Getting Rid of Embarrassing Facial Hair: A Case Study

Shilan Nasim is a woman with a mission. She reckons she has spent about £6,000 in total trying to get rid of unsightly and embarrassing hair - especially on her face - with incredibly varied results.

“I am very fair and I've got very very dark hair. And I am very hairy,” says Shilan, 27, a stay-at-home mum from London. “I have always had problems with hair, especially facial hair, ever since I was young.

“I used to wax and do threading, when you pull the hair out with a small thread. But threading made my face really sore and waxing was a real hassle. And I didn't want to continue doing it for the rest of my life,” she recalls.

“So I thought I'd try laser treatment, as I thought it would help me get rid of the hair permanently, party by making it softer so I wouldn't have to try and get rid of it anymore.

“I didn't expect the hair to be completely gone after laser treatment, but if it was like normal hair I would be happy, if it was softer and thinner you couldn't really see it.”

Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

Shilan had hair all over her face and neck, as well as on her upper lips. “I tried to hide it, I was really paranoid with the hair on my face, and since I'm so fair and my hair is so dark you could see it a lot,” she says.

“It bothered me a lot. Nobody really said anything about it but that's probably because I wouldn't let it stay as it was, I always did something about it. But I was getting very tired of doing the upkeep!”

Shilan had regular laser treatment at first, which hurt but seemed to work. “The hair grew back and I had it redone about every six weeks,” she says.

“By the fourth time it was growing in thinner, but it was too expensive. I was at university then and couldn't afford more treatments.”

Then she began IPL, or Intense Pulsed Light Therapy, where light is used to cause thermal damage to hair follicles, therefore impeding their growth.

“That didn't really work. At least with the laser the hair would fall out, but with IPL it stayed. It wasn't worth it at all,” Shilan says.

Next she tried a clinic that specialised in Lighted Heat Energy, which is similar. The temperature of a hair follicle is raised so that it destroys itself.

“I did not only my face there but also my legs, my whole body, my bum, and a bit on my belly. Some of the hair fell out but not everything. I don't think it was strong enough,” Shilan says.

Darker and Thicker

After that she tried laser again, but the hair on the places where she had the treatment done – mainly her face and neck – started to grow back even darker and thicker.

“It became really bad and I was really upset.” Shilan says. “I went back and spoke to the manager of the clinic there, who told me that it happens sometimes and was written in a contract I had signed.

“But I was so excited about getting it done at the time that I didn't pay that much attention. And I did areas that didn't really need it, such as my upper arms, which I wouldn't have risked had I known.”

Finally, Shilan went to the London Clinic, where she has paid for laser treatment again. “The hair is definitely reducing, although not as quickly as I thought it would,” she says.

“I had a baby six months ago, and I don't know if that's because of the laser or the fact my hormones and body have changed.

“But since I have spent so much money on getting my facial hair removed, I am determined to finish what I have started.

“I just hope it will get better!”

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