Who else just hates facial hair?

[Allyda]

I've had good luck with my personal lasers. One is for single hairs I use on my eyebrows, the other and most expensive os one that treats up too 60 hairs at a time. The other device I have is a Flash -n- go, and it does absolutely wonders for those large areas like your arms and legs. If your on a fixed income as I am (I do have a business and work a little part time when I can on the side), In my opinion obtaining your own lasers and even at least one pulse flash device is definately the way to go. Now I have no hair under my arms at all, very fine hair left on my legs and arms, and only the grays left on my face so definately no shadow and I pass easily with no makeup at 50 years old. I've started using the charcoal dye for my grays on my face during treatments and it is helping. About 4 days after treatments the "fallout", as I call it starts to subside and the improvement is very noticeable. It has taken well over a year to achieve these results plus there was the learning curve on how to best use each machine given my skin tone and hair type. I have black hair and a reddish tint to my skin and tan very easily so I do get better results this time of year. I've never had any chest hair to worry about. In a way I'm lucky because of my existing small bone structure and femminine features.

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[Joan]

Allyda, I think you need 14 posts or something before you can use an avatar

What you wrote has given me courage! I have very dark facial hair and I've been using a home laser for about 2 months. I'm seeing some effects on my face, but I have this personality where I soon begin to get impatient . I am not going FT for a good while yet, so I will hang in there and give it time.

[Ashey]

Thanks Ashley. That office would actually be closer -only 50 min away! I thank you sooooOO much!!

You're welcome. Good luck.

[Allyda]

Allyda, I think you need 14 posts or something before you can use an avatar

What you wrote has given me courage! I have very dark facial hair and I've been using a home laser for about 2 months. I'm seeing some effects on my face, but I have this personality where I soon begin to get impatient . I am not going FT for a good while yet, so I will hang in there and give it time.

Yes I just found that out about the 14 posts.

Yep you just have to give it time. Treat once every two weeks. The in between time will give "fallout" time to occurr. Actually the dat after your treatments it actually seems like all the hairs came back but this is not true. It takes time for your body to expell the root ofand the hair shaft under the skin. As the days go by though after each treatment you'll notice less, and less and what does come back will be much thinner. It takes about 10 to 14 days for "fallout" of the old hair to occurr which is why I wait two weeks between treatments. Inaddition, Lasers and pulse light devices only work on hairs during the "growing" phase. This is another reason you must be patient.

I hope it helps.
Ally

[Joan]

Yes I just found that out about the 14 posts.

Yep you just have to give it time. Treat once every two weeks. The in between time will give "fallout" time to occurr. Actually the dat after your treatments it actually seems like all the hairs came back but this is not true. It takes time for your body to expell the root ofand the hair shaft under the skin. As the days go by though after each treatment you'll notice less, and less and what does come back will be much thinner. It takes about 10 to 14 days for "fallout" of the old hair to occurr which is why I wait two weeks between treatments. Inaddition, Lasers and pulse light devices only work on hairs during the "growing" phase. This is another reason you must be patient.

I hope it helps.
Ally

Thanks again for that advice. I've been getting impatient and treating every five days or so. I think I need to curb my enthusiasm a bit

[JulieBlair]

Sigh...... today is electrolysis day, and so I can hardly look at myself.  The home kit turns my face into hamburger, so I vacillate between looking chewed, blushed, or slightly stubble covered several days a week.  Fortunately shaving lasts a full day without shadow.  Probably have a year of electrocution left.  Teaching me patience, which is frankly sucky

[FrancisAnn]

Back for my 6th (I think) session Saturday. My lady has a smart rountine going & perhaps we can finish my upper lip area & all around my mouth. She is using some injections & luckly I have no pain or feelings at all while she zaps away fast. In short I'm getting closer to a clean face, oh happy day!

[Joan]

Good for you, FrancisAnn! Another step closer has to feel good

A face clear of the dreaded shadow is the one thing that would give me confidence at the moment. I have tried just about everything to hide it until laser works it's magic, but I just can't seem to make it work.

[FrancisAnn]

Good for you, FrancisAnn! Another step closer has to feel good

A face clear of the dreaded shadow is the one thing that would give me confidence at the moment. I have tried just about everything to hide it until laser works it's magic, but I just can't seem to make it work.

Joan, I had so much laser work done years ago, it helped some but not much really. Electrolysis kills each hair. It's slow however the hairs are dead. Maybe 1/4 of my face is very clean, a few odd hairs do appear that my lady zaps again. Take care girl friend.

[Shawna777]

I hate my facial hair... cant wait to get laser hair removal but for now I just use a straight blade to get the closest shave

[Lara the Lover and the Fighter]

Just had my third round of lasers.  My first time at a higher setting.  I'm not ashamed to admit that I cried a bit. 

I hate facial hair!

[SciNerdGirl]

So I have been using a Tria Laser on my arms for about a year and it has been reasonably successful (given that I am basically a gorilla).  The hair on my arms and hands has thinned considerably.

That being said, the few times I have tried putting the tria laser on my face, my reaction was "HOLY CRAP that HURTS!!"

Janet

[Joan]

So I have been using a Tria Laser on my arms for about a year and it has been reasonably successful (given that I am basically a gorilla).  The hair on my arms and hands has thinned considerably.

That being said, the few times I have tried putting the tria laser on my face, my reaction was "HOLY CRAP that HURTS!!"

Janet

I use a Tria on my face I've found two things that help. First start at level 3. It will hurt a bit at first, but once it begins to work and the hair starts thinning out it will hurt less and you can begin upping the power.   Second, use an ice pack. I go : ice pack off - zap - ice pack on. This helps a lot.

After 2 months I'm now up to level 5, and while the beard is still there it has noticeably thinned out. I'm on PT on weekends, so I'm happy to look at this as a long term project:)

[Gina Taylor]

Im pretty sure we all hate it LMAO. Im getting tired of having to shave everyday cause im to poor for electrolysis

I hate have facial hair! But like Angelique, I'm too poor for electrolysis as well. I'm able to shave every second day though, before it gets too noticable.

[Stella Stanhope]

Me too! Now when I shave, no matter how close it is, you can see the shadow. And now the shadow is spotty, since a lot of my beard is gray.

I had quite a bit of concealer on in my avatar photo! The sucky part is it makes my skin look bumpy. 

Ahhhh, sucks kittens doesn't it! But I'm sure the bumpiness is not as bad as ye think :-)

I've noticed that my body is trying its hardest to be the exact opposite of feminine now that I am trying not to look masculine, its really making an effort after all the years of being androgynous. Good work team XY!    I guess it's all about making males and females as opposing as possible to aid physical attraction and therefore mating. Woot, I'll soon be absolutely ridiculous in anything feminine and be all of 2.1% more likely to get a date :p Win. Not.

I miss the days when I could grow my facial for my girlfriend (as she liked it) or for when I needed to work behind the bar, but then shave it off when I wanted to be feminine. There was no shadow afterwards, if I shaved, it looked like puberty hadn't visited my face. Facial hair was something I liked to dabble in but then "take off" like a disguise. Now its there all the time, along with the tired-looking grey and the sort of snarl at the corners of the mouth. Makes working in a pub alot easier, but I personally feel like I'm decaying like a building stained with abrasive soot that won't scrub off.

...However.... I still don't feel comfortable removing it permanently... Why? Because is useful to have facial hair at times (see above) and also I feel like I'm betraying the male members of my family be removing the characteristic facial hair we all have. I don't know how to come to a favourably arrangement regarding all this. Any ideas anyone?

[FrancisAnn]

I had a very pleasant Electro session today. However we are also using a "NuFree & Finipil" system some. It completely removes hair similiar to waxing however it also removes the entire folicle. It is a warm system & opens the pores so all hair with the folicle comes out so easy.

It may be something others want to look for. It seems very nice for me so far.

I'm having my entire remaining facial hair treated soon to have all hairs & folicles removed. Then we will use electrolysis on more stubborn hairs. I'm also having most all body hair removed wit the same procedure.

Good luck girl friends. 

[Tessa James]

Francis Ann I am interested in your results with the Nufree and Finipil.  I checked out the links and wonder if this is really considered "permanent" hair removal.  I have been down the laser trail and not looking forward to electrolysis.

Thank you so much for sharing a pleasant session tip

[FrancisAnn]

I'm sure it is not permanent for my nasty facial hair but it will be nice to have no hair at all on my face for at least a while. It takes out the entire folicle.

My lady is very experienced & uses this on most of her women clients. They all love it. On body hair with each treatment it greatly reduces regrowth. It works so easy, quick & no pain really at all. She can do a pair of legs in 10 minutes at the most.

[Tessa James]

Thanks again you dear!

You make it sound down right cozy and fuzzy good.  Better than my visions of ouch ouch ouch ouch!

[FrancisAnn]

My lady knows it hurts as she zaps away on each hair. I'm maybe 1/2 way on my upper lip. It still hurts no matter what we use.

This is some reward to at least have a smooth face for a little while. I know it is not permanent.

It seems to work so easy on any body hair. She does complete body hair removal for M & F clients if they want.

Good luck girl friend. My lady hates hair almost as much as all of us do.