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Laser I Chickened Out,thinking Electrolysis Being Permanent


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Guest Krisina

I was to have my first full facial laser treatment this week but I chickened out. I didn't have much of a plan eg how treatments required, laser spaced out over how many months. , how long face to look sunburned after treatment. Most important if only someone could guarantee the hair not come. back.

I know at least with electrolysis that the FDA says the hair removal is permanent.

If you have or had electrolysis how many hours a week did you do? Was it the blend method or the therman format? Which format did you like the best.

Do people doing the electro work, the electrolysis have a certain area that they want to work on the face?

I dont think I could afford anymore than 1 week per month til some bills are paid.

I have heard/read that electroysis on the upper and lower lips are the worst area for pain.

Which area do you want worked in and what order.

An scars with electrolysis or laser and did they go away?

I need to start some time on this.

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Guest sarah f

I was to have my first full facial laser treatment this week but I chickened out. I didn't have much of a plan eg how treatments required, laser spaced out over how many months. , how long face to look sunburned after treatment. Most important if only someone could guarantee the hair not come. back.

I have been doing laser for over a year and no scars for me. The sunburned look goes away in less then a day.

I know at least with electrolysis that the FDA says the hair removal is permanent.

This is true and that is why some choose this over laser. Laser however is faster at removing the dark hairs.

If you have or had electrolysis how many hours a week did you do? Was it the blend method or the therman format? Which format did you like the best.

I don't know what format they use but yes I have had electro too. I will tell you that I have red marks and sometimes scabs from electro. They take a week or two to go away. No scars from what can tell though.

Do people doing the electro work, the electrolysis have a certain area that they want to work on the face?

That all depends on you and where you tell them to work. You are paying and you get to request where to work.

I dont think I could afford anymore than 1 week per month til some bills are paid.

That is ok but electro like I said take longer then laser so there will be a lot of hours to make a difference depending on how much facial hair you have.

I have heard/read that electroysis on the upper and lower lips are the worst area for pain.

This part is very true. It hurts on the uppper lip the worst especially right under the nose.

Which area do you want worked in and what order.

For me it is the goatee area. That is the part people look at the most and can see the shadow.

An scars with electrolysis or laser and did they go away?

Like I said in other parts, I haven't had any scars so far with either treatment.

I need to start some time on this.

Good Luck

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Guest Krisina

When I went in to have some test areas on my face i think I was told it would look like a sunburn and go away in a day. My face was kind of sunburn look for days and about a week to completely disappear. I was told before my test treatment that my face looked a little sensitive and if it was always like that. I explained that I had used my electric razor vigorously just before coming over because I heard laser worked better with a shaved face before the laser. She had told me if my face was looking like that, that maybe I should shave the day before treatment.

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Guest sarah f

I usually shave the day before myself. I don't know if that help or not. Maybe you could do another test but shave the day before. It wouldn't hurt especially since laser gets faster results.

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Guest NatashaJade

I always shave the day of my laser appointments. I'll back up what Sarah is saying and say that if you have the right skin/hair color combo, then laser is super effective. Even Dr. Bowers recommends it for her patients in lieu of electro if they are good candidates (I am actually going to talk to my laser tech next week about beginning "those" treatments down below as my face is all but clear (in only 10 treatments!). I still have to get a little electro to clear the white hairs, but there are not so many of those, so I am really happy I went with the laser.

xoxo

Natasha

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Guest Krisina

I was wondering why I still looked like I had a light sunburn almost a week later though. I thought that was odd because even the person who did my face it would be okay after a day. My GT thought that was normal for a week.

Has anyone else overdone it before with an electric razor, then had, semi inflamed/ irritated skin that had something similar to what happened to me?

Also. When I was a youngster I had blonde hair. My facial hair comes out dark now in the winter and she thought that it might help me reduce the hair maybe by 25 percent. But that I could never tell. The results are are different for everyone.

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