What are my options? Tried laser & electrolysis

I have PCOS… Laser has helped me but lately I’m noticing that there’s little scars from my electrologist and just it’s very… evident that I have hair on my face :frowning:

I gave up on electrolysis because in my city, the options are not great and with these marks, I got fed up.

My health insurance won’t cover me seeing a specialist to see what’s going on with my hormones. I am pretty sure it’s more than just PCOS. I’m 25 and it was a problem for quite a few years but then in the last year, it’s gotten much much worse.

You only have one “option,” and that is to see a specialist … whatever it takes! There is nobody on this site that can, or should, give you any suggestions other than to get yourself to the doctor right now.

Yes, insurance is a confusing disgusting quagmire of red-tape that is (still) profit motivated (at least in the United States). So, you have to spend a couple hundred bucks? Well, it is your health … right?

Scars? Probably not! I only say this because EVERY post-treatment manifestation that a client sees? Well, they call it a SCAR! Example:

Two weeks ago I cleared a woman’s bikini area (just the sides; not the whole deal). A week ago, she called and thought that her “period was different,” and was fearful that the electrolysis caused this. (I guess all went well, because she gave up on this one. Of course, she is 46-years-old, but I didn’t want to suggest an obvious possibility.)

A couple days ago she called again and said that “the tiny crusts were gone, but now the entire area has SCARS!” SCARS!! SCARS!!! Yeah, sure. ***

What she’s seeing is the “junk” of treatment doing its thing. You don’t get SCARS after two weeks!

But then, nearly all clients think everything is a SCAR! And, of course, new hair is ALWAYS “regrowth.” “Scars and regrowth” it’s what we hear all the time … (were I Catholic, this would be my purgatory!)

Emily Advice: give the area the NEEDED time it requires to fully resolve. SCARS in electrolysis are so rare as to be nearly non-existent. You don’t have scars.

AND, get yourself to a specialist like NOW! “Beg, borrow or steal!”

And, THANKS for posting on Hairtell … we are ALL “in your corner kiddo!”

*** It’s ALL about the consultation: the client must hear ALL the graphic details … (and, I DO spell it out in LURID GRAPHIC detail.) However, in the case of this “bikini” woman, she didn’t hear ONE damned thing I said … she never stopped chattering and “having a good time” on her cell phone, iPad and joking with her 19-year-old boyfriend. Yep, she’s “that hot!” And, of course, from Beverly Hills! Welcome to California!

Dear fellow Zapperinis …
HOW do you get them to LISTEN?
HOW do you get them to LISTEN?
HOW do you get them to LISTEN?

I would have to agree with Michael on the seeing a doctor part. If it’s not covered, you do have the option of paying for it. If it’s for your health, it’s worth it.
Whether or not you see a doctor about this issue, electrolysis IS the way to go. The hair is not coming off any other way. And it’s unlikely you have permanent scarring. If you are that concerned about the practitioner you saw, go see another one.

To Michael: it’s possible they never listen. You just do your part and explain it, beyond that there isnt alot you can do, aside from charge for your time.

Seana