Waxing vs. Laser hair removal

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I've been having my legs waxed since I was in high school, with increasingly bad results. I can no longer seem to find a good beautician anywhere and am always sent home with way too many missed hairs, followed by socially unacceptable regrowth within 10 days (waxing is supposed to result in 4 to 5 weeks of blissful hairlessness). The process is painful, expensive and means that my outfits are perpetually dependant on whether I have had time to get a wax that week or not, all in commitment to that holy grail life of hair-free legs (years of waxing supposedly leads to minimal hair regrowth). But that life continues to elude me. 

This week, I flipped the script and booked into Laser Clinics Australia for a course of full leg laser hair removal. I'm at the tail end of a course of underarm laser there, with fantastic results, so am very much looking forward to a future which does not involve frantic last-minute trips to the waxer, or pangs of guilt following a desperate pre-red carpet shave ("great, now I've just undone the positive work of at least three waxes!"). The staff are always professional and knowledgeable (I've visited three different Laser Clinics Australia locations and have found the standard high across the board) and there are frequent sales, which allow you to stock up on a bunch of laser sessions to use at your leisure.
The process is fast, simple and honestly, painless. It is recommended that you shave frequently in the weeks leading up to your appointment and you must do so in the 24 hours before it. As legs are a large area, your Laser Clinics Australia technician will draw a grid on them with highlighter, then give you a pair of sassy sunglasses to protect your eyes. The machine follows each laser pulse with an immediate blast of cool air, so you experience a repeated hot-to-cold sensation as the technician works quickly up and down your legs. The settings are gradually turned up at each of your appointments - my underarm sessions are now at a point that sometimes stings a little, but it is FAR less painful than waxing.
All in all, it means one less thing to be restricted by when getting dressed, is cheaper in the long run and I cannot recommend it enough!

April xx