I appreciate the info Paige.
While my home is near St Louis, I am on the Illinois side of the river. Right now I'm staying smack in the center of deep southern IL. Not ideal for a trans person but near a University town so it's not as bad as more rural areas are.
The lady I saw is licensed and a licensed RN. I think my skin just reacted poorly to so many close hairs being treated at once. I didn't realize I had so many active hairs coming back in my upper lip.