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All my life I have struggled with excess facial hair. When menopause hit, I was spending every day plucking black hairs from my chin and face. I started going to Loa a year and a half ago and haven't plucked since.

I have nothing but praise for this procedure. It's relatively pain free and the results are terrific. The service is second to none and Loa is professional and accomodating to my needs.

For every women who suffers from excess hair, I highly recommend looking into his for satisfactory results.

MJ

It all started so innocently. A glimpse in the mirror of a dark hair on my chin! Aaargh! How did that get there? Never mind, a frantic grab for the tweezers, gentle tug, and all is better. So I thought. A few more unsightly hairs showed up from time to time, and each time I would run and grab the tweezers and eliminate the problem. After a couple of years, I seemed to be scanning for the little monsters nightly. The children would find the bathroom door closed and inquire, "Mom, are you plucking AGAIN? Come on out of the bathroom!" they'd insist. When their pestering became more and more frequent, it slowly dawned on me that, not only was my behaviour like that of an addict (addicted to tweezing?!), but that my "problem" was not diminishing in the least, in fact, it seemed to become worse. Oh yes, worse! When the new follicle was ready to face the world by poking through the epidermis on my chin - it would be bumpy, itchy and aggravating. Many times I scratched at my face and broke the skin so that a stiff little newborn whisker could poke through for tweezing. The picture is getting uglier, isn't it?

Finally I decided I needed to do something about this problem. Loa Whitely suggested that electrolysis would solve the problem permanently. She asked me to stop plucking between sessions. Stop!? I couldn't have a session every night with Loa - how was I supposed to stop tweezing? Loa advised me to trim the hairs at the skin using small scissors instead. Okay, that worked. She didn't need them to be "long" in order to zap them at our next appointment. Wheewww! So most people want to know what electrolysis was like. Was it painful? Did your skin turn red? How long does it take? My experience was like this:

I went to A More Beautiful You feeling very nervous. Loa was very professional, yet warm and friendly and assured me that mine was not the worst case she'd seen by far. That in itself was a relief. I laid down on a comfortable bed with soothing music playing softly. Loa explained every step and proceeded quite slowly, so that I could adjust to the procedure. It is not a "needle", it is a tiny probe that is inserted into the hair follicle and I didn't feel it at all. When the zapping starts you can feel it. It is a hot sensation, however there is cool air that blows on your skin to alleviate the sensation. The sensation varies, depending upon where the treatment is on your skin and the level of intensity. The chin is not sensitive for me, but the upper lip is. Fortunately there is a topical cream that numbs the skin, so again the electrolosis can be a painless procedure. Loa simply adjusts her "voltage" or we add cream, depending upon what I can stand and I'm a wuss!

So the end result is that I have a beautiful, hair free chin. I enjoy the prospect of being hair free in other places, and continue to have other areas of unwanted hair treated: the upper lip, eyebrow, underarm, bikini line. I'll let you know how the rest goes...
Confidentially, CM

My feelings about electrolysis:
I am very pleased with the results I have realized. I had been doing electrolysis for approximately six months, then stopped for about six months due to a time problem on my part. I've had Loa working on facial hair and the bikini line. To me, it is the only way to remove whiskers on my chin.
I have very few coming in any more and it only takes a few minutes a month to clear them. On the bikini line, I probably would have very few still coming had I kept coming regularly, but I didn't. Even so, I am pleased with the results & don't plan on missing for six months again, so they will all be permanently removed. I chose electrolysis for the bikini line as I have very sensitive skin and have a problem with ingrown hairs. Although the electrolysis leaves marks on my skin in this area for a couple of weeks, it is much better than fighting ingrown hairs, or skin rash from waxing. I find Loa a very hygenic and concsientious technician. Although sometimes, in some areas, electrolysis can be somewhat painful, Loa works with the client to decide what is the best approach to minimize the pain.
L S