Laser Hair Removal

[Clodfobble]

Has anyone done it? Does it actually work, and are the results worth the price?

[busterb]

No. Mine is falling out all by its self.

[Lola Bunny]

My friend has and is doing it. It works. However, my friend bought a machine and not go out to the spa to do it. Are you asking about going to a spa and do it or getting a machine?

[Clodfobble]

I didn't even realize there was an at-home machine. What model does your friend have?

[Aliantha]

I bought an at home device and found it to be ineffective. I just wanted it to treat a few eyebrow hairs and a couple of 'hag hairs' I have. Don't know if you refer to them like that elsewhere, but they're the hairs that just seem to magically appear as 2 inch long hairs in places you don't want hair.

[Pamela]

When considering laser hair removal, one needs to consider the hair and skin type, then seect the proper machine for that type. Using the wrong laser on your particular situation can be unsatisfactory. Here is a page that describes the lasers and what they treat best.

I have lots of information on laser vs electrolysis since this is a subject of much interest among my sisters.

[infinite monkey]

I'm so glad I'm fairly hairless. Well except I have head hair. I don't even have to pluck my eyebrows, they're perfect as they are.

It's a Native American thang.

What hair are you wanting to rid yourself of, Ms Clod?

[Clodfobble]

I have a small scar that somehow fucked up the follicles beneath it and grows a few black nasty hairs in the midst of my otherwise blonde and soft body hair. What's worse, they have to get to a certain length before I can successfully pluck them, and it's infuriating seeing them start to emerge and still having to wait several days before I can eliminate them. Plus, since the skin is messed up, they go ingrown more often.

All the spas seem to charge by the "area," so I guess I would probably go ahead and do however many square inches fell under my minimum hag-hair price.

[Clodfobble]

Originally Posted by Pamela

I have lots of information on laser vs electrolysis since this is a subject of much interest among my sisters.

Thanks for the link, lots of good information there. Do you recommend electrolysis? I had thought that was the same as laser removal but apparently not.

[footfootfoot]

Laser hair removal requires sharks or ill-tempered sea bass. Electrolysis is safer in that it uses dolphins.

[BigV]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

I have a small scar that somehow fucked up the follicles beneath it and grows a few black nasty hairs in the midst of my otherwise blonde and soft body hair. What's worse, they have to get to a certain length before I can successfully pluck them, and it's infuriating seeing them start to emerge and still having to wait several days before I can eliminate them. Plus, since the skin is messed up, they go ingrown more often.

All the spas seem to charge by the "area," so I guess I would probably go ahead and do however many square inches fell under my minimum hag-hair price.

Have you considered a tattoo? Something pirate-y perhaps?

[Big Sarge]

Chemo is the most effective form of hair removal. Though radiation comes in a close second for trouble areas

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by Aliantha

...to treat a few eyebrow hairs and a couple of 'hag hairs' I have. Don't know if you refer to them like that elsewhere...

"Well, she had a mole right in the middle of her cheek...it wasn't too bad, but, there was a big, ole, black, hog hair growing out of it."

[Pamela]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Thanks for the link, lots of good information there. Do you recommend electrolysis? I had thought that was the same as laser removal but apparently not.

Not the same at all. In electro, the technician inserts a very fine needle probe into the hair follicle and electrically zaps the root, killing the hair and then removes the hair, root and all

This can be painful, especially when done near the mouth or over large areas, such as those that MtFs have.

Laser heats the hair using laser energy. The FDA has been certifying more and more but only a few lasers can claim "permnent reduction" and even then, you will need maintenance from time to time. In your case, go with laser. You are only doing a few hairs and with the scar tissue, the technician may not be able to get the probe in deep enough to kill the root.

[orthodoc]

Originally Posted by Big Sarge

Chemo is the most effective form of hair removal. Though radiation comes in a close second for trouble areas

You are so right! I loved my skin during chemo. Everything was so soft and perfectly hair-free - no strays, no wiry horrifying alien strands asserting themselves at the worst possible moment ... it almost made up for the fact that I couldn't walk more than 50 feet without sitting down to rest. But isn't a lovely repose an attractive thing?