i decided to transition into this career path as it was a way to materially impact the lives of fellow trans people and erase boundaries that they face. It sounds dramatic, but I think of myself as less of an aesthetician and more of someone who helps improve mental health and makes you harder to discriminate against in daily life.

I am not one to impose traditional norms of femininity on anyone, but the world we live in is how it is.

I operate with a severe sliding scale payment model, which slides upwards to the extent that wealthier clients are able to pay it forward to fund free sessions for folks with less means, and downwards to the extent that it costs me money to work on someone (that is okay and everyone deserves this kind of service if they want it)

In addition to my own little practice I'm also working at another clinic which is also trans focused, and does a lot of work for folks who are prepping for lower surgeries as well as general gender affirming hair removal. This also means I work with a lot of trans dudes who are prepping for their lower surgeries, so it's not only trans fem folks

Ask me anything about hair removal

edit: Have a question in the future and this post is really old? Feel free to reply or DM me - I've been posting here for years and it's unlikely to stop until i'm a corpse

  • allthetimesivedied [they/them, she/her]
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    5 months ago

    So, because I’m poor as balls (and if electrolysis is covered by Medicaid, I’m lazy and afraid of pain), I perennially try plucking with tweezers—and I’ve almost plucked everything, before giving up each time. Besides pulling in the direction of the hair and grabbing the base as close as possible, any tips?

    What I do btw is pluck in stages—a bit every day. My logic is that the hair will start growing back in stages as well, so maintenance would consist of just plucking some baby hairs every day.

    • jwsmrz [comrade/them]
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      5 months ago

      I don't know a lot about the practical aspects of tweezing on a day to day basis. I do know how it can impact hair growth.

      Something I would caution is that tweezing repeatedly can cause your follicles to become more densely seated and potentially grow coarser hairs, and could also result in deformed follicles which will make permanent removal harder down the line. Tweezing can be described as "topical irritation" which will increase blood flow to the follicle. Hair is an evolutionary positive trait as far as our bodies are concerned, and if the hair keeps getting removed our bodies will work hard to make sure they stay there.

      That being said, plenty of people tweeze their entire life without negative impact so if that works for you, it sounds like you have a solid plan.