I'm a bearded Lady

[hareem01]

Re: I’m a bearded Lady

@stoppit

hareem - not sure if it was a typo or not but laser and electrolysis are two completely different techniques. I would never recommend laser for the face as it can (and has done in many cases) stimulate dormant follicles to start producing hair.. so people end up hairier. Please refer to the quote in one of my posts explaining hormonally sensitive areas, like a woman’s face.
However, Laser, unless something has gone very wrong, will generally improve the condition of the skin by reducing acne and fading scarring. The body areas I’ve Laser on are much improved in terms of skin condition.
Electrolysis can leave your skin in perfect condition (it may need a short healing period) - you are only targeting the follicular stem cells, one hair at a time. the On the contrary, the treading and waxing you are doing is much worse for the hair and skin. It’s not only strengthening the follicles but the waxing is a quick route to early wrinkles. One of the first things my electrologist said to me was, “You have very nice skin (which I was surprised at, given I went through about 10 years of acne), let’s keep it that way”. I’d say my skin currently looks better than ever. All the natural skincare stuff I have learnt on my electrolysis journey has definitely helped.

psyah - I don’t want to get into an argument with you but I hope you can trust that I know my stuff in this respect and it’s not to presumptuous of me believe that you do not and are just making random guesses.

We are all born with a certain number of hair follicles and most are dormant until they are stimulated to start producing hair. Puberty and menopause are two such extreme cases. Men generally find they will get steadily hairier over time. For some reason, unknown, many women have slightly elevated levels of androgens and the follicles show greater sensitivity to them. There’s nothing ‘wrong’ enough for a hormonal problem to be diagnosed, that’s just ‘normal’ for these women. Both my sister and I had the starting of a tache and sideburns before puberty, at puberty ‘bam’ - a whole face of hair. Where was the makeup? Neither of us started wearing makeup until very late teens. If you want to question our diets, I invite you, hareem and the boys for dinner at my parents house any time you are free. You and brother will get on like a house on fire btw. You will see the absence of any carbonated drinks, minimal processed food and ajwa dates, honey and zum zum all year around.
I’m not saying all this is definitely unlinked to our diets because no one knows for sure, if it does it’s in a more complex way than anyone could know or do anything about - the stuff added to the water we drink? Is it possible that hormones that the animals are fed are still in the meat or milk?.. etc etc.

Anyway, I don’t feel I need to explain my own case to you as I could not care less what you or anyone else thinks. I spent years researching, trying to understand and chose the best option. But I have a duty to all other women to dispel myths. I see and hear ALL the time the struggle women are going through and I know I can help them. The relatives of relatives who come to me and confess that they’ve developed an extreme amount of tummy hair or chest hair that they’ve been hiding and what can they do? Women who think they are the only ones that have nipple hair, when the reality is, if you don’t you’re in the minority. In fact, I’d say degrees of hairiness are completely normal in women (and probably were 100 years ago as well). What has changed is that society does not find it acceptable and even then, women do not need to suffer with it.

Do not belittle this.

thank you for a detailed reply. i thought that electrolysis is a new name for the laser treatment and i mentioned the word “laser treatment” to my husband. i’m gonna save up for electrolysis coz i don’t want pain and wrinkles and other side effects caused by waxing/threading. i trust you.