The present invention proposes a laser hair removal device handheld head (1) provided with a camera objective (13), one or more first light source (10), and a transparent member (12) for being placed onto a skin region to be subjected to laser hair removal, wherein the first light source (10) and transparent member (12) being configured to provide frustrated total internal reflection (FTIR) based images of the skin region. The present invention further proposes a laser hair removal method.