TaylorAB
07-10-2005, 02:50 AM
Hi all:
I had my third laser hair removal treatment this past Friday. All I can say is ouch!!!!!!!!!! :eek: I had hoped that this treatment would have been less painful, because I made some adjustments before receiving it that I thought were going to help. However, this treatment was almost as painful as the very first one I had last year.
Even after the nurse turned down the energy on the laser, it still felt like someone was stabbing me millions of times with sharp miniature knives. I had tears coming out of my eyes by the time she finished. It seemed obvious to me that the amount of pain I was feeling was not what she had expected. I get the impression from her that the other clients had only discomfort and not pain. The only conclusion that I can come to is that either I have a low threshhold of pain, or the other clients aren't being exactly truthful about the pain they are experiencing. If those client are men, I think that the old macho mentality is keeping them from being less than truthful.
Girlfriends I am not afraid or ashamed to say it hurt and I was in tears. It took all I could just to finish the treatment. I was clinching my teeth and my whole body was tense. When I got back home, I took some over the counter pain reliever and put Solarcaine and ice packs on my face. It took over 12 hours for my face to cool down.
I have no idea why it was bad as it was this time. I let my facial hair grow out for about a month before the treatment. I thought that this would allow my skin to not be as tender as it would be if I had shaved the whole month before. I used an electric razor the day before and was careful not to scrape my skin. The only thing that I can think of is that the gel that they gave me to numb my skin wasn't effective. It seemed to me the last time that the gel began to work almost immediately when I put it on my face. Where as this time, the gel seemed to take longer to work.
In any case, they told me that they were not going to be using that gel anymore and were going to have their clients use something else. They called in a prescription for me for the new gel and I will used that when I go for my next treatment.
I can not even imagine what it must be like for someone who is transitioning who has to get electrolysis to remove hair from the genitals before they have their surgery. I don't think that I could do it unless they numbed me completely to do that.
I have two more treatments to go and I am hoping that they will give me the result I want which is to not have anymore facial hair. Oooh, I must be absolutely mad! Why else would I endure such torture :confused:
Is anyone else having laser treatments to remove hair? How was your experience?
I had my third laser hair removal treatment this past Friday. All I can say is ouch!!!!!!!!!! :eek: I had hoped that this treatment would have been less painful, because I made some adjustments before receiving it that I thought were going to help. However, this treatment was almost as painful as the very first one I had last year.
Even after the nurse turned down the energy on the laser, it still felt like someone was stabbing me millions of times with sharp miniature knives. I had tears coming out of my eyes by the time she finished. It seemed obvious to me that the amount of pain I was feeling was not what she had expected. I get the impression from her that the other clients had only discomfort and not pain. The only conclusion that I can come to is that either I have a low threshhold of pain, or the other clients aren't being exactly truthful about the pain they are experiencing. If those client are men, I think that the old macho mentality is keeping them from being less than truthful.
Girlfriends I am not afraid or ashamed to say it hurt and I was in tears. It took all I could just to finish the treatment. I was clinching my teeth and my whole body was tense. When I got back home, I took some over the counter pain reliever and put Solarcaine and ice packs on my face. It took over 12 hours for my face to cool down.
I have no idea why it was bad as it was this time. I let my facial hair grow out for about a month before the treatment. I thought that this would allow my skin to not be as tender as it would be if I had shaved the whole month before. I used an electric razor the day before and was careful not to scrape my skin. The only thing that I can think of is that the gel that they gave me to numb my skin wasn't effective. It seemed to me the last time that the gel began to work almost immediately when I put it on my face. Where as this time, the gel seemed to take longer to work.
In any case, they told me that they were not going to be using that gel anymore and were going to have their clients use something else. They called in a prescription for me for the new gel and I will used that when I go for my next treatment.
I can not even imagine what it must be like for someone who is transitioning who has to get electrolysis to remove hair from the genitals before they have their surgery. I don't think that I could do it unless they numbed me completely to do that.
I have two more treatments to go and I am hoping that they will give me the result I want which is to not have anymore facial hair. Oooh, I must be absolutely mad! Why else would I endure such torture :confused:
Is anyone else having laser treatments to remove hair? How was your experience?