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Maybe call this clinic and see if they have advice on how to handle it.

That is so true about the docs in the UK, you have to be dying before they will take you seriously!!!

It's so easy to just give up on GP's as most of them don't care and think that you are being overparanoid about facial/body hair. I will keep persisting!!!

I can't afford private treatment at Harley st!!!

Hi

Just thought I would drop a line to let you all know how my consultation with Sara in North London went.

Sara ia brilliant very caring and sympathetic she put me at ease straight away, I chose to be treated by the Apilus flash computer technology, it only costs a few pounds more than old technology so I thought why not, if it means I get rid of these godddam hairs quicker then so be it!!!

I didn't find it painful at all, more like a sting but I didn't know she was in my face until I felt the current which is a good sign. Afterwards I had some raised red bumps where the probe had been but this calmed down within a few hours. She told me to apply witch hazel that has been cooled in the fridge and to cleanse my face tonight with cooled boiled water.

I am so excited because it wasn't as painful as I thought it would be and i start treatment on Monday for 20mins a session once a week and then we will see how we get on. I think Sara works quite quickly but knows exactly what shes doing and I would recommemd her highly!

So when I have been on monday I shall let you all know how it goes.

I just want to say thank you all so much for this site and all your advice it's nice to know I am not going through this alone!

xxxx

sounds great! can't wait to hear how you get on

ok, i have a question for you guys.

as i said, i have now had the sideburn and chin hairs that were causing me most problem dealt with and am still waiting for regrowth.
but i still have hair all over the rest of my face. i have kept going for 15min appointments once a week so that my electrologist can work on thinning the areas around the sideburns and other random hairs that annoy me (i.e. i'd rather electro eyebrow hairs as they come back then tweeze them now). anyway, she suggested that i keep coming for these short appointments once a week and she will spread the treatment out on my cheeks, chin and upper lip to 'get rid of some of the fluffiness'. by doing this i hope that after a year i will see some reduction of the overall density facial hair.

my question is, do you think this is a waste of time and money? is it better that i just stick to clearing my sideburns for now and then if i want the rest of my face done to do it the 'full clearance' way?

If your sideburns are in control for now, go onto other areas to get rid of the fluffiness by all menas. No need to wait. Is 15 minutes really all you need or does she only prefers short sessions?

hi dfahey, thanks for your reply.

the 15mins is more of a cost issue. i started electrolysis initially just for the sideburns and a few stubborn chin hairs. so once the sideburn area was clear my plan was just to go back as and when there was regrowth for touch ups. for the rest of my face, i was planning on doing it 'properly' when i had sufficient funds in the future.
but 15mins every week (or 30mins every 2 weeks) is £12.50/15min session. i decided that i can incorporate this into my weekly budget without too much problem. but she is just doing hairs here and there near my sideburns and on my cheeks/chin that are the longest or don't get bleached properly. so hopefully they will come back thinner, but who knows if she will notice them for targeting on regrowth.
over time this 15min per week will add up to plenty of money too.

so my question was, will this be effective at just *reducing* the overall look of how hairy my face is? or should i just save this money and wait til i can do my face properly?

to be honest right now i'm not after a completely hair free hair. i can live with how it is.. i just wish it was a bit less.
if this method will give me that then i'm happy. i just need to know i'm not wasting my time and money thinking that i will get a reduction like this.

Stopit I've got lots of fine hair on my face and i bleach it some of its long and others not that long but long enough to be noticeable!

Its your face and up to you but I think maintenance is probably the better option. I visted Geri(walthamstow) a long time ago and at one point in our discussion she said we are all different some of us faces totally without hair and some of us a downy face. After that I figured that yes its not the worst thing in the world and i'll stick to having the long/coarse bits dealt with and thin out the fluff. I don't think that doing the face "properly" is really an option for those of us with fine hair and actually i'm not sure that a "bald" face will suit me the texture of my skin and my lines might just become more obvious :-).

So I am planning to go back and have side burns etc. sorted. Yes it's a pain all the treking to see Sara for 15mins and the money will add up but better than waiting for anything else.

I think your plan to reduce bigger, noticable hairs is just fine, stopit. You are moving forward and electrolysis can only help. I understand the money thing. If 15 minutes a couples times a month is all you can manage budget-wise, then go fot it, you are not wasting your time at all!

Dee