PCOS Messages for October, 2001: Re: questions - bleaching before laser treatment

Re: questions - bleaching before laser treatment

From: jodi (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 30 Oct 2001 10:11:36 -0600 (CST)

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the hair needs to be dark to transmit the laser better to the roots. I assume you know this as you understand the roots can't be bleached. :-)

it's possible that dying the hair back to dark would work... they have found that dying light hair on women with light hair makes the laser somewhat more effective... but not as effective as laser used on hair that is dark to begin with.

if I were in your position, I would not want to do anything that might ruin the chances of laser being effective. is there any chance you could have the laser scheduled for a monday morning, and take off "sick" from work on friday... so Thursday maybe you'd be a little shadowy, and by Monday you'd be hairy enough for the laser to work really well? Of course, I don't know how you look after laser is done, so going to work late on Monday right afterwards could be as bad an idea as going in hairy... i don't know. But I don't think bleaching the hair is a good idea...

Let us know how it goes though whether you bleach or not!!!

- jodi

At Tue, 30 Oct 2001, Josie wrote: >
>Hi, I'm new here. I've been following the threads for a while but this
>is my first post. I have been treated for PCO for the past eight months
>but have not been officially diagnosed as I don't have health insurance.
>My doctor has me on Spiro 200mg/day and Vaniqua, and I take 2 Chromium
>GTF per day and almost immediately after starting the chromium I had my
>first period in five years. I've been pretty regular since then.
>
>The spiro and vaniqua have helped the facial hirsutism a lot, but not
>enough. So I had an initial consultation with a dermatologist yesterday
>and scheduled my first appointment this Thursday. Normally I shave my
>face and the area around the areola, but I have to have some growth for
>her to take the pictures for my file. My question is, do I have to stop
>bleaching the facial hair for the laser to work? Can I just bleach it
>until the day of the appointment, then dye it back to it's normal black
>before the appointment? If so, what should I use to dye it? When you
>bleach the hair, does it bleach the roots too? I understand that this
>would make the laser inaffective if that is the case.
>
>Any help on this matter is greatly appreciated. I just don't think I
>could face going to work every day with a bunch of really obvious black
>stubble.

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