We broke for lunch at noon for 30 minutes. They ordered in Jimmy Johns sandwiches. My face had already started to swell and my lips were numb, so I had some trouble eating and drinking.
About mid-afternoon the lidocaine started to wear off and I was told to let them know when I started to feel the probe discharges. The girls would move to a different spot on my face where the anesthetic was still working. Eventually, though, it becomes necessary to inject more lidocaine to renew the numbing. When that time came, they offered to administer the sedative again, but stupid me, told them not to bother. Well, that was a mistake. OMG! Those injections are so painful as the vaso-constrictor produces an intense burning sensation.
They finished up for the day late in the afternoon after 9 hours of actual electrolysis. They had removed all the hair on my cheeks, upper lip, and sides of my neck. They still had my chin and the front of my neck to do. It didn't look like much, but oh my, appearances are deceiving.
I was pretty well drained as Belle and I returned to the hotel to have dinner. I just wanted to crash, but I was told my day was not over. A woman was going to arrive at my room to administer what was called "lymphatic system conditioning". It's meant to reduce swelling through body massage that is designed to get an overwhelmed lymph system flowing again. Massage sounded great, but it wasn't what I expected. She put me into a pair of inflatable boots which when connected to a computer controlled pump, inflated pockets with air so that a massaging action was produced. It took about 45 minutes.
I filled my ice packs and applied them to my face to also reduce the swelling. It didn't help much. My face felt and looked like a balloon.
More to come....
About mid-afternoon the lidocaine started to wear off and I was told to let them know when I started to feel the probe discharges. The girls would move to a different spot on my face where the anesthetic was still working. Eventually, though, it becomes necessary to inject more lidocaine to renew the numbing. When that time came, they offered to administer the sedative again, but stupid me, told them not to bother. Well, that was a mistake. OMG! Those injections are so painful as the vaso-constrictor produces an intense burning sensation.
They finished up for the day late in the afternoon after 9 hours of actual electrolysis. They had removed all the hair on my cheeks, upper lip, and sides of my neck. They still had my chin and the front of my neck to do. It didn't look like much, but oh my, appearances are deceiving.
I was pretty well drained as Belle and I returned to the hotel to have dinner. I just wanted to crash, but I was told my day was not over. A woman was going to arrive at my room to administer what was called "lymphatic system conditioning". It's meant to reduce swelling through body massage that is designed to get an overwhelmed lymph system flowing again. Massage sounded great, but it wasn't what I expected. She put me into a pair of inflatable boots which when connected to a computer controlled pump, inflated pockets with air so that a massaging action was produced. It took about 45 minutes.
I filled my ice packs and applied them to my face to also reduce the swelling. It didn't help much. My face felt and looked like a balloon.
More to come....