Re: Just got my chin lasered.

>Hi, I'm the thread starter.

> I really can't answer some questions.
> I have had laser twice, about two years apart. I went for heavy
> duty laser that totally blistered my skin. Each lasted a few months.

Whatever we can share is likely to help others -- and the point you've made about laser potentially blistering skin is one that not enough people think about. The fact is that whatever is capable of *destroying* hair is likely to cause some damage skin, whether it be depilatory creams electrolyis, or laser. Sometimes the damage may be minimal -- but what causes minimal damage to skin is likely to be much less effective in destroying hair.

> This time, I am going to do low dose for five visits, and meanwhile,
> I am going to go to an endocrinologist and get other things taken care
> of. I want to end it once and for all.

I hope your endocrinologist will be able to help you.

> It's nice that men accept it.

Strange, and I'm sure there are exceptions, but most men seem to accept it no problem. I'm sure there are men who wouldn't have had me because I shave, but really I can't say that it's spoiled my relationship with men at all. Maybe even a little bit the other way -- I think it may have helped it in one or two cases.

> It's just that *I* can't accept it.

I know where you're coming from. I was fortunate in coming to accept it at 14 -- or at least by 15 I'd just accepted that that's how it was with me.

> I feel ugly. I am very pale with black chin hair and I always have
> a shadow and it doesn' get covered with make up. I am sick of it.

I don't think makeup helps the problem -- better a shadow than the makeup.

> And I don't think it's good to ignore things like PCOS, since it
> puts women at higher risk for many serious diseases. I don't want that.
> I want to be healthy. Right now, I feel miserable no matter what, with
> palpitations and other bad symptoms.

I agree you shouldn't ignore PCOS, which is actually very common. I do hope that you get some real help in getting the PCOS under control.


> I feel better since taking NAC. I have really bad hormaone readings.
> My DHEA is 22, and my white blood cell is 14. I have severe allergies,
> take predinsone often.

I've been very fortunate in that though I've high levels of free testosterone and most of my life have had low estrogen levels, that's the extent of the "problem." Yes, it's affected how I *look*, but not my actual health. Which is part of the reason it hasn't posed a real problem for me.


> I just can't stand it. I am going to go vegan and stop eating
> Sugar and white bread and diary. Nothing seems to help, but I
> know the environment has a lot to do with it. I have never felt
> so sick as I have since I have lived here, outside Las Vegas.

I'm not sure about changing lots of things at once, but stopping eating Sugar and white bread can't do any harm and some people find that cutting out dairy is helpful.

> So, with me, this problem is a lot more than just an annoyance.
> I need to change a lot.

Hope you find something that works and gets rid of at least some of the problems.

> Bless anyone with this demoralizing problem.
> With PCOS, it's bad enough being overweight and have thinning hair
> on your head, without it all going to your chin!

Don't let it demoralize you! I don't have too much of a problem yet with thinning hair, but I do have hair receding at the temples -- typical of what I'd expect to happen with high levels of testosterone. At present it's covered as I have long hair and usually wear it loose.

You know you've got sympathetic friends, at least.