(09-09-2014, 04:17 PM)EvaMarie Wrote: So here we are two months after treatment number three, going for number four on Thursday... I was considering pushing it out another two weeks because there is hardly anything to fry off this timeI guess thats the whole point of all this though, seems like the last one REALLY worked good
There is some coming in though and I just want to get it over with... This will be interesting because the few that are there are very sparse and thin compared to the last three times and Im hoping my whole face wont be as fried as it was last time... Some on my upper lip, and just a few on my jaw/chin and none on my neck.... Its been a few weeks now without electro and there are a few new white hairs coming in now too but they are much thinner now at least.... It sucks Im gonna go four days without shaving, there IS still some dark hair leftI gotta say "shaving" is REALLY easy now though at least
Then it will be back to the electro but I really think Im only gonna need 4-6 hours to clear whats leftThen I could see maybe doing 1-2 hours every two weeks or so
Im planning on asking for a prescription for Vaniqa, its supposed to be good for stopping new hair growth... That might be cool and hopefully with that and a little more electro I can be pretty much done with shaving my face... http://www.vaniqa.com/
http://www.allergan.com/assets/pdf/vaniqa_pi.pdf
So Im probably going to ask them about frying the hair off my sack with my last two treatments, or with new ones... FUCK, OUCH, thats not gonna be fun at allBut its something you have to do that takes time prior to having GCS surgery, Id think at least 3-4 sessions two months apart... Or maybe just schedule my next one for 3 months out or both, I guess it will depend on what they say about it...
I will be going in as Eva though regardless of whats growing on my face by Thursday though
(15-09-2014, 05:19 AM)Jaded Jade Wrote: I saw some mentions of the Tria 4x and IPL home devices here.
Typically I have been using an epilator all over below the neck, but have now real solution for facial hair short of an experimental diluted spearmint oil topical treatment. Which only serves to slow the beard growth back to normal or slightly less than normal levels, which is a help since the Biotin and Swanson's hair/skin/nails had the beard growing easily twice as fast as normal... (But yay halting and partially reversing early sings of balding!)
I am interested in getting permanent reduction/elimination of dark hairs, particularly in the beard area, but elsewhere also. Having some leftover pale hairs doesn't bother me too much as this stage, as I am not trying to present femme, I just hate shaving. It is a time consuming daily routine that just kind of makes me sad and frustrated.
With pale skin and medium dark hair, used to be blond, now my hair is more of a dark brassy color. Beard and body hair is a bit darker though. Not black or DARK brown though... Is it realistic to get results with a home unit?
- Jaded Jade
(20-09-2014, 04:05 AM)Arielle Wrote: Hi Jaded Jade,
I have a Tria 4x and a Philips Lumia IPL. I would say that the Tria 4x is much better, it does seem to reduce hair growth each pass, the Lumia IPL does seem to control. I have completely switched to the Tria, and have found on my face especially that ignoring the manual and doing two passes on say a Monday/Wednesday of a week works for me on power 4. Power 5 is just too painful for use on the face.
You will likely never get rid of facial hair until you eliminate testosterone as it will regrow, even without then topups are likely to be required occasionally. I have been happy with the effects of the Tria, I would suggest going that route rather than an IPL of some form.
Hope this helps
Arielle
(18-09-2014, 04:04 AM)ClaraKay Wrote: I've made arrangements to have volume facial hair removal by electrolysis (actually 27 MHz thermolysis) next month here is Chicago. Two practitioners work on me for 12 hours straight except for a lunch break. I'll be sedated and then given a full field block so I don't feel a thing. My entire face and neck are cleared in one day. Then, I return every six weeks to have it done again until the beard is completely gone. I just couldn't see having to grow out a portion of my beard every week for the next two years doing it the slow way. I'm presenting as female now most of the time so shaving twice a day is necessary to avoid being read. Oh, and laser is out for me because most of my facial hair is gray.
Check out this video showing volume hair removal in progress:
Volume Electrolysis Video
The cost is reasonable, too. Each successive treatment costs less and less since there are fewer and fewer hair follicles to kill.
Clara