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Gilda · 10-29-2005, 02:26 PM

It's too bad Sissy doesn't post here, as she's had quite the long term experience with permanent hair removal, using both laser and electrolysis. We've spent somewhere in the $15,000 range on it so far. She had the perfect hair/skin combination for laser with fair skin and black hair, and got about 90% reduction on her beard, which was pretty sparse to begin with, chest, arms, and armpits. It didn't completely get everything, so after a half dozen sessions in each place, she had to finish up with electrolysis. Her electrologist uses the blend method, which is the slowest but most effective, and is still, after three years, clearing regrowth about once every six weeks.

Much of the body hair has grown back as vellous hairs, tiny, fine white hairs. This is apparently a fairly common occurrance after several months.

It's currently not known whether laser hair removal is actually permanent removal, or just long term reduction. It can result in regrowth. Electrolysis is permanent, but not always the first time. There are three methods, thermolysis, which uses heat to kill the hair follicle, electrolysis, which uses electricity to create a chemical reaction that does the same, and blend, which uses both at once. It does, however, take a long time, and can be quite painful.

I had some electrolysis to remove some black hairs from my upper lip (stupid Eastern European genes), but just get everything else waxed once every six weeks or so.

Hairs grow in 12-13 week cycles, and go through an active growth stage and a dormant stage. The hair grows for about 6-7 weeks, the the follicle goes dormant, and the hair detaches and just kinda hangs out in the follicle until a new hair begins to grow, and the new one pushes the old one out. When you exfoliate, you're removing those dead, detached hairs. Each hair may be at a diffrent stage of development, so we're all constantly shedding old ones (yes, just like a dog or cat) and growing new ones in their place. For the most part, they tend to go down the drain if you bathe regularly, especially if you use a good exfoliating sponge.

There's no danger to permanently romoving hair. Body hair is produced as a result of androgen conversion; it actually consumes bodily resources, and then only a tiny amount.

Gilda

10-29-2005, 02:26 PM	#13 (permalink)
Gilda 32 flavors and then some Location: Out on a wire.	It's too bad Sissy doesn't post here, as she's had quite the long term experience with permanent hair removal, using both laser and electrolysis. We've spent somewhere in the $15,000 range on it so far. She had the perfect hair/skin combination for laser with fair skin and black hair, and got about 90% reduction on her beard, which was pretty sparse to begin with, chest, arms, and armpits. It didn't completely get everything, so after a half dozen sessions in each place, she had to finish up with electrolysis. Her electrologist uses the blend method, which is the slowest but most effective, and is still, after three years, clearing regrowth about once every six weeks. Much of the body hair has grown back as vellous hairs, tiny, fine white hairs. This is apparently a fairly common occurrance after several months. It's currently not known whether laser hair removal is actually permanent removal, or just long term reduction. It can result in regrowth. Electrolysis is permanent, but not always the first time. There are three methods, thermolysis, which uses heat to kill the hair follicle, electrolysis, which uses electricity to create a chemical reaction that does the same, and blend, which uses both at once. It does, however, take a long time, and can be quite painful. I had some electrolysis to remove some black hairs from my upper lip (stupid Eastern European genes), but just get everything else waxed once every six weeks or so. Hairs grow in 12-13 week cycles, and go through an active growth stage and a dormant stage. The hair grows for about 6-7 weeks, the the follicle goes dormant, and the hair detaches and just kinda hangs out in the follicle until a new hair begins to grow, and the new one pushes the old one out. When you exfoliate, you're removing those dead, detached hairs. Each hair may be at a diffrent stage of development, so we're all constantly shedding old ones (yes, just like a dog or cat) and growing new ones in their place. For the most part, they tend to go down the drain if you bathe regularly, especially if you use a good exfoliating sponge. There's no danger to permanently romoving hair. Body hair is produced as a result of androgen conversion; it actually consumes bodily resources, and then only a tiny amount. Gilda __________________ I'm against ending blackness. I believe that everyone has a right to be black, it's a choice, and I support that. ~Steven Colbert