Quote from: Michelle_P on May 02, 2017, 08:02:54 AM
If pulling the hair out hurts, the energy delivered to the root may have been insufficient to kill the follicle. The hair should just slide out.
My understanding and in fact my own experience as well is that this is not true. The bulb that comes out with the hair is wider than the follicle itself and therefore there is almost always resistance. For me, I don't know that I'd say the plucking is more painful but it definitely is irritating to a freshly zapped follicle. I've talked with a number of people who've shared similar experience that the burning sensation of the zap is bad enough but it's more irritating when they then pluck the hair.
As far as the Lidocaine, the laser tech I met with last week mentioned potential toxicity of from over use like this as well. I'm switching to laser for now, but hoping that when I come back to Electro that it isn't so bad that I need to use lidocaine
We'll see, that should be 6-10 months from now so the Hormones will be in full swing by then. Even my electrologist told me to expect it to hurt a lot more after HRT starts.
