Laser hair removal...

Hi Just a quick update.

Yesterday I went to have a consultation at the skin clinic regarding my beard growth and not wanting or needing it as a woman. The place is a private clinic and it was spotless and very friendly and welcoming to me, they used all the correct pronouns and treated me with great respect which was brilliant. the lady who conducted the skin test was called Kayleigh and she was the top person in the clinic for laser hair removal, it showed as she was fantastic and has worked with transgender people in the companies other clinic's in Manchester, Liverpool and Mayfair London, so I felt right at ease lying on the couch in the laser room.



Having a salt and pepper beard I was sure it would work on my beard growth... but it did the tests were very good and Kayleigh told me I have a very high chance or killing off the beard in six sessions. As the laser need hair pigment only the dark hair will be blasted so there will still be additional work needed to clear my whole face, the Gender Clinic advised me to try laser as the newer machines have given others very good results and its reasonably pain free but uncomfortable yes, or that what the hospital consultant told me! It was a bit of a stinging sensation or like being snapped by an elastic band  for just one moment so not bad, but that was just the testing I have booked in for next week to have the whole face done so my update may tell a different tale to this...

OK the face is under way on the 14th and on the 15th I'm getting my hair extensions sewn in it will take 4 to 5 hours of braiding and sewing in the extensions but the results I'm told are nothing but fanatic however there is quite a lot of pain involved and a few sleepless night to overcome, I have been warned no gain with out pain, still it will be great to have a fantastic hair style and look better than I do, Sarah who runs the salon is going to be about helping the lady get the hair how I want it so two stylists... I'm very excited with the changes that I have waited and saved up for to happen its been a long time coming this transition, I'm taking things slowly its just these to events have had to fit in other peoples calendar's and appointment books its just fate that they have come next to each other in January 2016.

everybody at work has been great and I haven't had a bad word spoken to me I've had loads of email support and its great to be me finally, I've had make up tips and dress styling advice and offers to go shopping for outfits, of course some in the work place may not approve but I haven't seen them yet I bet it will knock me for six when I do get a negative response but I will have to balance that with the good. I do get annoyed that some narrow minded people think its a choice thing which its not the only choice was to commit suicide or progress with coming out, I'm glad coming out worked for me, but then again Europe isn't backwards thinking on this, like America appears to be who's right wing politics don't appear to accept the condition as a birth defect and see it as choice the person makes, very strange that they struggle with it so much.