair removal guide.

Make a package quote answer five questions before you compare it: how many sessions the price includes; exactly which area; how long you have to use the sessions; what a maintenance session costs afterwards (the AAD says regrown hair tends to be less, finer and lighter, and that maintenance treatments may be needed); and what single sessions cost if you would rather pay as you go.

Chain pricing is promotional and package-based, and the chains' own advertising shows it.

When we read LaserAway's pricing page on October 16, 2026, it was advertising '70% off laser hair removal' on select packages, subject to its offer terms.

That headline names no body area and no session count; the discount attaches to packages the chain selects, on terms the chain writes.

The catch, spelled out as questions rather than assumptions: is the advertised number per session, or a deposit on a multi-session package?

Which areas does it cover, and at how many sessions?

Does it apply to every session in the course, or only a first visit?

What does the full course total if you complete it, and what does a maintenance session cost afterwards?

Offer terms answer those; headline numbers do not.

There is also no independent national benchmark to hold a chain deal against, because our research found no tier-1 or tier-2 per-area price source to check it with.

The comparison that works is written quotes for the same area and the same session count from providers near you.

We cannot tell you that it is, and we will not run the arithmetic on invented numbers: our research found no tier-1 or tier-2 source that compares the cost of laser hair removal with waxing over time.

Any breakeven claim you meet — from an ad, a blog or a consultation — rests on waxing prices and session counts we could not verify.

What is on the record is what the laser side of the ledger looks like.

Hair-removal lasers are 510(k)-cleared devices, and the cleared claim is 'permanent hair reduction' — a long-term, stable reduction in the number of hairs regrowing, measured at 6, 9 and 12 months after completing a treatment regime — not the removal of all hair.

The AAD says most patients remain hair-free for months or even years, that regrown hair tends to be less, finer and lighter, and that maintenance treatments may be needed.

So the laser side is a course up front, then possible maintenance.

The waxing side is what waxing costs where you live — and that number we could not confirm.

Prices are set office by office — ASPS lists the geographic location of the office among its price drivers — so the comparison that means anything is between local quotes for the same area and the same session count.

Bring one specification to every provider: the area, the number of sessions assumed, the per-session price, the package price, the expiry window on a package, and maintenance pricing afterwards.

A quote that will not name a session count is not a price.

Who performs the treatment belongs in the same comparison, not only the number.

ASPS names the expertise and qualifications of the person performing it as a price driver, so it is fair to ask each provider who will operate the laser, what training they have and who supervises the room — and to weigh the answers with the price.

On paying: insurance does not cover laser hair removal, according to the AAD, so the course is out of pocket.

If you would spread the cost, read the terms before you sign: the CFPB found in May 2023 that many medical credit cards use deferred interest — if any balance remains after a promotional period, all the interest since the purchase date is charged.

Our financing options guide covers the programs and the terms.