Laser hair removal

[winkiedo]

beaute, grabe ganda ng UA mo, super duper inggit ako!!! San ka nagpagawa? I agree diode ang maganda, ang sa Godiva IPL lang yan, and I will never go back to Godiva. Cheap ang price kasi cheap ang service. Di naman doctor ang gagawa sa inyo e, pag napalpak di na alam ng technician ang gagawin.

[mike_s_6]

^ Is this true? I've read so many good reviews about IPL hair removal:

http://www.aad.org/public/Publicatio.../laserhair.htm

http://www.topdocs.com/display_proce...ipl-hair&ba=no

These, among numerous others. Have you tried the treatment? I thought the Godiva station was actually a lot better in their service than the other recommended one (Let's Face It).

[costiera]

Hi beauté, ako din nag kate jones UA whitening.. pero nakaka isang peel palang me.. baka july next peel ko hehehe san ka nagpa laser hair removal? any contact number and how much?

[mike_s_6]

Mine's done. Nakakatawa. I asked the girl if it will hurt. She said,

"Hindi naman. Parang binu-burn lang."

o__O Can't back-out, nakahiga na ako. They didn't use any anaesthetic on me, they did place ice to numb the pain. She then placed this film (mala-transparent tape) over my lips, probably to avoid it from getting burnt.

Then she placed this gadget over my lip, she counted, "one, two, three *ZAP*"

ARAY. Parang pinitik ng malakas na malakas. Pero sandali lang masakit.

She asked me how it felt and I'm like

"*muffled muffled*"

Duh, tape on my mouth, silly.

By the way, winkiedo, the girl who takes care of the procedures is a "cosmetologist", not a technician. The dermatologist was in the very next room during the laser hair treatment I had. We consulted the derma if I can have other parts of my body treated.

I'll be back there tomorrow... I want my side burns (patilya) gone. Of course a lot of people will say it's natural to have that, but I still want it GONE. Wahaha.

[beauté]

hi beaute...ganda ng result nung *** ha,,san namn yan how much and me side effect b??(sabi kc laging basa daw underarm pag nagpa hair removal..tnx!

The kate Jones UA Package has an antiperspirant so I don't feel sweaty naman.. My concern lang is laser hair removal is for long term hair reduction so I think 2x a year dapat akong magpalaser to maintain my underarms.. mas expensive pa ang regimen ko for the underarms.. I should probably model for rexona na

[beauté]

hi! where did you have the diode laser done? is that expensive and kung per session siya can you pay ba per session? ang ganda nga ng results ng sayo

Thanks! My skin whitened because of peeling.. It also lessened my chicken skin.. Diode helped further because I don't have to suffer with ingrown hairs like before.. I went to Asian Hospital as suggest by Ms. Kate Jones Expensive na sila now, 4,125 na for the underarms

Costiera - You can have laser 2 months after you applied the peeling solution... that is how I did it... you can google the contact number of Asian Hospital... wow, you're going to have laser na rin? that's hot! Before I forget, kate Jones got a UA maintenance cream a'ryt? FYI lang..

Mike - you can remove the facial hair via laser treatment also. Diode is better than IPL



Charity

[Summer_23]

Beaute, how much did you pay all in all for your diode treatment?

[mike_s_6]

Mike - you can remove the facial hair via laser treatment also. Diode is better than IPL

Do you have a list of places that offer diode laser treatment? I'm interested.

[SiOMs]

Beaute, how much did you pay all in all for your diode treatment?

I was gonna ask this too Plus how many months did it take? with the peeling sessions and the laser treatments?

Thanks!

[stellar_077]

i would go to belo med or facial care centre. things like laser hair removal shouldn't be cheap.

[timeassasin]

Hello people. I've read your previous messages and the name, "Kate Jones" is something I'm not familiar of. Could you please help me where to buy 'her' UA whitening products? Your testimonials are very convincing that it works so I'd like to try them out myself.

[gorjez chic]

beauté, do you know if they can deliver the kate jones UA whitening kit in the US? anybody?

[f3mm3_fatal3]

I inquired at Belo Medical about their laser hair removal services and here's their answer:

a. Diode laser - http://www.belomed.com/services_laser_hairremoval.htm
(Makati and Alabang clinic)

b.Cool glide- http://www.belomed.com/services_laser_coolglide.htm (Makati
clinic, Morato and Podium clinic)

c.Aurora - (http://www.belomed.com/services_laser_aurora.htm) (Rustans
clinic)

Laser hair reduction prices (per session):

Beard & Mustache- Doctor's Discretion with regards to pricing

Upper lip: PhP2,800

Armpit: PhP5,600

Bikini: PhP5,600

Face:PhP 8,400.00

Lower leg: PhP13,440

Nipple: PhP2,800.00

Others: PhP2,800.00

Whole leg: PhP22,400.00

[f3mm3_fatal3]

Kate Jones website: http://www.coco-puro.com.

If you're using Mozilla as your browser, it doesn't display well for some reason, use Internet Explorer instead

[stellar_077]

^ is laser hair reduction the same as laser hair removal? as in tanggal lahat?

[tomcussack]

meron ba pwedeng pang whole body? legs, chest, arms and back?

P.S. planning to join schools swim team.

[mike_s_6]

Because you don't want to shave anymore? I think that's going to cost you a lot!

[tomcussack]

how much would that cost me? di ba permanent na yung effect? does that mean no shaving anymore?

[totoolangnaman]

URL: Mendez Clinic hair removal procedure that allegedly left burn marks in her armpits and legs

At Large : She deserved it?

First posted 00:48am (Mla time) Nov 26, 2005
By Rina Jimenez-David
Inquirer News Service



Editor's Note: Published on Page A15 of the November 26, 2005 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer

THE cynical and judgmental might say that Rina Turingan Laud had it coming -- risking her health and her appearance for vanity's sake. By now, you might already know of her story, which has been carried by TV and radio news shows -- of how her legs and, to a lesser extent, her armpits were subjected to second-degree burns after she went for "laser" hair removal at the Mendez Face and Body Clinic in Makati City.

I won't be surprised if not a few viewers and listeners reacted to her story by exclaiming that she deserved it for being so "maarte" [finicky]. That certainly was my reaction when I first heard the news, and before I met Rina and her husband personally.

Granted, Rina may have been motivated by vanity, if not laziness, and perhaps foolishness in seeking the "treatment." "For convenience," she said simply when I asked what motivated her to go to the Mendez clinic. "I was sick and tired of shaving and having my legs waxed, and I wanted to get rid of my body hair permanently," she added. Also part of the attraction was the 80 percent discount "promo" offered by the Mendez Clinic for "laser" hair removal, in observance of its eighth anniversary.

What she didn't count on, certainly, was to get burnt in the process and have her legs -- "flawless," as her high school classmate, broadcaster Karen Davila, describes them -- scarred and disfigured.

* * *

LAST Oct. 6, Rina and a friend went to the Mendez Clinic to undergo "laser" hair removal. After they paid, she recounts, the clinic staff asked them if they were willing to wait or just set another appointment because the machine had overheated allegedly due to overuse. But after a few minutes, they were told the machine was functioning again and they could start with their treatment.

The attending doctor, said Rina, was Dr. Rose Delez, who began by asking how much pain she could tolerate. When her friend assured the doctor that Rina had a high pain threshold, the doctor agreed that she could probably withstand the maximum intensity, which would guarantee better results. But Rina had her fears. "I kept asking the doctor if higher intensity levels could burn my skin," she recalls. Dr. Delez, in a "mocking" tone brushed off her concerns, declaring, "Laser does not burn the skin, only hair follicles."

The doctor then began to slowly increase the intensity level of the machine, settling on intensity level 12; she started treating Rina's armpits before moving on to the latter's legs.

"After the procedure on my armpits, I felt stinging sensations which I thought were normal and which eventually went away after a while," Rina recounts in a statement. But even as the doctor was working on her legs, Rina remembers that the machine malfunctioned and they had to send in a technician to "supposedly recalibrate the machine."

This is how Rina recalls what happened next: "Towards the end of the treatment, I was already starting to feel uncomfortable because of stinging sensations all over my legs ... when it was over, I noticed the dark stripes all over my legs. When I inquired about them, Dr. Delez replied, 'Namumula 'lang 'yan [Iit's just turning red],' to which I did not agree for they looked brown to black." When Rina expressed fears that she had been burned, the doctor retorted: "'Di ba sabi mo i-maximum ko, kasalanan mo 'yan. [Didn't you tell me to use the maximum? It's your fault]." This the doctor would repeat many times that afternoon.

* * *

AS the minutes ticked by, the burning pain in Rina's legs only intensified, her cries bringing another doctor to look in on her. When she demanded that they call Dr. Joel Mendez himself, they tried to delay as long as they could until Rina herself limped out of the room to the front desk to demand that she be allowed to talk to Mendez. Mendez then instructed the staff to put topical anesthesia and an aloe vera mask/peel on her legs.

Rina says she was also shocked to find that the clinic did not even have basic first aid medication, and it took the staff 30 minutes to buy the topical anesthesia from a drug store. When her cries became louder as the pain increased, Rina was transferred to an enclosed room so that the other clients would not hear her.

Dr. Mendez, whose face adorns his clinic ads, showed up at the clinic 45 minutes later.

* * *

WHAT alarms and offends Rina, as well as her husband, is that even as she was transferred to another room, the clinic staff continued to administer "laser" treatments "as if nothing happened." Rina's friend had to point out to Dr. Mendez how insensitive it was of them to continue the treatment "without bothering to find out what truly transpired or checking for any malfunctions in the machine ... if only to appease us, the aggrieved customer." The staff finally put a stop to the treatments, but continued accepting prepayments for later procedures.

When the pain subsided, says Rina, she contacted her cosmetic surgeon who told her to proceed to the Cardinal Santos Hospital. Dr. Mendez followed them to the hospital and instructed Dr. Barba to ride with them to Cardinal Santos. He also contacted Dr. Cathy Velez, the supplier of the machine, to meet them.

In fairness, Dr. Mendez offered to shoulder all the expenses Rina has incurred, although in a statement, he insisted that the procedure done on her met the highest medical standards. But Rina has proof of the botched procedure: her once-fair and smooth legs now bearing dark, unsightly "zebra stripes." "I can't even wear mini-skirts anymore!" exclaims Rina, a slim, fair, athletic mother of three. And for good measure, not only will her scars remain for at least a year, that is, if her doctors ever succeed in removing them. Neither will she be able to shave nor wax her legs in the meantime.

[mike_s_6]

Dude, who was spreading that word that she deserved it? I bet it's the clinic management themselves. That's utterly stupid. I'm having the IPL treatment at Godiva for about 6 treatments now and I'm telling you, unless there's some clinical malpractice, you shouldn't get burns.