For all the people searching for positive results, I thought I would continue to post about my experience…
I started January 17th…originally just to go for the sides of my face…I have since started the back of my neck as well. When I first went, she used thermolysis on me and I was very happy…she was able to clear everything the first time…I have since gone back every week and I can absolutely see a difference…we have since migrated to “blend”, which I think is less painful…75% of the time I don’t feel anything, 15% I feel a little, and the remaining 10% I grimace a bit…my face really doesn’t hurt at all (it did a bit the first week, but the more I go, the less it bothers me), the back of my neck I have had a bit more of a problem…I still have not gotten a full clearance on the back of my neck and I don’t think I am close…the first week we only did my face and I was cleared in about 45 minutes…second time we worked on my face for about 20 minutes, and the back of my neck for about an hour and 10…third week we were back up to about 45 minutes on my face and I was only able to do about 3 hairs on the back of my neck…she said any number of factors can affect how you feel and usually when you hit your limit, you hit your limit…today I went back and we did 30 minutes on my face and an hour and a half on my neck…we put an Emla type cream (can’t remember the name) on my neck, covered it in plastic while she worked on my face and I think that helped get me through longer…I also take 2 Tylenol an hour and a half before my appointment…
While I am sure I have a number of appointments/months ahead of me, I can tell the hair on my face is either coming back less coarse, and fewer, or the new hairs aren’t as strong as the old hairs were…she did warn me around the 2 month mark, I might get worse before I get better…
Overall, I am thrilled I made the choice to start, I just wish I did it a few years ago!!