So I've decided that I wanted to share my experience with the world in some sort of way. When I first realized that I wanted to do laser hair removal it was many years ago after being diagnosed with PCOS which in turn was the reason for excessive hair growth on my body. Being that I am a woman it is highly embarassing and over the years I've tried many ways to hide it.
I was reluctant to get laser hair removal because I had heard that it is not good to do on African Americans. So for many years I bypassed getting it done. After doing extensive research this year I had found out that its not the ethnicity but the skin tone that determines whether or not I would be a good candidate for laser treatments. Since I have a lighter skin tone I decided why not let's see what happens.
Here are some pictures before my first treatment.
As you can see that five o'clock shadow was starting to form. I decided that day that I was going to get the laser treatments done and I found a local spa that had them for half price so I got 5 treatments for $300. Not too bad until the very next day I saw a groupon for six treatments at another spa for $119. I was so sick behind that but what could I do, I had already paid.
Treatment Time!
So here is my experience on the treatment. It was so fast it really only took about 5 minutes to get done from start to finish. On a scale of 1 to 10 on pain I would say a 10 for sure. At first it seemed bearable but as it went along my eyes began to tear up from the shock of the little stabs it felt like. Each hair that was zapped litterally felt like little stabs lol. But I will say that it was so quick which was really good. Afterwards we applied hydrocortisone cream for the swelling.
Here are some pics after the first treatment
look at how RED and swollen my poor chin looks lol! As you can see that laser did a number on my poor skin but if I was to be hair free I would do anything!
Stay tuned for more post treatment pics....
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