I just realised I made a mistake when I said that I was diagnosed with PCOS. The doctor said that I have polycystic ovaries, NOT PCOS. My blood test was fine. I will update as soon as I talk with him.
PCOS = PolyCystic Ovarian Syndrome = Polycystic ovaries.
Apparently PCOS is different from polycystic ovaries. Having polycystic ovaries does not necessarily mean that a woman has the syndrome.
I met with my doctor yesterday. I have polycystic ovaries, but NOT the syndrome. My blood and hormones are fine.
I am sorry for the confusion.
Ask him what is the difference? He got paid and you deserve an answer. A doctor is supposed to ask a lot of questions, inquire about your family history, examine you, order tests if needed, give you a diagnosis and explain a treatment plan with some medication or surgery if needed.
If the doc can not handle this he is supposed to refer you to someone who he thinks can help. If his ego is such that he does not refer you then you might seek a lawyer. He knows referrals are part of his business. If someone in his family had the same symptoms he would know what to do. Ask him what he would do if his teen age daughter had the same problem?
Is your doc a specialist (like OBGYN or GP?). How old are you? When did the hair become a problem, at what age? The only thing that makes hair grow on women who grow hair in places where MEN always grow hair and women do not grow much hair is male hormone. This is BASIC medicine as the ONLY thing that makes hair grow is male hormone and that is why boys grow hair when puberty starts. Women can grow hair if they have a hormone imbalance, some birth control pills can do this, heredity (mostly Mediterranean women and Latinos), and some other disorders. If you have skipped periods, or irregular periods, painful periods, heavy flow, scanty flow, (notice these are all symptoms related to hormones), acne like eruptions, overweight… You have to see a gynecologist or someone who is an Endocrinologist or Reproductive Endocrinologist.
Did he order blood tests (a minimal of 2 different test) Free testosterone and DHEAS (he knows what that is). This is basic. After that there are many other things he can do. You can contact me at < lefty.gg@verizon.net > for more info.
Oh, yal!!, do contact the self-proclaimed, all knowing “Doctor” Lefty because he is smarter than any real doctor practicing medicine 6o+++++ hours a week times x amount of years. Please allow me to ask what medical school did you go to, “Doctor” Harvey Grove? This verbal attack on doctors is outrageous blabber from a wannabe know-it-all. Why don’t you stick to electrolysis and leave the practice of medicine to real doctors???
I’m sure this poster is well able to take care of herself without your indignant and disrespectful rants against her doctor(s). Let’s assume she’s smarter than you think. Let’s assume that her doctors know more than you think they know about her problem.
My doctor did several blood and hormonal tests and all of them were fine. Of course, I am going to see a gyno soon. I just didn’t give more info, because this is a thread talking about my electrolysis experience and not my polycystic ovaries. I wouldn’t have even mentioned that I have polycystic ovaries, if I wasn’t confused – I thought that I had the PCOS, and I know that one of the PCOS symptoms can be excess hair growth.
I didn’t have a hair problem. I created it, because I don’t like hair at all. I had peach fuzz, I was told to wax and it will go away forever, but waxing had the opposite effect. That’s why I started electrolysis. At the moment, I could even stop electrolysis, as the hair that I have, look absolutely ok. However, electrolysis works very well, and I am so happy that I want to remove even the fine, light, short hair. My point is that the few coarse hair that I used to have were not due to hormonal imbalance - as the tests showed - but due to waxing and plucking.
37th + 38th treatment. I had a 1hr treatment on the face about two weeks ago. Today I had a 2hr treatment on the face and body (nipples and abdomen).
Do I have to say again how happy I am with the results? 
Hi all!
I recently had my first clearance of my face above the jaw line, done in the comfort of my easy chair by James Walker (thermolysis, and a little blend). It took 13 hours to clear more than 7700 hairs. Doing the math, that’s 592 hairs/hour. I was conscious the whole time, using just a bit of lidocaine on the center of the upper lip (didn’t work - too little percentage). It was helpful to have movies to watch on DVD as a distraction. I have a low pain threshold and while some areas hurt more than others (and often pulling the hair out hurt more than zapping it), it was tolerable. My face was a bit red afterwards but considerably puffed up (as if I’d eaten something I was allergic to) but this noticeably subsided in a day and was back to normal in three days. No scarring that I can see. Three weeks out and there is little regrowth yet; we’ll see what six weeks will bring. If not much more than what has regrown to date, then the rest of the clearances will be a lot easier and shorter.
May it all be so easy! For the neck I bought EMLA, however 
Ellen G. (to be)
To my previous post, let me add this image.
DISCLAIMER: James Walker did not ask me to post this, nor am I receiving any compensation or other consideration from James for this posting. Furthermore, the image has NOT been retouched in any fashion.
This image was taken three weeks after my first clearance above the jaw line, and represents two-and-a-half days of beard growth. The original coverage above the jaw line was a little less than what you see on the chin, but not by a lot.
I’m very pleased with the first clearance and we may be able to do the follow on clearances on an 8-week schedule, and I hope not much more hair comes in on the face (especially in the middle between nose and top lip). Obviously the chin and neck need their first clearance. Of course I’m hoping for the low estimate on total time to do the full clearance. As stated before, the facial clearance took 13 hours, not under anesthetic.
May we all have successful clearances!
Ellen
PS. Hope the image is attached!
Ellen your link isn’t working.
Yes, I see that my image link isn’t working. Don’t know why. I do notice that when I hover over the link, it shows one URL which I think is the correct, but when the link is clicked, it goes to somewhat different URL, I guess the wrong one. I’ve tried it in IE and Firefox with the same result.
Perhaps Andrea can tell me what I did wrong? BTW Andrea, when I tried to upload to the Gallery, I got this message: “You do not have permission to create a new topic on this forum.”
For now I’m stuck. I’ll upload an image that works as soon as I can.
Ellen
Thanks, lagirl! Image now uploaded to Photobucket.
At current resolution, the incoming facial hair after first clearing is harder to see, but there is some there, just not much! This is a REALLY GOOD THING 
Be well, be safe all.
Ellen
Very nice work, James! Thanks for the picture Ellen.
All I can say is thank you to Ellen G for posting the evidence.
One and two day clearances really ARE possible. After that, one needs only reclear the area on schedule, and settle in for an ever easier experience.
James,
Did you do PicoFlash or Synchro?
Dee
A great work, James. Congratulations!!!
Thank you all.
This was one of those cases that called for opening “The Bag of Tricks.” As the client states, sensation of treatment had to be considered in all aspects of the treatment, and as such, we utilized PicoFlash, Syncro, and Blend as we made the rounds from ear to ear, and around the lips and chin. The thicker hairs near the jawline and left cheek were best tolerated in Syncro, so I guess that too adds to the amount of time needed to treat each hair. Straight PicoFlash the whole way through would have been the fastest way to finish, and we may have gotten through the whole face and neck that way, but the hairs were so thick and deep that the setting needed to do that would have been outside of the client’s low pain tolerance. Modifications were made to keep it comfortable. Of course, nothing can do more than lessen the real pain of a first trip through the center of the upper lip.
We only had a short amount of time available for work, and we used it all. When all is said and done, it was like the quote from NFL quarterback Bobby Lane; “I’ve never lost a game in my life. Once in a while, time ran out on me.”
Rinava, don’t see a gyno. See an endocrinologist. Most regular doctors and gynos are not good at determining hormonal issues. An endo is trained in that.
Endocrinologists are shrinking in numbers. Appointments are hard to get. I think she implied that she made the peach fuzz problem worse with waxing and tweezing, which is highly plausible. Not sure if everyone that is hairy should be calling an endocrinologist???