Hi Everyone.
Have been avoiding electrolysis like the plague until I came on these boards and found out some more info. Anyhow yesterday I went for a session. I was terrified I wouldn’t be able to find a good practitioner and we would never get anywhere etc. Now I don’t want to speak too soon…after all this is like the impossible dream to me! But everything went so well. She has pretty up to date equipment and has new machine coming in 4 weeks that does pico etc. She is a full time electrolysist rather than someone that doesn’t specialize. She pretty much followed the standards set out by the pro’s on this board such as wanting to get full clearance, switching between different methods for different places etc (by the way this is my face we are doing) But it gets better, she told me that she didn’t think I have a huge problem!! How cool is that! She thinks we can have clearance in a 45 minute session!? I am not a plucker, yesterday I had shaved 3 days before, I would estimate I had approx 200 hairs on each side, she took out 52 yesterday but in not sure in which time frame as she was trying out lots of things and we were chatting etc. She did say she would prefer it if I got my hormones done but then when I said I didn’t want to be on meds she said we would see how everything goes and then if things don’t work as expected I will have to consider it. I just had a trial yesterday but as I expected I didn’t break out at all…hardly anything, today it looks totally normal!? I never reacted to laser my skin is very unsensitive but this worries me a little as EVERYONE on these boards seems to have physical signs of treatment. I did have electro yrs ago, I remember it being VERY painful, it was a very old machine and top lip. However I was expecting it to be more painful? She asked me to do a test where she cranked up the power and told me to stop at a level I found too uncomfortable…she stopped before me! I do have a high pain threshold, especially when it comes to these hairs! But I certainly wouldn’t describe it as really painful? Im so sorry about this post, so long and so much info! I just feel really happy about this, I wonder if I am getting carried away or could I really be doing the right thing now! What about the pain, shouldn’t it be worse to kill them off? Xxxxxxxxxxxxx
What Im trying to get at is, just last week I thought I was stuck with this hair forever, now 1 appointment later someone tells me that they can kill what’s on my face now in 45 minutes for £45 and that then all I have to do is go back once a week, keep on top of it, pay someone what seems like a good price to pluck my face clean of hairs (regrowth) and kill them at the same time for a period of however many months (I don’t even care as long as im pretty much hairless in the process…even if its forever!) How can this be? Is this a joke? Why the hell didn’t I do this sooner if this is the case??
P.s – the laser worked like a dream on my legs and bikini line with lightsheer, I had two and will one day go back for the third which I think will pretty much be me bald!