Attention Guys - Laser Hair Removal Must Read

[AverageGuy1]

Confessions of a Guy Finishing 1 year of Laser Hair Removal Treatments
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The following is the honest truth.
I hope you take the time to read all of this carefully.
I have been doing laser treatments for a year now - once every 6 weeks or so - divided into two sessions - one for lower body and one for upper body.
I am on a plan that basically covers the whole body except the genital area, the armpits, and the head - the contract basically says I can
keep going until I am satisfied with the results. (within reason of course)
I am nearing 40, I have medium to low hair coverage, and medium darkness of hair.
And now I want all the guys out there to listen VERY CAREFULLY!
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1) FACE & NECK treatment:

a) They may not explain this to you, and if they do, you may not be listening clearly.
The moment you have your first treatment - you now have a face/neck with uneven hair growth!
Because that's how new hair grows back in.
Which means you will now have to shave religiously in order to try to hide this fact.
And you will have to continue to do so until you have fully completed treatments (*see b.)
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b) The face and upper neck area is extremely painful! Forget everything you have been told or
read about. Trust me on this guys. I have a high threshold for pain. The nerves/sensitivity/density in these
areas is such that it feels like they are burning into your body. It feels like torture. You can breath, yell, cry,
meditate, drink, toke, use creams (I don't suggest this btw, it can have complications)
I don't care what you do - there is no getting around this sharp burning pain and you will come to dread these
treatments.
Not only that, but this area always requires even more treatments than most other areas of the body.
So if you don't have the plan I have, you will definitely be needing to pay for more treatments if you want
to get to a point where you are even remotely satisfied with the results.
I have been doing this monthly for a year now - and I have plenty of patchy uneven growth left - that even
with daily close shaving is definitely noticeable to people if they know you and are paying attention.
And I have no idea how many more treatments it might take to get to a point where there is an even
diminished look on the face and neck.
I am guessing that my friendly clinic is going to start pressuring me to accept the way things are in about
6 more treatments (6 months) or so.
So I have been locked into this torture out of necessity now for a year, and will most likely have to continue
for another year or so (possibly paying even more than I already have for this all-inclusive package)
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c) On all other parts of the body:
Compared to the face and upper neck, everything is tolerable as far as pain factor.
But I am one year in now and I still have plenty of uneven growth on all areas.
The hair is a bit lighter, and there is less density, but it's nowhere close to a point where I would want
to stop and feel satisfied with it as is.
And keep in mind, I was not a hairy guy to begin with, and the hair was not very dark either.
Honestly, I am probably the least hairy of all the guys that I know (that is the honest truth)
So I am one year in and I could easily need another year (ie. 12 sessions) to hopefully get to a point
where it looks even enough and diminished enough to have made this whole process worth it.
And again, I think they will start to pressure me in 6 months or so to accept things as they are (or pay more)
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d) Every time you go in, you have to do a careful and time-consuming shave of the entire area.
If you are just doing back or just legs or just face/neck, it's not a big deal.
But for me it is time consuming and a pain in the ass (sometimes literally) to do the entire lower and upper
half of the body.
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d) Do you live in a sunny place? Do you like to suntan?:
Then guess what, they don't suggest laser treatment on the areas that you are tanning and/or that are regularly
in the sun.
I live in the east coast where there is long winter - so I can do treatments of everything from around August to
early April.
But then they either suggest you take a break or they will do low intensity treatment on the tanned areas and higher
intensity on the untanned areas - but this only adds to the time it will take to get to a point where you are satisfied
with your results!
Did they explain this factor to you clearly?
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So there you go.
This is the real deal guys (and gals - but your situation can be different because you tend to have less and lighter hair and less regrowth etc)
Don't let them tell you otherwise.
I am your guinea pig.
I am your average guy after 1 year of monthly treatments. (actually they suggest every 6 weeks to really allow any new hair
to grow back in so that the maximum amount can be zapped)
So please please think twice before you let them start on you.
Because MOMENT they do, you are in it for as long as it takes, as much pain as it takes, as much money as it takes,
to get the job done.
Or you will give up, which happens all the time, and you will be left with uneven hair growth which I think looks worse than
more dense but even hair growth - and you will have wasted whatever time and money and pain up to that point of quitting.

So please read this very carefully, and think very carefully if it is worth it for you.
I am going to continue as long as possible with this clinic.
And I'm hoping I can get to a point, on all of the parts, that it feels like it was worth it to go through so much.
I will report back here in 6 months and 1 year time.
I hope this helps you - one way or another.
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ps. I'm not going to include all kinds of photos here.
I'm assuming at this point, if you have read the whole thing. you know that I am an honest guy and I am telling you the truth.
And don't only take my word for it.
Ask around, do you research, and you will see the reality of it.

[LFAesthetics]

I would maybe get laser on my sporadic back hair cuz that **** is nasty, but lol at face. what If I want a beard down the line?

[NattyOverlord]

bookmarking and reading to grandchildren

[juvefan]

Cliffs

-op is a *******

[Fishman15]

Do they have a program for just the genital area?

[Plateauplower]

I too decided to go completely hairless (everywhere, even my angus). I was going to do the laser removal but I had heard stories of the unevenness. After doing further research I decided it would be best and most effective to make it a DIY project.

I bought a belt sander and orbital sander and lots of 80 grit sandpaper. Once you sand your skin down to the hair follicle the hair won't come back. Honestly it does sting a little at first, and I think I will need to go over myself once more with a finer texture, I'm thinking maybe 120 grit. That should smooth my surfaces enough for paint, although I might build some areas up with bondo primarily my calves and weiner. Then I am going to paint myself a nice deep tan color (I'm part Irish so my normal hue is pale with a hint of red) so I will not only be completely hairless, but I will also have a nice deep tan and look like I just spent years in the sun.

Why in the fuk would you do that Opie? Are you competing with that human Ken doll guy or something? That sounds absolutely insane. I don't care if I had body hair like an orangutan, I still would not subject myself to years of full-body laser treatments. Have fun with that.....

[PiperBill]

Do they have a program for just the genital area?

Or butthole laser hair removal. I'd buy that as a gift voucher for someone I disslike... Prolly my boss coz he's a real hairy A hole sod.

[Redundanteater]

This can't be real. I mean, I could see maybe if you had a sasquatch back but your FACE?! Come on OP...

[Karl_Hungus]

This can't be real. I mean, I could see maybe if you had a sasquatch back but your FACE?! Come on OP...

Yeah, that is pretty f'ckin ghey.

[pvsampson]

So you have to shave before hair removal treatment?

Why not just f#cken keep shaving?

[mtpockets]

Do they have a program for just the genital area?

[AverageGuy1]

I too decided to go completely hairless (everywhere, even my angus). I was going to do the laser removal but I had heard stories of the unevenness. After doing further research I decided it would be best and most effective to make it a DIY project.

I bought a belt sander and orbital sander and lots of 80 grit sandpaper. Once you sand your skin down to the hair follicle the hair won't come back. Honestly it does sting a little at first, and I think I will need to go over myself once more with a finer texture, I'm thinking maybe 120 grit. That should smooth my surfaces enough for paint, although I might build some areas up with bondo primarily my calves and weiner. Then I am going to paint myself a nice deep tan color (I'm part Irish so my normal hue is pale with a hint of red) so I will not only be completely hairless, but I will also have a nice deep tan and look like I just spent years in the sun.

Why in the fuk would you do that Opie? Are you competing with that human Ken doll guy or something? That sounds absolutely insane. I don't care if I had body hair like an orangutan, I still would not subject myself to years of full-body laser treatments. Have fun with that.....

And yet, if someone is shaving and/or waxing various parts or most of the body regularly, which route is more time consuming and painful on the whole? I started on this precisely because the shaving/waxing on a regular basis was driving me crazy. It felt like a practical decision. The trouble is, it doesn't work the way they say it will, and depending on how much and what areas you are doing, it is really frickin painful. But I guess not more painful than wax on those same sensitive areas. Anyways, to each their own.

[mtpockets]

And yet, if someone is shaving and/or waxing various parts or most of the body regularly, which route is more time consuming and painful on the whole? I started on this precisely because the shaving/waxing on a regular basis was driving me crazy. It felt like a practical decision. The trouble is, it doesn't work the way they say it will, and depending on how much and what areas you are doing, it is really frickin painful. But I guess not more painful than wax on those same sensitive areas. Anyways, to each their own.

Your second post! no mention of dumbbells

DYEL?

[AverageGuy1]

So you have to shave before hair removal treatment?

Why not just f#cken keep shaving?

The idea is that you go through a relatively short period of hassle so that you don't really need to shave anymore.
It's because I hate shaving/waxing that I got sucked into it.
But now I'm not sure if it's going to really have the results they say it will.
Time will tell.

[AverageGuy1]

Your second post! no mention of dumbbells

DYEL?

Yes. Low key full body workouts like 3 times a week.

[AverageGuy1]

Yeah, that is pretty f'ckin ghey.

Why should it be any different than someone who shaves and/or waxes regularly?
If it works out, it will be a lot less hassle long term.
But for people who don't care about shaving, neither is going to make much sense.
So to each their own.

[Plateauplower]

The idea is that you go through a relatively short period of hassle so that you don't really need to shave anymore.
It's because I hate shaving/waxing that I got sucked into it.
But now I'm not sure if it's going to really have the results they say it will.
Time will tell.

The part I don't get is why do you even go through all that hassle? What is the benefit of all this primping? That just seems high maintenance to me, shaving, waxing etc, unless you have a reason like stepping onto a stage etc why do it? I guess maybe I'm just a slob IDK. I couldn't care less if I have some chest hair etc, I cut my own hair on my head usually just #1 guard 1/8" length shave my head, pop the guard off run that over my face and I'm good for a week. When I start looking too scruffy I do it again, its painless and takes about 10 minutes. Even in my bachelor days I didn't try that hard to primp and preen myself. If your doing it for the womenz (at age 40) I don't think some body hair is gonna be a deal breaker...

[Fishman15]

Yes. Low key full body workouts like 3 times a week.

low key lifting...wth does that even mean anyway? Is it like tonning and shapping?

[Gabbar99]

What the...?

Wow.

What's wrong with hair?

[Gabbar99]

Why should it be any different than someone who shaves and/or waxes regularly?

Why would a man shave or wax regularly, other than a few minutes a day to shave your face?

[katya422]

Why would a man shave or wax regularly, other than a few minutes a day to shave your face?

Male stripper?

[mtpockets]

low key lifting...wth does that even mean anyway? Is it like tonning and shapping?

probably curves

[Cantplankwell]

I had the laser on my back a few years ago. It was no big deal. While not a Sasquatch by definition I was still always uncomfortable with how I looked...that was the 100% reason why, completely happy with my decision to do so. It was about 6-8 treatments 6 weeks apart, you had to shave (or wax) before you go. And during the duration stay out of the sun or tanning booths. Its not entirely a permanent solution, I only need to wax once or twice a year to get the stragglers or regrowth, or maybe need a laser touch up. Talking to the folks that work in this place lots of guys get stuff done, they just dont talk about it, laser, waxing, manicures, facials...you name it. I think its called man-scaping.

The feeling of the laser was like someone taking asuction cup sticking it to you followed by a really hot rubber band and then snapping you with it, about 15-20 minutes of this...shhhpuk-snap..shhhpuk-snap.. For me it moderately annoying, like a kids birthday party, Not sure I want to find out what it would be like to get it done anywhere else

[BecomingSmaller]

Why is this in the Misc section, it's solid advice LMAO

[Karl_Hungus]

Why should it be any different than someone who shaves and/or waxes regularly?
If it works out, it will be a lot less hassle long term.
But for people who don't care about shaving, neither is going to make much sense.
So to each their own.

Why would you wax your face? Besides, men have hair. Be a man bruh. Stop all this body shaving/waxing nonsense.

Talking to the folks that work in this place lots of guys get stuff done, they just dont talk about it, laser, waxing, manicures, facials...you name it. I think its called man-scaping.

My testosterone dropped 300 points just reading this sh!t.

[ChazWood]

Nope.

[Bo_Flecks]

Stop all this body shaving/waxing nonsense.

But if a guy does that, how is he supposed to feel pretty?











Asking for a friend.

[ChazWood]

But if a guy does that, how is he supposed to feel pretty?











Asking for a friend.

[Cantplankwell]

Why would you wax your face? Besides, men have hair. Be a man bruh. Stop all this body shaving/waxing nonsense.



My testosterone dropped 300 points just reading this sh!t.

My wifes brother in law, real mans man type..big burly dude...found out recently he gets pedicures. Course He never talks about it, found out through my wife. I wouldn't say anything about it to him, he would probably punch me in the snot box

[Bo_Flecks]

My wifes brother in law, real mans man type..big burly dude...found out recently he gets pedicures. Course He never talks about it, found out through my wife. I wouldn't say anything about it to him, he would probably punch me in the snot box

Repped for working the word, snotbox into a post.

But I'm sure that sooner or later I would have to complement him on how fabulous his toes look. It's just my nature.