Who are you?
I'm 27 and about to start laser hair removal treatment tomorrow. On my face.
That's great but why the over-share?
Cos this is some scary shiz, and it would have been nice if someone had done this before
Er, they have - http://www.mylaserhairremovalstory.com
Ah, but I am brown. Nuff said.
Are you going to write the entire blog in this weird style? It's a bit tedious
No.
So there you have it. Well some of it anyway.
I'm what you would call a British-Asian. It's a catchy term for someone who's ethnically South Asian (of the Indian sub-continent) but born/brought up in Britain. Not to be confused with the 'Asian' that much of the western world associates this term with - someone of South-East Asian/Far Eastern/Chinese origin.
So basically I'm brown. Fitzpatrick V to be precise, which is a way to classify skin colour and VI is the darkest. According to http://www.hairremoval4guys.com/Fitzpatrick-classification.html, my compatriots of the Indian sub-continent are a Fitzpatrick IV but a Fitzpatrick V would make me a creole or a mulatto, although I'm not sure how comfortable I am with the latter term. If you Google the Fitzpatrick classification, the first result comes from http://www.fairandflawlessskin.com/skintone.html#. Remind me to vent my anger later.
Anyway I digress.
The relevance of this is that laser hair removal is perilous territory for the duskier tones. Why? Because laser targets melanin in the hair follicle, basically zaps it and then the hair sheds. However, melanin is not only the pigment that makes my hair as black as charcoal, it's also responsible for giving me chocolatey, smooth skin. (Ok it does nothing for smoothness, but such is the power of advertising that it appears I'm unable to write the word 'chocolate' without some crap about it being smooth. Oh the irony! Never has there been a blog about hair removal with the word smooth in it so many times!) The laser indiscriminately targets melanin - be it in your skin or your hair - it's all about getting the right balance.
So us darkies face the rather terrifying prospect of laser skin burns/pigmentation. Oh you know I was about to put in a link but it's just freaking me out so just Google Image it please. My treatment is in 16hours and 40 minutes.
People with darker skin is still afraid of doing laser treatment. But I suggest to go with that. Laser with shorter wavelength. With a good expert.
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I have a African-american friend that had a laser hair removal Toronto treatment and it is true that she needed more sessions than I did,, but the result was the same.
im 21 and suffer from the same issue but i have alot of scarring on my upper lip as ive had this crap eczema since i was 7. i was hospitalized last month due to it, now im better i want to get it sorted out, im also asian and have round about the same skin tone as you or maybe even darker. i cant use wax or hair removal cream anywhere on my body it causes me hell! i wanted to know how your skin is keeping after the laser. hope your well tc, suzi x
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