True story...

So here I was, racing to make it to my therapist appointment.  My therapist has yet to meet Chaunte in person due to scheduling and school.  So, I thought it would be good to see her as me.  SHe has said that this is perfectly fine with her and would like to meet me.

I stopped at a minimart on the way to fuel the truck.  Afterwards, I bopped into the restroom to get rid of my 5 o'clock shadow.  I washed my face as normal and then lathered up using the soap in the restroom.  A single alarm bell rang as I noticed that the soap really didn't seemall tha slippery.

No matter.  I took a brand new razor out and started to pull it across my face ....


By the time I was done, it looked like I had been out hunting with Dick Cheney!  It took almost an hour for the wounds to stop bleeding.  I was not a pretty picture!  Even the thought of putting on anything made by Cover Girl et. al. made my skin scream.

Needless to say, but will anyway, I was not able to arrive as me for my appointment.

But I may use this as the title of my next book.

Chaunte

That is so funny (and a little sad) Chaunte.

I had a similar experience several years ago. I was getting ready for a big event, and I wanted to have exceptionally smooth skin, and thought I would try Nair. Somehow, despite all warnings to the contrary, I thought it would be a good idea to try it on my face. Needless to say it was a bad idea, something akin to what I imagine mild radiation burns might look like.

I would love to hear more silly things others have done in an effort to be "beautiful".

Oh yes, I've done the Nair thing too. Yes, I burned my face pretty bad! Tons of fun trying to come with excuses for that one... allergic to shaving cream? Aftershave reaction?

The hysterical part was when a female coworker asked me about it. After giving her the above excuses, she told me about how she decided to use Nair on her upper lip once for a wedding.. and it burned her badly... "just like mine," lol.

Incidentally, try a styptic pencil to instantly stop bleeding from shaving wounds. It's miraculous. Stings like mad, but I swear it could close battlefield wounds.

I can recall using Nair or something like that on my chest.  This was quite a few years ago now, but I had been using it successfully on my legs so I thought what the heck it should work on my chest.  Well it did, it worked really well except that it took what felt like the top layer of skin with it   It burned pretty bad.

What price we pay for beauty

Steph

Hi there:

This beauty thing is painful and takes time.......doesn't it? 

Gill

Quote from: Gill on March 22, 2006, 11:51:11 AM
Hi there:

This beauty thing is painful and takes time.......doesn't it? 

Gill

Bahaha, yep, putting Nair in the wrong place is an experience most bio girls get to have quite young. I remember trying to Nair my bikini line and causing myself great discomfort in very sensitive regions.

Yay for being a guy now! (I will take note of the shaving experience, though. That's probably one that bio guys get to have early on and I'm likely to experience somewhat late in life if ever.)

Dennis

Quote from: madison on March 22, 2006, 05:07:47 AM
That is so funny (and a little sad) Chaunte.

I had a similar experience several years ago. I was getting ready for a big event, and I wanted to have exceptionally smooth skin, and thought I would try Nair. Somehow, despite all warnings to the contrary, I thought it would be a good idea to try it on my face. Needless to say it was a bad idea, something akin to what I imagine mild radiation burns might look like.

I would love to hear more silly things others have done in an effort to be "beautiful".

It could have been worse.  It could have been my LEGS!

I guess you could say that there is a blade of truth behind all of this.

Chaunte

All I can say about your pun...

"I guess you could say that there is a blade of truth behind all of this."


...is ouch!

Yes, I did the Nair on my face thing:  The Kaiser walk-in facility identified it as "depilatory" acccident rather than "Nair"....sounded a BIT less embarrasing.  Gosh, the foibles of transition!

Then there's the times I waxed my beard off (not anything I'd recommend -- in fact, waxing can PROMOTE hair growth!).  Got pretty good at it except for two times:

- when I didn't realize how tough some hairs had gotten (a revolution!) and I had to pluck a little at a time with a tweezer to get the danged wax off.  Ohhhhhman!

- when I didn't notice that I had a little bit of wax left on my face when I went to work.  And, of course, a female coworker started reaching for my face, asking, "What is this?"  I turned and brushed my face with my hands and felt the little chunk fall away unseen.  I turned back and asked, "What's what?"

When I lived with my ex, I'd do it OUTSIDE with a little portable hot plate and cheap pot.  That SMELL of the wax would have been a sure give-away to my ex!  Yikes.  What tangled webs we weave.

After these disasters, I was soooo thankful to find an electrologist who was TS friendly.  I confessed in our first meet, softly, "I'm a transsexual."  It's funny now, when I look back at it.  I know now that, hearing that, she immediately saw $$$ that would soon be coming her way.  And I was worried about rejection!  LOL.  A win-win situation for both of us.  And an end to Nair-ing and waxing my face!

Teri Anne

Hehe, I tried the nair and wax thing too.  For the nair, I didn't leave it on long enough to cause any severe irritation, but no hairs melted away either.  The waxing did nothing.  Eventually, I ended up plucking all the hairs out, but stopped before starting electrolysis.  I think my hair has grown back thicker than before, so I'll try laser next.  I hate facial hair.

Melissa

Quote from: Melissa on March 31, 2006, 01:42:46 AMEventually, I ended up plucking all the hairs out, but stopped before starting electrolysis.  I think my hair has grown back thicker than before...

Supposedly, it's a myth that hair ever grows back thicker after any removal process. If anything, removal (plucking, waxing, etc.) damages the follicle and makes it grow back weaker/thinner (barely). Yay!

I used to epilate my entire face and neck. It's *excruciating*. It works, and I'd end up with a smooth face for a long time, but the resulting ingrowns and irritation made it look worse than the beard shadow I was trying to avoid, lol. It was fun though... I'd be on an endorphin high for an hour afterwords from the pain.

My first laser session is tuesday... it's *finally* going to happen! And I'm.. terrified, lol. The fact that he prescribed a topical pain killer (EMLA) is spooking me... now I'm *expecting* it to hurt like h...

Kate, no worries.  Emla is commonly prescribed for electrolysis (and, from what you say, laser).  It just numbs it a bit.  People often compare laser to what it would feel like if a rubber band was snapped on your face.  Just realize, as I'm sure you've been told, that laser works best with people who have dark hair roots.  The computer needs that contrast between the dark root and the light face to do its job.  Some say, if you have light beard roots, you should go to an electrologist, not a laser person.

But you'll see - It's worth taking a chance to see if it works.

Teri Anne