Can hypnosis really help you remember something from your past that you don't remember that well?

Yes it can and it has worked on me..Some psychoanalysts frequently use hypnotism to help patients remember and come to terms with disturbing events or feelings that have been repressed from their consciousness to help cure them from panic attacks and other such personality disorders and thereafter lead a happier life,

Hypnotism has also been used to enable somebody to remember a certain crucial detail about something he previously witnessed, such as the number of a car he saw making quick getaway after a crime which the person could not recall before being hypnotised. This technique has successfully helped the police to track down dangerous criminals, who might not otherwise have been caught.

Some hypnotists claims to be able not only to take you back to remember things that you experienced when you were very young, which you do not remember, but to go back to before your birth and into your previous life. Though it is controversial as to whether this is genuine.

But only people who want to be hypnotised can be and even then not everyone can be hypnotised, about one in ten can not be. The most easily hypnotised people are those who lead a rich imaginative life or else people are used to obeying orders, such as people in the army.

According to the studies recently done, this is a disputed idea. Check out the links below for more info:

Used properly hypnosis is an amazing tool for the mind.

It is fairly easy to implant false memories in someone under hypnosis. This is why it should be done under the care of a highly skilled practitioner who doesn't have any agenda.

It may, if you can be hypnotized. Some people resist.
Also, if the past memory is too recessed in your subconscious, it may be too hard or too painful to recall.
Good luck!