So on my chinny chin chin I have some hairs that are like WIRES. As they grow they cause a spot, a bump, a full on red lump, they are trapped, I cannot get them out, they end up raw, scabbed and scarred. Repeat every few weeks...
Been plucking them for years - they have not got the message.
Am successfully using a Phillips laser hair machine on other body areas where it's working a treat - just not on the chin.
I look absolutely awful - I've got three very obviously red lumps on my chin at the moment and they're even difficult to cover with make up as they are so lumpy and flaky.
Now I know that lasers work on hair where there is a contrast between the colour of the hair (needs to be dark) and the colour of the skin (needs to be light). The only thing is, these blessed chin hairs are white (Jesus, can the ageing process be any crueler?!).
I wonder if this is why its just having no effect.
I am wondering if electrolysis would be better. I did buy a Rio machine but the tweezer do-dahs are so thick that I can't grasp the hairs. The way the machine works is it's switched on first (with current flowing) then you grab the hair - so I'm dragging the tweezers all over my chin and electrolysising my skin in order to try and get hold of the hair - so it's all a bit of a mess and I just can't use it successfully.
If it was the case that salon electrolysis would work, I'd have to save up for it but at the moment I look a right state and can't go on like this.
Did anyone else persevere with laser for this and if so how long did it take to work?
Did anyone with white wiry chin hairs try salon electrolysis and if so did it work?
Oh, and before anyone suggests it, no type of exfoliation works - absolutely none. I get ingrown hairs all over my body and have wasted countless money on every possible type, and form of exfoliation known to man - it just doesn't work. I've got to kill the hair off at the root.
Thanks!
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Pollyanna9 · 01/01/2017 14:55
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