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We aimed this study to compare the two hair\u2010shortening methods shaving <jats:italic>vs<\/jats:italic>. snipping among hirsute women regarding the outcome of the therapy and also the paradoxical hypertrichosis phenomenon (terminal hair regrowth) 6 months after the final therapy session.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Materials and Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>In this study, 129 premenopausal women affected by hirsutism were randomly divided into two study groups according to hair\u2010shortening method: shaving as group A (66 patients) and hair shortening by scissor as group B (63 patients). Each patient received six alexandrite laser therapy sessions every month for six consecutive months. Chin hairs in a 5 \u00d7 5 cm<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> zone were counted, and the paradoxical hair regrowth was evaluated four times during the study: once at baseline, once before the third session, once before the sixth session, and once 6 months after the last laser session.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Before the third session, the counts were 15.06 \u00b1 5.20 in group A and 13.07 \u00b1 4.44 in group B (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.022); both counts were meaningfully less than the baseline count (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.001). The counts before the sixth session were 2.80 \u00b1 1.16 in group A and 2.71 \u00b1 1.12 in group B (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.673); the counts were significantly lower than the previous session (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.001). Six months after the last laser session, the counts were 11.27 \u00b1 9.30 in group A and 8.15 \u00b1 3.12 in group B (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.012). Paradoxical hypertrichosis was observed in three patients of group A <jats:italic>vs<\/jats:italic>. no patients in group B.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>We found that alexandrite laser therapy is really effective for treating hirsutism. 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