Ok so here’s my story- I’m 25 years old and have always been hairy. At around 18 years old it got excessively worse. In addition to hair on my feet, toes, fingers, and arms, I got thick dark course hair on my “happy trail”…and its not a thin line either…its like 2 1/2 inches wide…and a massive amount of dark course hair around my nipples. In the last year (after several years of battling all the other hair on my body) I have now began to get increasingly dark and course hair on my chest, upper lip, and a few on my chin. I have been to gynos and endocrinologists and they say I do not have PCOS. So here’s a little history and then my questions (sorry its so long)
In 2007 I had laser hair removal around my areolas (they each had about 150 dark thick hairs around them no joke)- not only did I see absolutely no improvement with every hair growing back within 3 weeks- but during the last session I was badly burned twice- I have had repeated procedures to try and improve these scars to no avail. And as I said all the hair grew back.
After that horrible experience (I was already experiencing extreme emotional distress from being this hairy and in so many weird areas you can imagine how much worse things got when I also got two laser burn marks to my chest- which I still have and look awful)…anyway after that I went to an electrolygist…after 3 years of going pretty every week I have had about a 90% improvement of hair around the nipple area…the only problem is there are about 15-20 on each side that will not budge and on top of that I have ever since I started gotten dark brown/red and slightly indented marks all around the areolas (which is really ugly especially since is in addition to the laser burns)…I also started in the last year treating my stomach, upper lip and stray hairs on the chest and chin btw…heres the problem: I noticed that many times the hairs were being broken…and it wasnt hurting that much when they were being 'zapped"…also sometimes i would watch and occasionally she would mmiss the follicle altogether. shoudl would also treat follicles when the hair didnt grow out yet…i think doing this every week led to these horrible dark marks around the breast which i think is even worse than the hairs itself.
so here’s my questions- 1)These hairs that arent budging- are they just not going to go?? 2)I started seeing a new electrolygist who I think is better skilled and has a great reputation, should I work on other areas and leave the nipple area alone for awhile so the marks could heal or should I just go less than every week? Its hard for me to just clip the hair because the ones that remain are so dark and course and my skin is incredibly pale and overly sensitive and prone to ingrowns, irritation, etc…everytime the hairs grow back or are shaven the skin gets red, swollen, and often i need to “free” the hair because they grown under…this has made the marks even worse…I worry that if I take a break I will be taking major steps backward and that I wont be able to hide the hair in the meantime by shaving or trimming because you see it under the skin…but I want these marks to go away…most drs who saw them said they will go away but one said they looked like permanently scarred and enlarged pores…what should I do??? I feel Ive gotten so far that maybe this new electrolygist is better skilled so they can rid me of these hairs in 6 months to a year and then i can concentrate on making the marks go away…maybe i should just finish the job- especially since i think this new elect could get these hairs that wont budge…but these marks are so hideous and have caused me so much distress…i cant be intimate with anyone because of all the hair, scars, and marks from failed hair removal attempts. I am also a student with almost no money and have put every dime I have towards this…and now im getting new hair growth…its never ending…im sorry for the long message but this is something i cry about daily…it may sound silly until you suffer from it. please anyone help and give me suggestions particuarly about the marks I will greatly appreciate it.