Picking your Laser Treatment

Once I decided I was going to take the plunge, I had to decide where to do it.  I had narrowed it down to two places - both recommended by friends who were from the Indian sub continent, both of whom had had success with laser treatment.  One place used the Soprano laser, the other used the ND:Yag.  After some homework online, it seemed to me the ND:Yag was a newer generation laser designed for darker skins, with a higher success rate that the Soprano laser.  I'm no expert at this but ultimately I chose my clinic based on facts about the ND:Yag I'd found online and the clinic's recommendation from a friend.  Whilst everyone's results differ, my main priority was to go somewhere where they were used to treating dark skins and somewhere where I knew they had success.

In my next blog (tomorrow, pre treatment) I'm going to upload some photos so you can see before and after. The problem hairs are on my chin (thick, black 'man-hairs' as I affectionately term them), and on my upper lip - the man-hairs are fewer in number here and like to live at the edge - the hairs at the middle of my upper lip are fine.  Up until now I've been threading and plucking - on average twice a week but I restrict myself to that so as not to stimulate overgrowth.  The hairs are so dark you can see the bastards under the skin before they've even erupted through the skin, giving me a rather effeminate five o'clock shadow.  Sexy.

And then there's my sideburns - not as bad as some, but could be better.  Thankfully I'm not hugely hairy on my jawline, which is a small mercy.  And I've never tampered with this area so no freaky man-hairs in sight.

So it's all go tomorrow!  I've gone au naturel for the past three weeks, been staying out of the sun (surprisingly easy in England in July) and have essentially become a social recluse.  Here's hoping I shed my current persona (not a neat pun but a worth a shot).