Hair Removal: Taking the plunge...

[LizK]

I have my Laser with the same woman who does my electrolysis. If you have the right skin type and hair color then you may get excellent results from ther laser. I have...I have maybe 5 sessions left...over the next 5 years. I can see the final few stragglers now sitting fried in my skin waiting to shed.To see the huge reduction in dark hair did my dysphoria no end of good. I think I probably will need maybe another couple for the rest of the year and then that should be pretty much it.

I have Electrolysis set up 3 X 1 hr sessions for this month...I have taken a month off to let my face heal as I would have done 8 hrs in September and I heal very slowly. I am resigned to the fact this is going to be a long and ongoing process but I will get it finished.

Hugs
Liz

[Sophia Sage]

Anyway, I hit my goatee with the IPL for the first time on Monday, because I realize it's far more likely to bother me in 6 months than to become a serious regret later.  If I want a mustache again, despite hating the last one, a fake one will even affix better to smooth skin.

Oddly enough, I'm not sure IPL is working on my other hair, despite never plucking my neck hair.  I'm going to look into ant-oil and an electric epilator next, because I've been wanting to try that to thin the hair on my arms...

An electric epilator is just mechanical plucking.  It's a temporary fix.  However, HRT can thin body hair over time, so there's that.

Did you go to a professional clinic for your IPL?

Also, I wouldn't count on being free of facial hair in six months, unless you're very lucky.  It usually takes 18 months to 2 years to get it all.

[SailorMars1994]

PrincessCrystal are you on estrogen or even an t-blocker? I ask because before i started hrt i had laser done and within weeks the hair that was gone came back, now on HRT the hair that has been zapped off is gone!! Its magical

[LizK]

PrincessCrystal are you on estrogen or even an t-blocker? I ask because before i started hrt i had laser done and within weeks the hair that was gone came back, now on HRT the hair that has been zapped off is gone!! Its magical

maybe that is why the Laser treatments seem to be way more effective in the last 2-3 months....Any new growth grey or black is so much finer and very slow...

Liz

[PrincessCrystal]

PrincessCrystal are you on estrogen or even an t-blocker? I ask because before i started hrt i had laser done and within weeks the hair that was gone came back, now on HRT the hair that has been zapped off is gone!! Its magical

You know...  I'm starting to think "taking the plunge" is really starting HRT...

I'm going to look around for a certified gender therapist who might be able to prescribe those, then see if that's a good step for me.  I mean, I feel like I'd enjoy being on HRT, and I'm liking the mild effects of these herbs I'm taking, but I don't want to rush into it without a professional opinion...

[josie76]

I was thinking about buying an IPL or that one expensive home Diode Laser unit. My biggest concern is beard hair but my legs grow out pretty good. The only way I get a clean leg shave is to let it grow out a while first. Tried an epilator. Not fun on legs but incredibly painful on the neck under the beard line. So many more hairs so close together. Also it'll grab thick hairs but not actually pluck or break them. Just constantly pulling on them.

[Sophia Sage]

You know...  I'm starting to think "taking the plunge" is really starting HRT...

I'm going to look around for a certified gender therapist who might be able to prescribe those, then see if that's a good step for me.  I mean, I feel like I'd enjoy being on HRT, and I'm liking the mild effects of these herbs I'm taking, but I don't want to rush into it without a professional opinion...

Well, just to keep you from rushing, a gender therapist generally doesn't prescribe hormones, but writes a letter that convinces your GP/endocrinologist to pony up a scrip...

[Sarah_Faith]

I think it's a cultural thing. I currently live in Korea, and it's quite common for younger guys to have their beards lasered off. A lot of K-Pop groups have popularised it. If you want to remove it, do it. I'm certainly considering the same, but even at 31, I still look very young and need it in order to maintain a gap between me and my university students. (Not forever

[PrincessCrystal]

Well, just to keep you from rushing, a gender therapist generally doesn't prescribe hormones, but writes a letter that convinces your GP/endocrinologist to pony up a scrip...

Right.  I'm looking into an endocrinologist right now, and may try to find one of those "LGBT clinics" I keep reading about, in case my psychologist isn't qualified...