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butterfly
melissa

Registered: Apr 2002
Location: West CoCo, CA
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Re: Re: laser hair removal?
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ-Fuq
Why dont u just get some of that hair removing cream stuff. U just leave it on for a few mins and wash it off and ur completely bald wherever u put it. |
it only lasts a few days. i use it on my stomach and arms from time to time.
| quote: | Originally posted by sothis
hm, well this is interesting.. i hadnt known that it only really works well if you have dark hair.
my skin is quite fair, but i have blond (or maybe brown) hair. does this mean it wouldnt work well? i plan on getting all of it "down there" done. quite a good investment, as far as im concerned.
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the reason it works best with the dark-light contrast is because of the physics of how it works. hair color comes from melatonin (pigment). the darker the hair, the more melatonin you have. the laser works by adding energy to the hairs. the melatonin can absorb this energy (or heat) while the pale areas dont. so the hair, and more importantly, the hair follicle, are absorbing all this heat energy and basically getting burnt out.
if you have light hair not as much energy can be absorbed, especially in contrast to what your skin absorbs (your skin also has melatonin, otherwise we'd be albinos). because of this, they cant use as high of a heat because if your skin absorbs too much energy it will damage your regular skin cells. (burns from this process would come from using too high an energy laser). but on the other hand, if you use a lower energy, there is a chance that the hair follicle wont be sufficiently damaged and hair will be able to grow back.
what happened to me is like 50% of the hair is gone (after 6 treatments) and the rest has grown back very very light if not transparent. this is a huge improvement for me cause i previously had like black hair and refelctive white skin. i can go back for more treatments at a higher energy to try and get the remaining hair but as the hair gets lighter and finer, the less likely it becomes that it will be successful. plus i ran out of money.
| quote: | Originally posted by hadi ******
why are people so unhappy with the way they look. it always confused me about this hair removal stuff. do you think your friends will make fun of you for having hair on your body? beside, ifyou go to the beach, so what if epople see you, as if you are going to ever see them again |
actually, people did make fun of me and make comments, even my mom. she didnt make fun of me so much as admit that i looked like a hairy beast. ppl dont like hair in our society, myself included. plus i have never felt so smooth... 
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Sep-10-2003 12:26
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