@AudreyJune have you looked at pricing the little at-home units?
a proper facial laser thing is like, hella expensive, but for the fair skin + dark hair combo wombo, the high intensity light ones are pretty reasonable iirc? i have a remington ilight widgery thing. i admit i haven't been keeping up with it because spoons, but it has super cut the regrowth time basically immediately. https://www.marieclaire.com/beauty/g18715687/best-laser-hair-removal/ is a potentially useful article to browse! :>
@AudreyJune no problem! :>
i find mine pretty easy to use. it whirrs intimidatingly as it cools itself but it's just kind of dramatic, not actually a problem. i haven't actually had any bad side effects other than "giving it 5/5, wooah now that's a little strong snap so let's just mosey on down to a 3 or 4"
..............i also think the one i have isn't *rated* for face, but uh, i haven't exploded yet soooo there's that? just, y'know, wear sunglasses and look away while using it probably.
@AudreyJune honestly, it seems to be working pretty good for my PCOS beard. i think the worst case scenario is that you just have to smack it more emphatically, but it does mean you get to do touch-ups at home instead of schleping yourself out and handing an aesthetician more money. ...and if all else fails, hey, it should work great for legs! (i haven't tried that yet simply because chronic pain hates me if i try to pretzelfy myself into leg shaving poses lmao)
@AudreyJune ah, so it's a bit like the danger of having too much of a tan.
honestly i think the main difference may be that the med spas are the people who get to be sued there, instead of them, LMAO. if you look at something where there's various intensity levels, i think the solution - y'know, what they'd do at a med spa - is probably bump down the power. so start slow and work up.
but that's also good advice regardless, i know it took me a moment to get used to the sensation of it.
@AudreyJune (it doesn't feel hot as much as it... pinches? snaps?? it's rather unique. honestly i can deal with it much better because it's just over very quickly and doesn't linger. i tried electrolysis in middle school and that was a bit of a fucking ordeal for sure, especially going literal hair by fucking hair... =_= )
@AudreyJune OH I ACTUALLY REMEMBERED SOMETHING USEFUL I FORGOT
the sensation really gets turned way way down if you do it IMMEDIATELY after shaving. well ok, like same day. but it definitely has more of a pop if i leave it until the next day because then the hairs are longer, so it's more of the bit getting fried, and all that.
iirc it actually also works better with newly-shaved because it means more nuking in the follicle base as well?
@AudreyJune (either way soooooooo much nicer than electrolysis where you have to let it grow out a bit so the tweezers can grip it and just sit there feeling awful and skuzzy)
