Hi girls,   Next Thursday I have my first session for laser hair removal I'm so excited to be starting this process, does anyone have any suggestions or tips that would make it as successful as possible.

How bad is the pain or does it depend on the skin type.

Anything would help

Thanks

Emily.T xx

Numbing cream is a very good idea. Do not pluck. Shave the day of the procedure, but not too close. Numbing cream!

YMMV but I didn't need any numbing cream. I have a high pain tolerance though. It's been getting easier each time too. I only use some cold-air thingy, and by the third session I only used it half the time. By the fourth, didn't even use it.

Brace yourself when they get to the chin, and around the mouth (assuming you're doing your face). They're the worst. >_<

And after a week or so, I start manually removing hairs, but I do it carefully. If I start slowly pulling and feel a tug, I leave it alone. Otherwise the hair usually slides right out without resistance. Generally though, I can tell which ones are fried just by looking.

It stings just a little. But it also depends in your tolerance to pain

Thanks for your responses girls I am doing my face to start with, I might have to get some numbing cream because my pain tolerance is low which sux at the best of times.

Emily.T xx

Use the Alexandrite laser

     Hi Girls,

       I just started mind today on my sideburns first, it was not really that bad
    it was like little pins sticking in your skin. When done it looks like little bumps
    on your face, but goes away in about 3 hours.
       It was a 15 minute treatment: 75 more hours to go.

    janis

Hi Janis,
               I didn't relies that there were so many hours involved,I'm glad it didn't hurt you so bad this time looks like I'd better get saving I think now is a good time to quit smoking I can put my money to better use, he'll 1 packet is almost a 1 hour treatment.

Emily.T xx

I ll be doing laser soon too , maybe next week...

the thing ive heard is that the number of sessions you need to have depends on how many hair you have...

Weird, my sessions are full-face/neck and they only take 15-20 mins each. I'll likely only need about 7 sessions to fully clear my face, but I hear that's average. 75 hours sounds more like electrolysis...

Gotta agree with Ashey here. My full face treatments take less than 1/2 hour, and my technician guesses six or seven treatments should do it.
I forgot to take something for the pain last session, and I found it no different, very tolerable.

I hope it is only 6-7 sessions to do my face I don't have much money only on disability.

      Hi,

       When I go for my next treatment I will ask for sure.
     And the thing is, I never had much of a beard!

     janis

For me the cheeks didn't really hurt that much, the chin was quite painful and the upper lip was a true test of my pain tolerance.

They use the Gentalase that has a burst of cold air before hitting you with the pulse. The sound reminded me of a nail gun and getting the upper lip done felt like one.

Two things that helped me are an ice pack to apply before and after treating an area and a gel "stress ball" that I could squeeze the heck out of.

Oh and don't forget to breathe.

The place I go to does both laser and electrolysis. I had been getting the lighter hairs treated by electrolysis between laser and after 7 sessions we moved on to electrolysis only.

Yea it's about time I give myself another treatment. Since starting hrt I've noticed I have less grays to worry about. I don't know why, but I'll take it, lol!

Thanks for your responses so far girls it's given me a fair idea of what to expect, keep the comments coming.

Emily.T xx

I went in today to see about laser hair removal. My hair is too light for it to work. I'm going to need to get waxing on my body and do electrolysis on my face.

That's a bummer for you I'm so sorry.

I've had two laser sessions so far covering back, abdomen, chest, shoulders and face and each only took about 30 minutes. Also the second one was after starting hormones and was definitely more painful.

Take some tum's extra strength about an hour before you go. Dunno the scientific explanation behind it, but it helps alot with how red your face will be, it helps keep the skin from getting as irritated. Before I switched to at home Triva, my laser tech had me start doing that and it helped.