Sorry for late reply, It`s called VANIQA but I must admit, I haven`t tried it yet :sigh: Might try it this week tho at last! so will let you know how it goes x
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Sorry for late reply, It`s called VANIQA but I must admit, I haven`t tried it yet :sigh: Might try it this week tho at last! so will let you know how it goes x
elb4160
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Please do! I would really appreciate it
Hey lovely ladies
Recently beginning to consider having it done again as the hairs are coming back thicker and faster, not happy at all having to remove them every two days. I get really uncomfortable if I leave it any longer, like today I could not stop itching my neck and jaws to save my life. I'm just a bit hesitant though, as I don't know if she will charge me the full price of 7 sessions all over again (I don't think the NHS will contribute at all this time, I'm now 19 - they didn't stop paying after I turned 17 before though, don't know if they will have picked up on it) or if I will be able to pay £40 per session. I can't afford it at the moment, but it would make a great change to me to have it done again, so I can feel comfortable in my own skin.
I have never considered cream - I don't know how long the effects last? I wouldn't wax my face, although I probably could. I can't stand the epilator, I applaud anyone who can use it without screaming. I absolutely hate the pain, and would much rather sit and pluck each individual hair out with tweezers one at a time. I am aware this sounds like I'm really fussy and horrible about it, but it was drilled into me so much while I was having my laser not to touch the hair from the roots in any way, otherwise it would strengthen them.
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If you pluck the hairs then that's pulling out the root, just like waxing, surely?
I know what you mean about the itch, I'm always stroking my chin like some wise old professor. Soprano is the latest and most advanced form of laser treatment but I'm not going to get it until about 6 months after I get this weight off, better to let my hormones settle instead of forking out all that cash for them to just grow back. :wave_cry: Honestly if God would grant me one change to my body I'd not do owt about my weight, I'd ask Him to get rid of all this ruddy hair. :wave_cry: Don't give your hard earned cash to that old goat, there are plenty who will do it and be nice about it, besides there's a recession so I'm sure there is room to negotiate a little on prices.
Oh and hot wax leaves the hair lighter and finer than strip wax, I find. And buy organic meat, a friend of mine noticed her leg hair was growing very thick after she ate meat, she switched to organic and it went back to normal. Us and the poor old cows have too many hormones running through us it seems! 
mistysmummy
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I got diangnosed with PCOS 22 years ago and always had a bit of a problem with facial hair and some on my boobs have tried all the over the counter stuff and nothing worked waxing was to painful and it didnt remove the tuff hairs on upper lip so please keep me updated as to how the cream the doc gives helps have found it has got a lot worse since I had hysterectomy 14 yrs ago
10st10lbs
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If you pluck the hairs then that's pulling out the root, just like waxing, surely?
Don't give your hard earned cash to that old goat, there are plenty who will do it and be nice about it, besides there's a recession so I'm sure there is room to negotiate a little on prices.
Yahh, plucking and waxing = same effect on roots, my point was just that I would just much rather pluck out each individual hair one at a time than have to glide the epilator over my skin flinching the whole time because I can't stand the pain!
Hope you experience brilliant results from Soprano, I've never heard of it before.. I probably should research some places, types, prices etc, thanks for calling her an old goat! Lol it did make me chuckle cause I pictured her as a goat, with her laser protection sunglasses on... :8855:
Yeah I definitely noticed the difference on my legs after hot wax, just a shame that whenever I plan on waxing again, something comes up immediately and I have no choice but to shave! Your friend is very observant of her leg hairs I take it?
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I have been on Vaniqa for about a week, using it twice daily on the chin/neck area (unfortionately you cant use it on the body). My gp said it can take 4-6 months to see any improvement so ill let you know then
I use hair lightening/bleaching method for the hair on my neck/moustache and this does the trick, I lot better than plucking- because that just takes forever!!
Does anyone have a lot of dark hairs on their stomach? i want a good method to disguise/remove this? Damn PCOS!!!
xxx
princessria
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I was under the impression that when you wax or pluck first of all the root is bigger than the hole the hair comes out of so you are damaging the skin and secondly the are of skin because it's so evasive begins to protect itself by by producing more follicles , after i was told this i only ever now use nair sensitive it's five minutes every few days and it is very effective after hearing about the laser treatment though i may try that.
That is fascinating information, I had no idea that the skin protects itself like that Princessria but it makes sense. Thank you so much, I think I may try Nair from now too.
Laura I think I'll speak to my GP about Vaniqua and bleach my own moostash too. Before I was so annoyed with it but because I'm feeling like next year I'll be slim and my hormones will rest easy then I can envision lots of months going by without me stroking my chin to see if another one has popped up. When I'm slim a year then I'll do the Soprano laser. Oh it's all just a bloomin' pain isn't it.
I think I may try Nair from now too. Laura I think I'll speak to my GP about Vaniqua and bleach my own moostash too. Before I was so annoyed with it but because I'm feeling like next year I'll be slim and my hormones will rest easy then I can envision lots of months going by without me stroking my chin to see if another one has popped up.
When I'm slim a year then I'll do the Soprano laser. Oh it's all just a bloomin' pain isn't it. Yahh, plucking and waxing = same effect on roots, my point was just that I would just much rather pluck out each individual hair one at a time than have to glide the epilator over my skin flinching the whole time because I can't stand the pain!
Hope you experience brilliant results from Soprano, I've never heard of it before.. I probably should research some places, types, prices etc, thanks for calling her an old goat! Lol it did make me chuckle cause I pictured her as a goat, with her laser protection sunglasses on... :8855:
Yeah I definitely noticed the difference on my legs after hot wax, just a shame that whenever I plan on waxing again, something comes up immediately and I have no choice but to shave! Your friend is very observant of her leg hairs I take it?
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Isn't it bananas that she'd notice something like extra-hairy legs, really now?
But sure it does make sense with hormones running through us and causing all this. Have a look at what Laura and Princessria were saying about Nair and Vaniqua. The thing is I can't pretend that sometimes I don't walk out with a goatee, all I I know are aware of it so I think I may go with those methods before trying the Soprano. The thought of paying all that cash for it to come back over my weight breaks my heart. Have a look at Dr. Schwarzbein's book as well, she's an endocrinologist and has had a lot of success with her diet plan to balance hormones for women and diabetics. I hope you find a good laser lady, but maybe wait until your hormones settle so you don't waste cash again? Some women don't know how lucky they are not having to deal with this. :wave_cry:
Enough
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Just thought you might find this fun..
My sister came to visit for the first time in over four years (we live in different countries), and just before she left she told me about this article saying we should "embrace the beard".. squirming a little, I said "please, don't let that be the last conversation we have before you head off to catch your flight.. I don't know how many years it'll be before I next see you".. at that point.. (and maybe you had to be there, but it was hilarious!) she purposefully and dramatically took a deep breath and shut her mouth haha.. and I couldn't do anything to get her to open it again ! haha.. we were both in hysterics it was brilliant.. reverted back to being 8 years old hahaha... here we were in our thirties and forties, and we had tears of hilarity rolling down our faces! haha.. The last half an hour before catching her plane, and she didn't break the silence except for the laughter tears and and occasional laughter snorts haha!
Anyway, just wanted to share.. there's not many people I can share that tale with, because I don't talk to people other than my OH about it...
Women: embrace your facial hair! | Life and style | The Guardian
Lots of LOVE and ADMIRATION to all of us for what we live with.. so easy to think it's somehow our 'fault' or evidence of personal faliings in some way.. and it simply IS NOT!!
LOVE!!
xx
My sister came to visit for the first time in over four years (we live in different countries), and just before she left she told me about this article saying we should "embrace the beard".. squirming a little, I said "please, don't let that be the last conversation we have before you head off to catch your flight.. I don't know how many years it'll be before I next see you".. at that point.. (and maybe you had to be there, but it was hilarious!) she purposefully and dramatically took a deep breath and shut her mouth haha.. and I couldn't do anything to get her to open it again ! haha.. we were both in hysterics it was brilliant.. reverted back to being 8 years old hahaha... here we were in our thirties and forties, and we had tears of hilarity rolling down our faces! haha.. The last half an hour before catching her plane, and she didn't break the silence except for the laughter tears and and occasional laughter snorts haha!
Anyway, just wanted to share.. there's not many people I can share that tale with, because I don't talk to people other than my OH about it...
Women: embrace your facial hair! | Life and style | The Guardian
Lots of LOVE and ADMIRATION to all of us for what we live with.. so easy to think it's somehow our 'fault' or evidence of personal faliings in some way.. and it simply IS NOT!!
LOVE!!
xx
You're sister sounds like a right hoot. If we didn't joke about it we'd cry, I think. Thank you for that article; I remember that programme with Shazia and her "Hitler moustache" and how rude some of the men at speed dating were to the women in her programme. Isn't it mad to think some men prefer their women with hair, but something tells me that's a bit of hair on the legs NOT a beard. :cry:nutty_tart125
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I use epecare for facial hair removal and I find it very good, takes a while to get use to it and was a little uncomfortable the first and second time of use but now its fine and now that I have the hang of it, it is very quick and easy to do.
When the sun shines on the side of my face I no longer look like one of the Yeti
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i have just purchased one of these! will keep ypu updated on my progress!
bellefrogette
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I just bought a groupon for set of 6 IP treatments on 3 areas a visit..don't tell me i could have got this free on the NHS..groupon was 119 pounds for treatment they said was worth almost 1500 pounds, i am sure they were telling porkies though.
bella
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giraffegirl
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I picked up one of these on ebay last year for £2.00.
My PCOS hair also makes me yeti like and although this is good for teh odd stray one it doesnt do well on larger patches or my ever growing ( which is a worry) beard
)Just found this thread!!
I haven't been officially diagnosed with PCOS but always had the symptoms and facial hair is my biggest problem.
I was stupid as a teenager and shaved it which i'm sure made it worse. I cannot go a day now without plucking.
Really upsets me and it did feel for a while it was just me that has it but I feel it's more common.
Thanks ladies
I haven't been officially diagnosed with PCOS but always had the symptoms and facial hair is my biggest problem.
I was stupid as a teenager and shaved it which i'm sure made it worse. I cannot go a day now without plucking.
Really upsets me and it did feel for a while it was just me that has it but I feel it's more common.
Thanks ladies
Nixy said:
I did and do this all the time. I have excess facial hair on my chin. Iam constantly plucking and shaving it off as it comes through black did get offered the laser treatment at skins in Middlesbrough but I thought I had to pay plus specialist at hospital said it might not work. Plus had no way of getting there as I don't drive and live in Sunderland I have the cream vaniqa but every time I use it I break out in more spots lol
Sorry for rambling
HopefulWeightWatcher
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How did you get on with it?
