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I'm really anxious about my hair removal appointment tomorrow. I'm really in my head about it. I guess this is the first visible permanent change I'd be making.
Shouldn't I be really excited? I can't imagine anyone else being this torn about it.
I remember feeling anxious even though I was very sure about wanting it. That's normal. You will almost certainly appreciate having started tomorrow in 6 months, soon to have smooooth face
I've always hated my facial/body hair and want to get it removed. Might be the worst of my dysphoria.
That said, I'm anxious about any permanent change. Hell, even any new experience I've been thinking about and I'll be anxious. So that sounds pretty normal to me, I hope it goes well :meow-hug:
For the longest time I had brainworms about laser because it felt so "sci-fi" idk why the idea of it bugged me so much, but I tried pretty much every method of dealing with facial hair before finally being like "just get laser, dumbass"
Idk how to explain the brain worms, I didn’t like the idea of owing not having facial hair to some laser.
It’s like “what would I have done if this didn’t exist”? which I guess you can also say about hrt, but that is altering hormones that occur naturally, so it feels less weird and there are kind of ways to do that homeopathically (so-to-speak)
I’m not sure if anyone can relate to this thought process
You can say that about anything chemical or surgical related to transition =) we only even know about the "organic" ways to do it thanks to modern science iirc. Even cis women have to be sci-fi to not have facial hair...
I got LASIK because of the worry about what I would do if I didn't have glasses. At least laser hair removal doesn't require continuous upkeep. Shaving, otoh, is dependent on having the tools to do it. Glad you got over the brainworms!
Making permanent changes seems like something to reasonably get anxious about. I got really excited about HRT, for example, when I first got a prescription, but was fairly anxious about starting when I actually got it. I'd expect laser would be similar.