charlestontess

Sharing my lazer hair removal experience with anyone who may be contemplating getting it done:

I went to two places today. The first was a one woman operation sharing office space with a spinal (chiropractor) office, which was pretty weird since there I was sitting in a waiting room with half a beard and feeling like I was a freak show while the other patients came in for adjustments. The technician did a good job of explaining how hair growth occurs, what to expect from electrolysis vs. lazer hair removal, then she did a small test area which was quite uncomfortable. She had an older lazer machine that looked and sounded like an old Hoover canister vac (I kid you not) and it was the kind where they put ice on your face then do a quick zap with the lazer. It was kind of weird as it made a "snap" each time. Her suggestion to me would be to lazer the bigger areas, then hit the rest with weekly electrolysis visits for the best results. Her package deal : $360 for 6 lazer treatments then $21 to $61 /week for the electrolysis and she estimated it would be 6-18 months of that! Wow I can see my husband's jaw drop when I tell him that!

The second place I went to was an upscale medical spa where an actual doctor talked to me briefly about lazer hair removal. Then two nice technicians took me to the comfortable procedure room where I had my entire neck, chin, upper lip and cheeks lazered with some new machine- called "Profile" which can target both dark pigmented and blonde hairs (I have both) They used a cool-glide application and lots of messy gel on my face but both of the ladies were very skilled and it was over within 15 minutes. Not very painful just felt kind of tingly in a couple of places. They had a special and only charged me $50 for this visit and I am supposed to go back in 6 week intervals for about 5-6 more sessions- all of which will run me $400 total (no surprises). The doctor suggested that some of his patients are able to get their insurance companies to pay for a portion of the services if it's medically related condition so I may try to see about getting some of it approved. This place had a full range of other cosmetic services (Botox, Micro-dermabrasion, etc. ) so they seem to do it all.


So that wasn't a bad experience the first time around getting lazered by two different people today!

Have to see if this treatment will do anything to slow down the hair growth. I do know that my face didnt swell/get as red with this as it did with the electrolysis and I liked it better because it was over with quicker. The surface of the skin where they did the treament feels a little numb but I think that's because of the gel they put on my face earlier to make it more comfortable. They even put a nice lotion/sunscreen on me before I left.

I'll keep ya posted on my results over the next few days and treatments ahead!

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