Ok. I will. Maybe it’s also from sitting a lot. When I sit a lot I sometimes also get “butt acne” and what I have now looks a bit like this.
I wanted to ask if there are lasers which are directly applied to the skin and then fired or if only IPL is directly applied to the skin. I read in another forum that the alexandrite laser is not good because it’s not directly applied to the skin and because of this it doesn’t reach the follicles which are deeper in the skin. Is this true?
it is not true. various machines work differently, but with proper technique and settings, they do work.
and yes, sitting a lot on the area would do it since it’s getting rubbed etc all the time. you need to take care of the area that was treated and let it heal.
the best thing you can do right now is wait out the 3 weeks so you can judge the results of your treatment. i would also take pictures. it can be hard to compare things, especially on an area you don’t normally see with ease.
My ‘spots’ lasted alot more than a week. More like a month or so before they settled down. I still get the very occasional one. I think they might infected pores were the hairs were.
But yes, i think the key is keeping it dry. So no creams or aloe in my view.
Okay. I’ll try to, but I also cannot lie in bed all day now to avoid sitting. This will not be possible. If it doesn’t go away I’ll have to show it to the doctor.
By the way, I just listened to my audio record. I recorded the event and it allowed me to determine exactly how long the laser treatment took. It was exactly 9 minutes for 2 cheeks. Is this definitely too fast?
See, this is the part where electrologists just sigh and say, “Don’t you think we wish we could get the results WE get in just 9 minutes, AND charge what THEY charge for 9 minutes?”
you never told us exactly how much hair you had on your butt cheeks.
well, you have to assume the hair was all over his butt cheeks, regardless of density. People don’t usually have patchy natural growth.
Actually my cheeks are pretty hairy. It’s not that I just have a hair here and a hair there… and besides this how is she supposed to know where there’s a hair? When you shave them you don’t see them anymore so she has to treat the whole area anyway, right?
@ James
I guess this is why you electrologists do not have expensive laser machines which “justify” a high price per session. Actually it’s a joke. A doctor who does a laser treatment can charge much more than a normal person which does a laser treatment because when a doctor does a procedure there is a certain multiplication rate which is added to the costs. For example if the treatment costs 70 bucks then he can multiply it by let’s say 2.2 because this is what he is allowed to charge according to the insurances or whoever determined what a doctor may charge. BUT the funny part is that the doctor doesn’t even do it himself! He has his assistants for it. So you pay for a doctor’s treatment and you’re treated by a “normal” person.
9 minutes are not enough for both butt cheeks on anyone, if you have hair all over them. however, i might see the problem that she had. we usually recommend shaving 2-3 days before the treatment so that there is visible stubble when you come in. otherwise, it’s basically impossible for the technician to figure out where you had hair if it’s not the type of coarse hair that leaves a shadow after shaving.
That is not really how it works.
Anyone, physicians included, can charge anything they want. There is no multiplication factor. There are rules as to what a physician can charge when it comes to insurance and medicare payments, but that is not at all involved here. As far as any cosmetic procedure, the price that a physician charges is whatever price they want to charge.
At that point, simple economics come into effect. If they charge too high, they will have few clients because most people are not willing to pay that much extra to have a “physician” treatment. And the money they bring in will not be enough to maintain the practice.
If they charge too little, they may have plenty of business but may not be making any money.
If you check prices, you will find that physicians prices are generally in line with average prices except for a slight increase that is due to the fact that there are people who will pay more because they are a physician.