hello everyone,
I’m going to give laser another try. i had a lot of success on my body and some on my face. I’ve had about 15 sessions ( gentle lase by candela).
however i did most of these sessions before i was on blockers. i am wondering now that I’m 4 years in if the laser will be more effective on my face? i wonder if the absence of T will have an effect. i do have light skin and dark hair.
love to hear your input.
thanx
tahrah
So since this has been out there since this morning, I’ll take a crack at it. TBH I’m not lasers biggest supporter, and my experince is limited to that of it’s use on myself.
Laser tends to work best on thick/dense dark hair. The answer to your question, it would largely depend on where you are having laser done.
I also am on t-blockers (specifically cyperterone but I was on spiro for about a year) . From my experience, after 11 sessions with what I believe was an alexandrite laser, I had less than spectacular results.my testosterone hovered around 1.4 p/mol the entire time I has laser, which was on the face. I got only about 25% reduction after 11 sessions, and most of that returned after a few months. I also have dark hair and light skin.
For the body, many here have suggested that results can vary.Particularly on the arms which seem to be left with streaks and areas which dont seem to treat well. Also if you look above I noted laser works best on the thicker hairs, and on the thinner ones doesnt seem to fare as well. If you have been on blockers for 4 years, then it’s likely body hair has thinned down considerably during that time and would logically lessen the effects.HRT wouldnt affect facial hair so for that it wouldnt make a difference.
If it were me paying the money, hands down I would dish out for electrolysis over laser. By the time you figure out laser may not have worked for you, the money is long gone.
Seana
thanx serena…
i have about 70 hours of electro, and I grow less and less tolerant of the process each day. that’s the only reason I’m considering going back to laser.
thankfully my body is hair free, not sure if that’s all due to the laser or the blockers or both ( most likely). thankfully i have no shadow on my face for years, so this isn’t a necessity just something that i’d like to get rid of
a few people i know have had fantastic results with laser, that’s another reason I’m considering another round ( or 10).
tahrah
Hi tahrah7. Have you considered getting the laser hair removal and THEN getting electrolysis for the regrowth? I know after my laser sessions, the regrowth was very thin and not as curly, perfect for electrolysis and zapping those hairs into oblivion!!
hi monica
I’ve been through a lot at this point. many sessions of laser and 70 hours of electro.
im probably going to go ahead with the laser for now… but I’m not deluding myself into thinking ill be done. it might give me a few; years, months off. who knows.
nobody can really say what the results will be like. I’m mainly concerned about my skin and comfort.
thanx for the input 
tahrah
Monica, your website is very cool. thanx