PCTs

[Naturally Blonde]

I may be new here but do not go off on me ok!  you know not my situation.

I'm sorry if you thought I was being rude but usually regarding the NHS you have to fight for everything and I've had 12 years of it! please don't assume that it will all fall into your lap!

[amdee]

I'm sorry if you thought I was being rude but usually regarding the NHS you have to fight for everything and I've had 12 years of it! please don't assume that it will all fall into your lap!

Fall into my lap, okayyy 

[Siobhan]

I would not count on the nhs for much tbh. Im just hoping for therapy and hrt..will pay for the rest myself.
I want laser soon though,any uk ppl know a good place in birmingham area?

[Naturally Blonde]

I am having it done in Leeds for £17 per session - 6 sessions for £99. I signed up for a groupon deal. Laser hair removal pops up every few weeks - www.groupon.co.uk

amdee - if you are suitable for laser (brown/black hair) then signup for GroupOn. Also look for a Cristanos clinic and speak to them as they seem to be very good at getting funding out of PCTs and they have several clinics around England

http://cristianos.co.uk/laser-hair-removal-clinics-nationwide/

£17.00? I find that very hard to believe as most salons charge anything from £150 up to £200 per session and £50.00 for a test patch. Maybe you are having IPL instead which is a different treatment than laser?

I know about Cristianos in London and they are very expensive  from when I last called them for a quote!

[A]

94% discount? Seems fishy, but oh well.

By the way, aren't diode lasers the best? Why use ruby lasers and stuff?

[Padma]

There are some really good deals on Groupon (94% is not unusual) - but they do tend to be for IPL, which isn't as effective on "male" hair.

[A]

If you ask me, IPL isn't effective, period. o.o I've been told it's not any more permanent than waxing.

[Beverley]

Having had test patches of both Laser & IPL at one salon, they felt exactly the same to me. The prickly pain was the same. I tried a number of salons trying to get a good deal and then I came across the GroupOn deal so I did that.

After 4 sessions my chest hair is greatly reduced, almost all my under-chin bristles have gone, my cheeks are clearer and my chin is looking good. My upper lip is fighting the hardest but about half the bristles have gone and the 'five o'clock' shadow has gone. I have two more sessions to go and then I will need to decide whether to continue or go straight to electrolysis for the grey hairs.

If you ask me, IPL isn't effective, period. o.o I've been told it's not any more permanent than waxing.

Neither laser nor IPL are allowed to be described as 'Permanent Hair Removal'. Both are described as 'Permanent Hair Reduction'.

[A]

I may be mistaken, but the last time I looked, I believe that laser had proof of its efficiency, whilst IPL didn't, and had a few warnings of "don't listen to their claims" on it.