LHE: Permanent Hair Removal?

Zap those unsightly hair... permanently
LHE Light Based Hair Removal: Long Term Facial/Body Hair Removal

pic credit to www.skincancercosmetic.com.au

A year++ ago... I signed up a course for "permanent hair removal" - legs, underarms and bikini line. You don't want to know the exact price I paid for that course... Lets just say its no less than RM4k and that's the already discounted beautician staff pricing... But since its permanent, wouldn't it be worth the investment? (^^)" Then again... this is not really permanent, hormonal flux can cause the hair to grow back as explained by my beautician friend. The only reason I decided to do it was because... my friend's sis was a beautician (sssshh... that was how we got staff price and she kept telling us how smooth her client's skin were after the treatment) and I had someone to try it out with me. Hmm... then again... also... there are infinite other reasons why I signed up... but, that was it --> one of my year 2007 resolution accomplished --> no more waxing or epilating... Thanks to LHE... Read more about LHE here

Reasons to do this:

• If you've got the $$$ or if you know a beautician who can get you staff price for this
• If you're fed-up with reddish bumps of ingrown hair from waxing, shaving or epilating
• If your beautician is a close friend.. otherwise... I think you're gonna regret signing up... trust me... you don't want to be screaming at a stranger...
  
• If you've researched enough and decided this is what you really want to do
• If you go swimming very often
• If you are pain-proof... lol.. (okay... I'm not kidding)
  

Reasons NOT to do this:

• If you're pain intolerable (Seriously... I'll explain why)
  
• If you don't have the extra $$$
• If your skin is dark and so is your hair (LHE works best on people with lighter skin tone and darker hair)
  
• If you're uncomfortable with beauticians
• If you think this is a one-time thing
• If you've already got hardly noticeable very fine hair on your skin (I don't understand why you're reading this then... go away.. I'm envious) (--)"
  

Now... for the procedure..

• You'll be asked to undress and wear a towel-like robe.. The whole process looks like the image below...
  

pic credit to www.healthandbeautybysamantha.co.uk

• Next to you will see a device that looks like this "SpaTouch"

pic credit to www.britnett-carver.co.uk

• Then the beautician will explain to you what you'll be expecting next... the "BEEP" sound... then Zzzzaaaaapp!! the pain... Even if its only for a second... It hurts... like hell! Feels like you've been zapped with high voltage! Yeeeowwcchhhhh....
  
• So there you go... beep-zzapp-beep-zzapp... by that time, you'll cringe every time you hear the beep sound!
• So there... if you're doing lower-legs, underarms and bikini line... its going to take about 1hr++ depending on how well you cope with pain...
• The zapped hair will look like burnt hair and the room will smell faintly of burnt hair
• There will still be hair growth though... very much finer...
• You'll be advised not to swim or go in the sun. Having a bath with very warm/hot water is complete a no-no. Your skin is now experiencing a temporary sun-burnt-like effect... It'll need about 3 days to cool down.
  
• You'll be returning to the saloon every month to do this... aarggghhh... I dread the treatment... but... I've got only one thing to say on the results... SATISFACTORY!

Update 5th June 2010:

• Spoken to beautician friend on this new pain-free laser hair removal recently
• But..... sadnessssssssssssss.... disappointedly she told me that, laser hair removal may be pain-free. But, the hair-free effect does not last as long as LHE. And... you need to go back to the saloon more often than the LHE.
  
• And I thought, the next time my hair on the legs or underarms ever grow back, I wanna go for the pain-free one!! Sigh..................