From my last post, I was saying how I was put onto ‘the yang’ as I my arms/underarms wasn’t reacting to the normal laser and my legs pigmented from the high temperature.
I expressed my doubts on how I only have so many treatments left in my package, and the last treatment I had which was on ‘the yang’ didn’t seem to work and felt pointless.
Well I went in this week for my next treatment. We discussed how ‘the yang’ didn’t seem to do anything for me, so I’m going back to the old laser.
I was test patched on 8, 10 and 12volts. As you recall the 12 made me pigment on my legs and, on my arms caused a few burns which faded eventually.
When I had the test patches, the 8 seemed like nothing, with the 10 I felt something and the 12 kinda hurt.
A couple of days later I came in and they decided to do the laser treatment on 10 volts, which I thought was the right decision.
I haven’t had a treatment in a long time in which the laser actually hurt, so I kinda felt nervous. On my legs, it hurt at the beginning but then it passed.
On my arms it seemed to hurt slightly more, mainly because my arms are quite thin so it hurt when they touched the bone.
But this was all good as I had my favourite woman – Nadia. Nadia decided to do all my treatments from now, as my treatment process has been a bit of a rollercoaster and it doesn’t help when I’m being treated from different people all the time. This seemed like good timing as I was going to request from now on, as I trust her to do the best for me and I have great conversations with her.
Oh and good news – since ‘the yang’ didn’t work, Nadia is disregarding it, so it doesn’t count as a treatment. So you will understand my heading now, this is now considered as my fourth treatment out of six. So I have two left and all I can hope for, is that is all I will have left.
Wednesday, 19 November 2008
Monday, 27 October 2008
Worries...?
For the past few weeks, what's been bugging me is how my time seems to be running out.
I've got two treatments left and on my last post I said I didn't feel a thing on my last treatment and because of that I felt it wasn't working.
Since my last treatment my hair has grown back loads on my arms/underarms. I've shaved my arms once since the treatment cos I had to wear a sleeveless top to a party. I haven't shaved since then and have still quite a bit of hair. I mean it's not like I'm back to my full growth but still it's daunting to know how this is all going to pan out.
When I first had laser treatment I didn't even have to shave once, my hair never really grew until my third treatment.
As with my legs, the hair never grew back. My only down side was when I pigmented. So I was put onto the yang for my legs also. Although, my hair hasn't grown back like my arms/underarms have on my legs, but I can see them starting to come through. It will take a while but they will come through eventually.
So technically my hair wasn't growing back with the old laser - yey - BUT it gave me pigmentation. And I think I asked a woman if I stick with the old laser but the temperature below the one that pigmented me, would I have better results still? But I recall her saying it could still pigment me as this has shown those lasers will do that to me, but 'the yang' is designed is designed for my skin tone.
Even though it's designed for my skin tone, I don't feel like I'm going to get the results I hoping for.
Even though this blog is to help give people an insight to laser hair removal, I guess what you have to remember to take into consideration - is my skin tone! It may not be as complicated for lighter skin tones, as it has been with me.
I've got two treatments left and on my last post I said I didn't feel a thing on my last treatment and because of that I felt it wasn't working.
Since my last treatment my hair has grown back loads on my arms/underarms. I've shaved my arms once since the treatment cos I had to wear a sleeveless top to a party. I haven't shaved since then and have still quite a bit of hair. I mean it's not like I'm back to my full growth but still it's daunting to know how this is all going to pan out.
When I first had laser treatment I didn't even have to shave once, my hair never really grew until my third treatment.
As with my legs, the hair never grew back. My only down side was when I pigmented. So I was put onto the yang for my legs also. Although, my hair hasn't grown back like my arms/underarms have on my legs, but I can see them starting to come through. It will take a while but they will come through eventually.
So technically my hair wasn't growing back with the old laser - yey - BUT it gave me pigmentation. And I think I asked a woman if I stick with the old laser but the temperature below the one that pigmented me, would I have better results still? But I recall her saying it could still pigment me as this has shown those lasers will do that to me, but 'the yang' is designed is designed for my skin tone.
Even though it's designed for my skin tone, I don't feel like I'm going to get the results I hoping for.
Even though this blog is to help give people an insight to laser hair removal, I guess what you have to remember to take into consideration - is my skin tone! It may not be as complicated for lighter skin tones, as it has been with me.
Friday, 3 October 2008
4/6
So it’s a week later and it’s my first treatment where I will be getting my legs, arms and underarms treated all at the same time. So it may take awhile.
First we started on my legs and then onto my arms and underarms.
My god – I mean I could have gone to sleep cos it felt like nothing was happening. I couldn’t feel the laser at all, I mean I’ve have people pinch me that made want to run out and flip a car over from the pain.
You may be thinking this is a good thing right? But I don’t know; I couldn’t feel an ounce of feeling that it made me wonder whether it was even working. Even more so as it seemed like forever cos I was getting all my areas treated and I had the woman who doesn’t really talk so the time wasn’t passing itself by.
Well actually I’m lying cos I did feel something from the treatment – the freezing air that comes out of the gun. I was basically half naked and have someone freeze me to death. I mean the air is to help your skin cool down from the laser, but since the laser didn’t even seen to do anything, there was no need for the air.
So after all this I just thought to myself, I’ve had my fourth treatment and it seemed like a waste. I've paid for six treatments, so what if my hair starts growing back – meaning the yang isn’t working and my time is running out.
And I don’t want to have to pay more but at this rate it seems likely.
Cos lets face it, it can be a painful to be beautiful – but I didn’t go through pain, so am I beautiful?
First we started on my legs and then onto my arms and underarms.
My god – I mean I could have gone to sleep cos it felt like nothing was happening. I couldn’t feel the laser at all, I mean I’ve have people pinch me that made want to run out and flip a car over from the pain.
You may be thinking this is a good thing right? But I don’t know; I couldn’t feel an ounce of feeling that it made me wonder whether it was even working. Even more so as it seemed like forever cos I was getting all my areas treated and I had the woman who doesn’t really talk so the time wasn’t passing itself by.
Well actually I’m lying cos I did feel something from the treatment – the freezing air that comes out of the gun. I was basically half naked and have someone freeze me to death. I mean the air is to help your skin cool down from the laser, but since the laser didn’t even seen to do anything, there was no need for the air.
So after all this I just thought to myself, I’ve had my fourth treatment and it seemed like a waste. I've paid for six treatments, so what if my hair starts growing back – meaning the yang isn’t working and my time is running out.
And I don’t want to have to pay more but at this rate it seems likely.
Cos lets face it, it can be a painful to be beautiful – but I didn’t go through pain, so am I beautiful?
The Yang
A couple of weeks after my last post I had some test patches done from a different machine called the ‘yang’ which is specially designed for people with darker skin tones. I had to have a test patch done on my underarm, arm, bikini and leg.
The yang wasn’t really different from the other laser equipment, except when used the laser is green rather then red.
Since my body is having attitude problems against the powerful lasers, these patch tests were taken to show like therapy for my body, to see if it reacts well and lets the laser into its home – to destroy all the hair follicles!
The yang wasn’t really different from the other laser equipment, except when used the laser is green rather then red.
Since my body is having attitude problems against the powerful lasers, these patch tests were taken to show like therapy for my body, to see if it reacts well and lets the laser into its home – to destroy all the hair follicles!
Thursday, 11 September 2008
Update Pt.2
Well I’m happy to say that the news I have is actually positive compared to my despair recently.
I have been using my skin lightening cream on my pigmented areas on my legs, and it was expected that I should see results within two weeks.
Twice a day (morning and night) I slapped that cream on my legs with a positive attitude. I kept applying it everyday trying not to always check the area as it would just keep hounding my mind – this can be difficult as you have to look at the area as your applying the cream everyday.
Within a week it seemed to be making progress but I didn’t get too excited as I just thought to myself this cream is only here to lighten it rather than get rid of. But as it became close to two weeks the pigmentation was so light, you wouldn’t even notice anything had been there.
From today it has been two and half weeks and the cream has finished and my pigmentation it pretty much gone. There is only a tiniest amount on my leg but I’m really happy with the results.
The only thing that seems to be freaking me out now is , this means I can carry on with my leg treatment - you may be thinking this sounds like a good thing – yes it is, its just I’m scared if this happens again. Will this mean I have to stick to a lower temperature? Which has been working fine so far for my legs (no so much for my arms) but will it be high enough to complete my six treatments?
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As for my arms – my hair growth is rapid. I haven’t shaved since my last visit to Sk:n to see the comparison of my hair growth and the small test patches I had of the higher temperature.
Out of the four test patches I had, I received burns from three of them – which doesn’t seem like its heading in the right direction. So as usual I applied my burn cream on the areas. But after a week they didn’t go away but seemed lighter. I then stopped putting the burn cream on – I guess from laziness. But within two weeks the burns went away. In spite of all this, there has not been any hair growth on those areas.
This gets me thinking - I received three out of four burns from a higher temperature, the same temperature that caused me to pigment on my legs. On just these small areas I did have treated, the burns took two weeks to fully go away. Even though its doing its job as the hair hasn’t grown back, this may mean using this higher temperature may burn my whole arm.
During the couple of weeks the burns has shown they do fade, but do the circumstances stay the same when it’s your whole arm?
This is a cringe worthy situation I have here…
I have been using my skin lightening cream on my pigmented areas on my legs, and it was expected that I should see results within two weeks.
Twice a day (morning and night) I slapped that cream on my legs with a positive attitude. I kept applying it everyday trying not to always check the area as it would just keep hounding my mind – this can be difficult as you have to look at the area as your applying the cream everyday.
Within a week it seemed to be making progress but I didn’t get too excited as I just thought to myself this cream is only here to lighten it rather than get rid of. But as it became close to two weeks the pigmentation was so light, you wouldn’t even notice anything had been there.
From today it has been two and half weeks and the cream has finished and my pigmentation it pretty much gone. There is only a tiniest amount on my leg but I’m really happy with the results.
The only thing that seems to be freaking me out now is , this means I can carry on with my leg treatment - you may be thinking this sounds like a good thing – yes it is, its just I’m scared if this happens again. Will this mean I have to stick to a lower temperature? Which has been working fine so far for my legs (no so much for my arms) but will it be high enough to complete my six treatments?
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As for my arms – my hair growth is rapid. I haven’t shaved since my last visit to Sk:n to see the comparison of my hair growth and the small test patches I had of the higher temperature.
Out of the four test patches I had, I received burns from three of them – which doesn’t seem like its heading in the right direction. So as usual I applied my burn cream on the areas. But after a week they didn’t go away but seemed lighter. I then stopped putting the burn cream on – I guess from laziness. But within two weeks the burns went away. In spite of all this, there has not been any hair growth on those areas.
This gets me thinking - I received three out of four burns from a higher temperature, the same temperature that caused me to pigment on my legs. On just these small areas I did have treated, the burns took two weeks to fully go away. Even though its doing its job as the hair hasn’t grown back, this may mean using this higher temperature may burn my whole arm.
During the couple of weeks the burns has shown they do fade, but do the circumstances stay the same when it’s your whole arm?
This is a cringe worthy situation I have here…
Saturday, 23 August 2008
Update…
Well from the few zaps I did have on my arms, I notice a burn is already surfacing its rear head, which makes me think, will I just then have to stick with lower temperatures and hope for the best? Cos I have paid for a package of six treatments, and if I need more and have to fork up more cash, I…well I don’t even want to think about that right now!!
Don’t get me wrong, the higher the temperature doesn’t always mean better results. Although lower temperatures are better for lighter toned skin not darker.
Any hoo to put this in perspective, I had 12 volts on my legs which caused me to pigment. The few zaps, I did have, on my arms were also 12 volts, which has already shown to burn me* but not severely - but then again this was only an area, not the full arm. And the maximum temperature is 16 volts.
So my legs are reacting great as the hair doesn’t even grow – but I’ve pigmented.
And my arms haven’t pigmented on these high temperatures, but its not attacking the root.
Hmm…a pickle indeed!
Oh yeah cant remember if I mentioned this, but keep meaning to, its best if you don’t wear dark colours when getting treated as the laser thrives for it. Think of it like the sun, brighter colours reflect and darker colours absorb.*
* but hey that’s what I have my burn cream for
* haha I sound like a physics teacher
Don’t get me wrong, the higher the temperature doesn’t always mean better results. Although lower temperatures are better for lighter toned skin not darker.
Any hoo to put this in perspective, I had 12 volts on my legs which caused me to pigment. The few zaps, I did have, on my arms were also 12 volts, which has already shown to burn me* but not severely - but then again this was only an area, not the full arm. And the maximum temperature is 16 volts.
So my legs are reacting great as the hair doesn’t even grow – but I’ve pigmented.
And my arms haven’t pigmented on these high temperatures, but its not attacking the root.
Hmm…a pickle indeed!
Oh yeah cant remember if I mentioned this, but keep meaning to, its best if you don’t wear dark colours when getting treated as the laser thrives for it. Think of it like the sun, brighter colours reflect and darker colours absorb.*
* but hey that’s what I have my burn cream for
* haha I sound like a physics teacher
4th treatment – sort of!?
I went to get my fourth treatment on my arms this week.
But before we got started I mentioned that lately the hairs on my arms are growing more rapidly than usual. My hair is really fine and not really noticeable to anyone but myself but thought I would mention it.
They mentioned before during the six week period you may need to shave a couple times, but I would barely even need to shave once. So this was a good sign. But in the past weeks leading to my next treatment once I shave the hairs are immediately coming back.
As I mentioned this to Nadia (my favourite) seemed worried. I didn’t think it was a big deal, but then it made sense. If my hair is constantly growing that means the laser isn’t attacking the root. But because my skin tone is darker, the laser dosage is hard to define; there can be Asian girls who are so pale they can go on the lowest setting and come out perfect.
So they decided to give me a patch test using a higher dosage on a couple of areas on my arms, which means they would postpone my treatment to another six weeks to see how I have reacted to a higher temperature. I only had eight zaps (four on each arm) and it stung like hell!! I was already starting to go red.
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So after all this fiasco, I thought I would mention my pigmentation problem. As I showed Nadia and another woman they said it was pigmentation and the other woman said it may have been caused from sun exposure, but I never have exposed my legs outside, I only really wear shorts when I go to bed. Then they were puzzled and said they can never tell when it will happen. I asked if it was because it upped the anti of the temperature but she said that wouldn’t have really made a difference. It may be because of my skin tone as it is hard to define. And the main reason I was doing this was because it was an opportunity for darker toned people.
I said it was worse but had lightened up to an extent. She gave me some skin lightening cream, which I apply twice a day and I should expect to notice results within a couple of weeks. I asked if it looked as though it would completely go away and she said yes but it is a long process, it can take up to six months. *
But she said I couldn’t have treatment on the area in case, well basically so I don’t awaken the angry beast of my pigmentation and have it torment me further. So I have to wait until it pretty goes away before I can have further treatment – so much for my do my legs every six weeks and have them down faster plan!
* gulp, cry, sniffle
But before we got started I mentioned that lately the hairs on my arms are growing more rapidly than usual. My hair is really fine and not really noticeable to anyone but myself but thought I would mention it.
They mentioned before during the six week period you may need to shave a couple times, but I would barely even need to shave once. So this was a good sign. But in the past weeks leading to my next treatment once I shave the hairs are immediately coming back.
As I mentioned this to Nadia (my favourite) seemed worried. I didn’t think it was a big deal, but then it made sense. If my hair is constantly growing that means the laser isn’t attacking the root. But because my skin tone is darker, the laser dosage is hard to define; there can be Asian girls who are so pale they can go on the lowest setting and come out perfect.
So they decided to give me a patch test using a higher dosage on a couple of areas on my arms, which means they would postpone my treatment to another six weeks to see how I have reacted to a higher temperature. I only had eight zaps (four on each arm) and it stung like hell!! I was already starting to go red.
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So after all this fiasco, I thought I would mention my pigmentation problem. As I showed Nadia and another woman they said it was pigmentation and the other woman said it may have been caused from sun exposure, but I never have exposed my legs outside, I only really wear shorts when I go to bed. Then they were puzzled and said they can never tell when it will happen. I asked if it was because it upped the anti of the temperature but she said that wouldn’t have really made a difference. It may be because of my skin tone as it is hard to define. And the main reason I was doing this was because it was an opportunity for darker toned people.
I said it was worse but had lightened up to an extent. She gave me some skin lightening cream, which I apply twice a day and I should expect to notice results within a couple of weeks. I asked if it looked as though it would completely go away and she said yes but it is a long process, it can take up to six months. *
But she said I couldn’t have treatment on the area in case, well basically so I don’t awaken the angry beast of my pigmentation and have it torment me further. So I have to wait until it pretty goes away before I can have further treatment – so much for my do my legs every six weeks and have them down faster plan!
* gulp, cry, sniffle
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