Thought I'd post my experience with my first appointment at Electrology 3000 in Lewisville Texas. For you girls that may not know E3000 is one of the places that does full beard removal at one sitting using two techs and injecting your face with lidocaine.
First off everyone I dealt with was very nice and respectful. They went above and beyond to make sure I was comfortable and knew exactly what was going to be done and how it was going to be done.
Now for the bad news.... the lidocaine injections are not fun. The shots into most areas of my face were painful but bearable. The techs don't shoot your whole face at once. The techs through experience now how much area they can work before the shots wear off so they will inject part of your face , wait a bit then start clearing the area they've injected. They save the very Best for last , your upper and lower lip area. I have to be honest, I have a very high pain tolerance and found the injections into and around the lips to be BRUTAL.
Now for the good news. The seem to be very good at what they do. Was in the chair less than five hours for a complete clearing of my face and neck. The shots do their job well, the actual hair zapping was pretty uneventful.
The aftermath. The first night was pretty swelled up and red. Followed their advice on the ice packs on the face.. etc...
They give you good aftercare information. I've done my best to follow it. Three days later most of the redness is gone and the swelling is mostly confined to under my jaw.
I think I was somewhat lucky that I've never had a very heavy beard. I think the time in the chair was shorter than the average. Was the pain of the shots and the general discomfort worth it... YOU BETCH YA.... just wish I'd done this years ago. If anybody wants to ask me any questions feel free. Jessica.
