Quote from: Deanna_Renee on August 02, 2009, 11:47:59 PM
Umm, a little off topic (I apologize), but generally what could I expect to pay for the pleasure of this torture? I would imagine I would be looking at electro, since I hear that laser won't work on light skin. I have mostly gray hair these days with some remaining red areas. I would really like to get rid of this stuff once and for all - I HATE shaving. I have a very high tolerance to pain, so from the sound of it, I may not be too bad off.
Also, any suggestions for small scars on the face?
Back to your regularly scheduled topic.
Deanna
You misheard, laser works best on light skin. It's light hair. The more pigmentation in your skin, the more it interferes with the root. Blond, 'clear', white, and grey hair cannot be removed by laser. Electrolysis is colorblind.
For scars you might try laser face resurfacing. Sona medspa offers it as a service - basically it gently cooks your skin down to the dermis and the new skin growth is happy, healthy, and much less blemished. Supposed to be really good for removing deep acne pitting and other things, along with sun damage I think. Haven't had one done myself. They apparently run about $825 for an individual treatment and sell packages of 3, depends on what package deal you get though.
I tried calling 5 local electrolysis places a few weeks ago and no one answered their phone or rolled to voice mail. A bit astonished no one wants my money. It's a lot cheaper than laser, that's for sure, but a lot slower. I've had my face lasered 14 times and that's maybe at most 10 hours, if not closer to 7 hours under the laser. For my face at least.
It has been very successful, though I discovered I have a lot of blond hairs I never realized. I need my goatee done and will probably go ahead and do my sideburns and jaw line since there's been damn nearly a 99% reduction. Only like two or three dark hairs were too fine to be lasered... or just got missed every single time.
