Hi every one….
Please help….I am in desperate need for some advise…I don’t know what to do……I’ve always had a lot of hair all over my body, especially on my arms and face.
The hair on my lower arms is @2cm long, on my upper arm I have a lot too but not as long, some of it is dark and some is fine and blond. I’ve always been very perturbed by it, but know it’s just getting overwhelming, ever since I did laser it appears that I got a lot more, especially on my upper arms and shoulders. I am doing electrolysis on my face and shoulders, but a definitely can not afford the arms. I don’t know what to do….I’ve thought about waxing but I am afraid that will make it worse, I fear that the hair will become courser and darker. So I was hopping to hear from someone who in the same “boat”, specially females.
PLEASE SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH ME, tell me how long you’ve been doing it? Has the hair gotten worse? Has the hair gotten darker? How often do you need to do it?
Also I would like to know if waxing changes the way the hair grows, in another words, currently the hair I have lays flat, I wonder if once I start waxing it will stick up and be even more noticeable.
Again please share your experience or give me some advise…I really need it!!!
Hi portugal,
what laser did you use ? you might want to try some other laser and therapist. Also, don’t do it at a cosmetic studio, most of them don’t know what they are doing and don’t have enough experience. In your case I wouldn’t go the IPL route either since even laser didn’t work. Personally from reading loads of different forums I got to the conclusion that GentleLASE and LigthSheer are good lasers and well worth a try.
Now if you still don’t respond to any laser I’d consider electrolysis at a professional place for the face and as you can’t afford the whole body I’d go and get some infos on the DYI forum. There are people that got their arms done all by themselves.
As for waxing: It does not get worse from waxing as far as I can tell.
Thanks for your reply…
As to your questions, I had 6 sessions with Candela GentleLase at very high settings…didn’t work!!
What is DYI?
Again, has anyone waxed their arms…please share your experience!
Thanks
I don’t think laser was a good option for you considering the description of hair you provided. They shouldn’t have treated those areas. Electrolysis is the way to go for your face and upper arms. On your lower arms, laser can be a good idea if the hair is dark and somewhat coarse.
Many people wax their arms. Yes, the hair can start growing up etc, but it will go back once you stop waxing.
DYI - do-it-yourself
You can also shave. Shaving doesn’t change the hair structure.
p.s. you only have to post on this forum once. you don’t have the paste the same thing into different sections. We can see all new posts at once.
AGAIN, PLEASE SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH ME, tell me how long you’ve been doing it? Has the hair gotten worse? Has the hair gotten darker? How often do you need to do it?
Thanks
if you want waxing experiences, you need to post in the waxing forum and hope for someone to reply. you will probably have more luck using the search feature and reading through older posts to find the answer.
the most important thing you’re missing is that everyone’s different and it varies based on person, skin type, area waxed etc. so what someone else experiences is not necessarily going to be your experience.
if the hair is initially fine, waxing can make it become thicker. if it’s coarse, then most likely it won’t. but once again, it varies. some say waxing stimulates more blood to the follicles, which causes more growth.