Hello vklepil,

thanks for sharing your experiences. It's a little hard for me to picture what it must have looked like...( sharp contrast). Isn't a sharp contrast most common ?

Until recently, I've had a moreless "regular" beard for a middle European guy with brown hair and blue eyes, with the beard line not running right under the eyes but way below it, like in this picture ( don't have a digital cam, lol).

http://www.imdb.com/media/rm4049902336/nm0000123

George's upper beard line runs diagonally over the cheek...that's the way most men seem to have it. But since it bothered you, you are obviously speaking of something else...maybe you could explain it.

Thanks a lot.

I don't have a clear photo of how it looked like, but to give you an idea of how dense my beard is I am putting here a photo of my side face. Note that I've taken 3 laser treatments for this area not including touch-ups. I mean it was more dense before, maybe more than twice as much dense.

http://img247.imageshack.us/my.php?image=chinleft2tb3.jpg

Well, I have pale skin and very dark hair, so even the tiniest amount of hair just stands out. I had the George's hair pattern, but all the beard much darker than his mustache. So, all that dark hair abruptly followed by an almost hair free cheek bones looked not normal. I hope you have a picture now.

If your beard is as much as George's, than it may work for you. Just decide it for yourself.

Hi vklepil,

I tried to view the image, but it is empty. I must admit I still don't have the full picture since I always thought that a sharp contrast would be ideal, but maybe I'm wrong. Are you caucasian, if I may ask ? I have seen men of middle eastern origin have a different hair pattern...some have a very "high" beard line, i.e. up to the cheek bone...others again look like George ( sharp contrast) even though their beard is much more dense.

Regards

Sorry about the picture, there must have been something wrong with the server, because I checked it before I posted. Anyway, I uploaded it again, however it does not show the beard line.

http://img201.imageshack.us/my.php?image=chinleft2je1.jpg

I've found a very low quality photo of mine showing the beard line. It's a 5 o'clock shadow. At the time of the picture I'd only had my cheek bones treated, I hadn't touched the lower part below the beard line. That's what I mean by the 'sharp contrast'.

http://img201.imageshack.us/my.php?image=beardlineqa3.jpg

I'm Eurasian and the photo above is my original beard line just without the cheekbone hairs. And yes, my original beard was denser than %99 of people.

Hi vklepil, ok, thanks for attaching the pictures. Now I can see what you mean. It's good to hear that it worked out for you in the end. I wonder how the laser is applied to the cheek bone...pretty delicate area next to the eyes. Did you go down the laser route right away, or did the therapist also consider electrolysis ?

Anyway, I will have to see what options are out there, I guess.

For cheekbones they use the same procedure as they use for any other body area. From my experience, as the laser hits skin it is like a transparent red layer is drawn in front of your sight for a split second. You instantly get the feeling that dazzling might be harmful to your eyes, however so far I haven't had any visual impairment and I think it is safe enough. Of course you should wear your safety glasses in case any accident occurs. By the way, once when they were treating my arms, I was holding my arm firmly in the air for the practitioner's convenience, and a portion of one pulse slipped off of my arm and hit my cheekbone. Although I was wearing my glasses it was so close and I doubt that glasses could save my eye.

I didn't consider electrolysis. It's just that laser seemed the more practical one and the one that will generate less side-effects. So, I plunged in. I am happy with the results for upper and lower cheeks, but I wouldn't recommend laser hair removal for goatee and mustache area due to patchy results.

For your situation, electrolysis would probably work best since precision matters.

ok, thanks.