Patchy results are definitely not the standard. If any hair is missed, you can see it clearly at the 3-3.5 week mark, which is when you should come in for a touchup. If they refuse to do a touchup when you clearly see that more than 20% of hair was missed, that's somewhat of an issue. Generally, if the treatments are good and careful, you shouldn't see more than 10% of hair missed.

Either way, it's too difficult to tell at 4 days what is going on, especially by someone who's never had a treatment before. It's best to wait out 3 weeks to judge to avoid misjudging what happened.

Actually the lidocaine i have came in a 60g jar...not tube. I ended up putting the excess back in the jar and when I put it back on it had the exact same numbing effect. This actually saves a lot of lidocaine after a while..however it still goes down as the skin absorbs a lot too...

Okay. So you already have had first hand experience and knew the answer anyway. Is your lidocaine compounded?

Wow...actually it seems common sense would tell you I tried it AFTER asking the question... after receiving no answers. Thats how people learn...by asking questions. *sigh* ANYWAY, yes rubbing off the excess lidocaine saves money for those out there interested

I'm getting phenomenal results from the TRIA laser btw. At least 70% hair is falling out after 1-3 treatments. I'm glad I didnt waste my money on those professional treatments

Wow...Dee answered your question less than an hour after you asked it. Do you think there's a professional on call here 24/7?

I didn't reply to it because my answer would have been, "Ewww...that's just nasty and unhygienic."

haha no I didn't expect answers, I just said that for the sake of argument.

I tried it AFTER asking it, it worked, so I posted it and then got shamelessly flamed for it. lol, moving on yes while it may seem unhygienic and nasty I always cleanse the area (chest) very well before adding the lidocaine. I also use exfoliating scrub beforehand because someone gave me that tip as well. The Lidocaine I got is $40 for 60g which and it takes about 30g to cover my chest for one session which equals to about $20 for one session of lidocaine, however rubbing it off I got about 15g back which is pretty efficient.

Plus I'm a guy i'm looking for the cheapest way to do something... I dont care if its "ewww yucky" as I'm sure it is to some of you- it works thats all that matters.

You shouldn't judge results from the Tria until you stop treatments for at least 3 months. If you're waxing, you would see the same "results" at this point as you're seeing with Tria.

$40 for 60g is very inexpensive. What strength is the lidocaine? Is someone compounding it for you or is it a brand name?

Isn't it funny how people think that we are employees of some Dot Com Millionaire charged with leisurely typing answers to their questions in between sips of champagne and bits of caviar rounds?

News flash people, HairTell.com is NOT a pay per click site. If you don't donate money to it, the site gets nothing for all the good information that is here. So few people follow through on their vague desire to donate, that we had to end our pledge to stay "ad free" because if it were not for the ads, we would have to start purging past posts to keep up with the bandwidth costs.

There never has been, and I can't see a time when there ever will be, a paid HairTell employee. HairTell is a charity we all volunteer our expertise for your collective benefit.

James,

I become a hairtell member because of the helpful information I have recieved from you. I have also started school to become an electrologist because of you and your help. This site is very helpful. Thank you to everyone who spends time answering questions here.