Just cold air. It blows out the device they use for the procedure, and helps provide a mild numbing effect and reduce the heat and pain of the laser on the skin. They don't use any kind of numbing agent, i think cos it's painful, but a bearable level of pain, so for a 15 minute procedure it'd be a bit excessive. No need to risk people having reactions to anaesthetics if it's something you can just power through.
Main way i can describe the sensation is it's a bit like having a tiny taser repeatedly applied and moving steadily across your face. Unpleasant but bearable. It's just worse for those of us with thicker hair, like AMABs trying to get rid of our beards. Or for people with darker skin/lighter hair.
In the end, the ones i feel really sorry for are the technicians. They've told me they've been punched, kicked, even bitten, in response to the procedure. I can't imagine coming to work every day knowing i may well be assaulted by the people paying me to do the things that make them attack me.
Main way i can describe the sensation is it's a bit like having a tiny taser repeatedly applied and moving steadily across your face. Unpleasant but bearable. It's just worse for those of us with thicker hair, like AMABs trying to get rid of our beards. Or for people with darker skin/lighter hair.
In the end, the ones i feel really sorry for are the technicians. They've told me they've been punched, kicked, even bitten, in response to the procedure. I can't imagine coming to work every day knowing i may well be assaulted by the people paying me to do the things that make them attack me.
Oh my gosh, the poor techs! 🥺 I never knew they took such a beating (and the biting good grief!) I could never do their work because my reflex to hit back would fight my ability to process any other thoughts 😅
How many sessions do you have to do?


