causes of my hair growth, thoughts and advice

Hair Removal Methods Professional Electrolysis
#1

Hiya,

I just thought I would ask the professionals opinion to see if they have any insight into whats actually going on with me and my hair.

When I was 13 I developed upper lip hair, I began to pluck it or wax every month and it never got any worse. In fact it wasn’t actually that bad and only showed at the sides of my lip. However as I was young and dark haired I removed it.Does 13 sound especially young to develop upper lip hair?

This stayed the same until I was 21 and noticed under the lights in a bar toilet one night (you know the ones that shine down on your face) that I was kinda fluffly on my chin. The next day I waxed it and felt it looked smoother and my make up sat better with them off. I didnt really think much more of it, however over the next year or two the chin hairs became dark and thick. I decided to get them lasered and thats when the real trouble began. After 6 laser sessions spread out over a long period of time (so it was never going to work anyway) I had so much more hair. It extends down my neck and across my cheeks.

I went to the docs and all hormonal tests came back clear. I guess what im asking is what does this all sound like to you? Do you think I will always have a hair problem or do you think once I am finished my electro treatment I will be hair free? Im just thinking about the future thats all. My mum does not have any hair but my sister does. She has hair on her top lip which she waxes and about 6 or so on her chin. She is 10 yrs older than me and it has never changed.

Im into month 6 of electro and the hair is definatly responding so I will keep going untill hopefully im all done and I can move on with my life.

Another question I have for the pros is about my skin. You may have read on here before that I have searched high and low for a good electro. I am happy where I am now however I am noticing some changes. I still have 3 or 4 marks at the side of my mouth that havent gone from previous treatment with someone eles but I am hoping in time they will disappear.

What i am seeing now around the treated area is not pitting but its like tiny little holes, they look kinda red. I am thinking they are pigmented empty follcles or something like that…im guessing here by the way. I wouldnt go as far to describe it as orange peel skin but that kinda thing. In time does this tend to clear up?? If it doesnt then I can live with it its not that bad but I would like to know your thoughts?

Finally (and im sorry for such a long post) I was wondering if the pros could explain if there is any more complications once your finished electro in terms of skin damage as you age. One beatician said to me once (she wasnt an electrolysist though) "

“that when your skin is young it can cope with electrolysis but as you age it starts to go all holey and pitted”

Is this true or possible? If I do conquer the hair growth I would hate to think as I get older my skin will look horrible, im only 26.

Thanks so much for any advice you can give me, this site is so useful and it truely got me through 2009, I am determined that 2010 will be a better year.

bec xxx

I forgot to add, just in case its important to understand the causes of this, i do not have that much unusual body hair. My legs and everything are normal, dont really shave my thighs.

I get about 5 or 6 hairs around each nipple but i dont bother doing anything, they arent noticeable. I do however have hair round my belly button, its fine but dark, i dont do much to it, run the razor over it every now and again, you cant really feel it so it doesnt bother me that much.

Thanks

Bec

#2

Your story sounds like a simply thing of hereditary hair at the age of 13, followed by classic thickening darkening, and increased hair stimulation via waxing, followed by further stimulation from the Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation (L.A.S.E.R.) which lead to you having even MORE hair than you had from the body’s response to the waxing stimuli.

Be of good cheer, the electrolysis will finally put an end to this cycle. You should clear up and have no problems in the future, as long as you don’t do new things to stimulate hair growth (birth control pills, and artificial sweeteners for example) and the skin will be fine as long as you don’t smoke, and you get enough Vitamins A,C,E & D-3. Vitamin C is very important, but I hear that in the UK, you guys can’t get large doses in pill form, and that purchase of the powders is also limited. Is this true? I heard that finding the 1,000mg, 2,000mg and 3000mg tablets we take for granted here in the US is unheard of there. Linus Pauling said humans need 15,000 a day, and that for some reason, modern man doesn’t produce C internally as our ancestors once did.

#3

hiya James, thanks for your insight, i am hoping that you are right and that this was simply a hereditary thing that i have made worse by waxing then laser. The amount of hair after the laser was unbelievable, i think i stopped just in time aswell. I had 6 treatments and when i suffered stimulated hair growth the clinic offered 6 more free of charge, i declined this offer!! thank god!!

Like i said its funny as my mum does not suffer hair however my sister does so must just be the combination of my mum and dad producing hairy girls…wierd!

When i started electro it was taking 45 mins, I am now delighted to say that i am entering month 6 and it takes 10 mins to clear, brilliant results so far. I hope to one day be complete but i dont know when that day will come.

Thanks for the reassurance, i worry sometimes that by the time i am in my 50s i will have grown a full beard! but i take it that if i sort this problem now and my hormones are all ok that wont happen right??

You are right about the vitamins, i cant seem to get them in large doses such as the ones you suggest. I will keep looking around and let you know.

Finally about my skin, do these small red holes tend to clear up?? As i described they arent pits, they look like inflamed follicles, thats the best description i can come up with.

Also if i look after my skin will it be ok as i age or will it become apparant i have had electroysis on the chin area when im older? Im only 26

Thanks

bec x

#4

Your hair situation sounds very normal and not out of line. If you had a full coarse beard, then it may be a cause to check out hormones. However, what you describe is a normal light amount of hair before it was stimulated by laser.

#5

thanks LA girl, this is very reassuring advice. I will be sure to keep you all updated on my electrolysis. Like i said its definalty working so far. Hopefully one day this will all be a thing of the past!

#6

Hey Bec,

I’m sure it’s hereditary, as mine is. Our concept of what is normal these days is so different as times have changed. People who have much much less (and lighter) hair than I do wax their arms (even though you wouldn’t have noticed the hair at all)…

I know this isn’t exactly related but I just wanted to add: It’s like the magazine images of air brushed models that create unattainable role models figures in the lifes of women and men all around the world. We all have beauty, we just have to let it shine through :slight_smile:

Hope all is well with you, Bec. I had my 6th treatment session yesterday and had no redness after 3hrs!!

Pokka xx

#7

Hey Bec,

Forgot to add, you can get 1000mg - 1500mg vit c at Boots or online in the UK, I remember seeing some when I was on the search for vit c powder and crystals.

HTHs,

Pokka x