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" This might be TMI, but we&amp;#x27;re all friends here, right? Anyway, after years of dealing with the agony of razor-burn, waxing and the absolute bane of my life&amp;amp;#8212;ingrown hairs&amp;amp;#8212;I have decided to get laser hair removal on my bikini line. I was hesitant to do it at first because, of the handful of people I know who have done the pricey procedure, only about half of them seem happy the results. But since in theory I&amp;#x27;m the perfect candidate for it (lasers are most effective on people with light skin and dark hair), I decided to give it a go over the next few months. And after the first of my 6 sessions at Completely Bare in New York, I was surprised by a few things.1) You have to wait a month in between sessions&amp;amp;#8212;the laser kills hair that&amp;#x27;s growing each time you go, but you have more dormant hairs hanging out in your skin, just waiting to grow. And since the cycle of your hair follicles takes about a month, that&amp;#x27;s how long it&amp;#x27;ll take for the next round of hairs to sprout up between visits. 2) You still have to shave after your treatments. I pictured that like waxing, I&amp;#x27;d come out hair-free for a bit. But the laser kills the hair down at the root, and the hair itself still has to grow out completely. So I still had stubble the next day. 3) You can expect to lose about 10 percent of the hair you&amp;#x27;re treating with each visit, which means this it&amp;#x27;s going to take a few sessions before I really notice any results. I find this incredibly frustrating, but I&amp;#x27;ve decided to hang in there. 4) It does hurt, but if you&amp;#x27;ve ever experienced the blinding pain that is the Brazilian wax, this is like a walk in the park in comparison. While the laser passes over your skin, it sort of stings, like someone is flicking with a rubber band. So that&amp;#x27;s my experience so far. Cross your fingers the process is the miracle cure for shaving I am hoping for. Because it may sound silly, but as a girl who gets a 5 o&amp;#x27;clock shadow on her bikini line pretty soon after shaving, hair removal has been a big source of stress for me. I&amp;#x27;ll check back in and let you know if I think the laser lives up to the hype down the road. In the meantime: Have you ever considered laser hair removal? Is the price (which can end up in the $1,000s) just way too outrageous to ever even consider? Any bikini shaving tips that could have saved me the headache? Photo: iStock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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