First, a slight expansion on G being back:
It’s great.
It didn’t magically remove all of my concerns about being in a not-long-distance relationship, or of having to relearn what it means to be in the same place. But I’m feeling much less stressed about it than I have in months, and much more confident that things are going to be OK. (Not that I was every ‘really’ worried, but I sure as hell was stressed.)
She has a friend in town from camp, which I think is good – first, it gives her lots to do, and second, it normalizes being back a bit by not having to go straight from speaking 99% French and being surrounded by people she’s worked with all summer to being around people speaking 100% English and not understanding the culture shock of coming from backwoods MN to the Big City. I’m also just getting a big kick out of seeing the two of them interact and joke in French. (Even if a good 99% of it goes over my head…)
As for hair removal, I signed a sheet of paper yesterday committing me to paying $4,400 for six sessions covering my arms, chest/tummy, and legs over the next year.
Oh my, that’s a lot of money.
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So it’s a few days later (and a few drinks later…whoo Friday night!) and I’m slightly calmer. I’m still stressing out, and I think that’s a combination of the hormones and legitimate stressors, but I’m better.
Part of that’s coming from having talked to my doc today and he suggesting another month on lower hormones, which is a deadline rather than just “well, lets wait and see.” So that’s helping my stress level.
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As a trans woman, I am very interested in hair removal. I have a lot of good genes but, alas, the luscious locks on my head come from the same genes that give me my thick, bushy, body hair. I’ve had laser done on my face, which worked pretty darn well. (Although now, a year or since my last session, I’m noticing a few new hairs. I think I just need to bite the bullet and go to electrolysis.) But home hair removal has always seemed attractive, as there’s something very efeminizing (the parallel to emasculating – I know, it needs work) about going to a professional to get hair removed.
Well, I was recently privlidged with a review copy of the no!no! hair removal system, offered through Sephora. 
From no!no!:
Portable and sleek, no!no! utilizes revolutionary Thermicon™ technology, which emits a gentle wave of heat that painlessly destroys the hair follicle while maintaining the integrity of the surrounding skin. Through extensive clinical studies, research found that no!no! safely reduces hair regrowth up to 64 percent; a number that is clinically comparable to more expensive professional hair removal treatments.
I’ll be testing the no!no! over the next couple months and let you know how it goes. Details of my first try after the break.
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