Megazappy!

[sistawendy]

I got six hours of electrolysis on my face today. That's a lot for one session, in case you were wondering.

Good: The only hairs left above my jawline are a few strays, sideburn hairs, and gray hairs only on my upper lip.
Bad: It takes three to six strikes with the needle to kill a hair follicle forever, but...
Good: Ms. Zappy has already reached that limit for most of my brown hairs above the jawline, and they're the most visible little bastards.
Bad: She hasn't touched the area below the jawline in ages, but...
Good: That area isn't as visible as the face.

Don't get me wrong. I'm thrilled to see those hairs gone from my face.

From the Dept. of Neurology: I'm pretty sure I've mentioned here that I occasionally get restless leg syndrome. Today I realized that I was getting an uncannily similar sensation when Ms. Zappy worked on the hairs near my ears. Whichever side she was working on had the leg that got the horrible crawly feeling. I'd actually had the sensation before during electrolysis, but until today I'd never correlated it to a particular area of the face. Zaps to the upper lip make me tear up, which you'd expect, but zaps near the ears give me restless leg? Somebody get Oliver Sacks on the phone.

Comments

[manintheboat.livejournal.com]

I've had much less restless leg since I've totally cut caffeine.

I've electrolysized the insides of eyelids.

[schmi.livejournal.com]

Where did you get the electrolysis done? I've been thinking about getting some done.

[leenerella]

Incidentally, I've been doing a lot of reading on Devil's Club applications (it's common in the woods around here, and natives have used it as a tea and salve for many things), and one of the uses for it is Restless Leg Syndrome. But I'm just babbling...

Mostly I'm just in awe that you could last that long in one session of electrolysis. I could barely stand 45 minutes before I'd start twitching so bad she couldn't really work on me anymore.