Quote from: Astyria on February 01, 2007, 05:45:39 PM
my endo just gave me EMLA cream which ill use instead of the lidocane...

Lidocaine never did a thing for me. It completely numbed my skin at the surface, but didn't lessen the pain of the laser zaps at all. I stopped using it after a few sessions. It hurt pretty bad, but knowing it would be over in 10 minutes or so... and constantly reminding myself of the end results I was suffering for... made it bearable

I also kinda took a sick, sadistic pleasure in knowing that pain = dead hairs. Take THAT you nasty, nasty beard!!!

Kate

Does EMLA help the treatments  (electo too) at all?? I thought it only lasts a few seconds...

My only experience has been with lidocane...  And, the "proper" application of it is somewhat annoying.  So much so that I didnt bother with that part of the application.  You're supposed to apply it to the area to be worked on, then cover that area with something...like plastic wrap or something.  I think the idea behind it is to make that area a little hotter so that the pours open up and the cream is absorbed better....?  anyone?  However, it was so annoying to do so that i just applied it about 30mins before i went in and hoped for the best.  *If* it worked at all it usually worked for about an hour.  So the second hour of my two hour session was always the worst.

I was also *way* to self-concious to go into public with my face wraped in whatever =p hehe.

I just got a perscription for EMLA cream which I'll try out as soon as i can get more sessions scheduled and let you know =).

Astyria.

Quote from: Icephoenyx on February 05, 2007, 11:29:52 PM
Does EMLA help the treatments  (electo too) at all?? I thought it only lasts a few seconds...

It lasts about an hour, MAYBE... but while it made the *surface* of my skin numb, it never lessened the pain from laser zaps themselves. I just stopped using it after a few sessions. It hurts (more hair = more pain), but it's tolerable... and over pretty quick (10 minutes or so of actual zapping per session for me).

Kate

Quote from: Astyria on February 07, 2007, 09:28:18 PM
My only experience has been with lidocane...  And, the "proper" application of it is somewhat annoying.  So much so that I didnt bother with that part of the application.  You're supposed to apply it to the area to be worked on, then cover that area with something...like plastic wrap or something.  I think the idea behind it is to make that area a little hotter so that the pours open up and the cream is absorbed better....?  anyone?  However, it was so annoying to do so that i just applied it about 30mins before i went in and hoped for the best.  *If* it worked at all it usually worked for about an hour.  So the second hour of my two hour session was always the worst.

I was also *way* to self-concious to go into public with my face wraped in whatever =p hehe.

That's basically what I do for my laser sessions.  Normally I've gone into the place and had them apply it for me while I sat around for an hour, but the last time I did it at home with the plastic wrap and everything.  I just pulled off the plastic wrap right before getting out of the car and went in with a "goop" beard rather than a plastic wrap beard hoping it would be less noticable.

Melissa

I'm so shy about it that i go above and beyond in hiding it.  Not hinding that im doing it, mind you, but going out with the goop on my face.  My old place for laser/electro was in an office building in town.  I made my appointments for saturday night...since it would not only give my beard extra time to grow out (since im on HRT and it grows slow now) so that more gets removed, but also because *no one* is there at that time.  .... That's above....now for beyond =p...

I'll leave the house early to get there about an hour ahead of time.  Once i get there and park, ill apply it and let it sit for an hour (actually, i do two coats at 30mins each)...while im still in the car, listening to the radio and reading a magazine.  Then, before i go up, ill take a wetone and wipe off the cream...hehe.

Hope my new place will take saturday evening appointments.

Astyria.

  My first appointment to the Marque deSade Laser Clinic was simply to check the place out.  However at the end of my appointment the tech asked if I would like to do a treatment while I was there.  I thought "Hmm.......oddly fortunate".  I agreed and plopped down on the nice comfy table feeling quite pleased with my luck.  She explained what she was going to do and how some people found it mildly painful but most tolerated it very well.  Having not been able to prepare ahead of time I wasn't able to apply the "numbing cream" that she had told me about earlier but having a fairly high tolerance for pain I wasn't worried. 

  I wasn't worried until she hit me with that first zap and my brain screamed "HOLY $@#%"....I'm pretty sure it was in my head but judging from her reaction it may not have been.  She asked if she should stop and I said "No point in stopping now I'm already traumatized".  She laughed nervously and continued.  Sometime during the episode I began to hallucinate and remembered a tidbit she mentioned early on during our meeting "oooh...you have the perfect skin type and hair type for laser....I can use a higher setting."  I had passed it off as a bit of a compliment...me perfect at something? *blush* Why thank you *blush*. 

  Anywho....she finally finished and said "Yeah...that's really painful without the cream".  Next sentence "Would you like to purchase some numbing cream for your next visit?".  I said "as long as it's not over a thousand dollars I will!!" ...not really but that's what I was thinking. 

  Fast forward next visit....feeling pretty darn confident with my face slathered in cream and completely numb to the touch.  Fast forward to laser zap..."HOLY $@#%".  This time I'm positive it was in my head because she hit me with at least five more pulses before I screamed.....

Quote from: BrandiOK on February 10, 2007, 06:22:39 PM
  My first appointment to the Marque deSade Laser Clinic was simply to check the place out.

Marque deSade? Whoa, what a name for a laser clinic!