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July 6, 2006 Some Shedding

Some shedding.  Today was the first day I saw signs of shedding.  There was not much, about a dozen hairs in my underwear.  I’m relieved the shedding process is slow and not noticeable.  I shave my underarms as normal, so the hairs are so short I don’t notice the shedding at all.  I hope I have the same week or two of smoothness that I experienced last time.

July 9, 2006 Heavy Shedding

I am now seeing a lot of shedding, mostly in the bikini area.  I believe I am shedding just as much under my arms and above my upper-lip, but it’s just not as noticeable.  The hair in my bikini line is not as dense as before the treatment and the hair that is left is much softer than my non-treated hair. 

I believe the hair has temporarily stopped growing.  What I’m assuming is that the laser killed the hair in the active growth phase, and it will take a few days or weeks before the hair in other phases to grow above the skin.  The in-between time will probably be the ‘week of smoothness’ as I experienced after the first treatment.