Guest guest Posted November 20, 2000 Report Share Posted November 20, 2000 Well, at least if it had been hickeys then I should have been having some fun but unfortunately all my hubby does is laugh when he looks at me with my Naired face !!! Maybe my next visit should be to the Shriners Burn Institute !!!! "May the last sound you hear tonight be a purrrrrrrrr" >^..^< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 20, 2000 Report Share Posted November 20, 2000 Oh , I once did the same thing! While in college us girls spent plenty of time on make-up and primping.....priorities, you know :-) Well, I had the brilliant idea to use the Nair that we had all used on our legs....to do my eyebrows, instead of plucking. Like you.....I figured out right away that that was not a good idea :-( good luck.....I hope the Aloe helps, it sounds like a good idea. tale care, Connie Subject: Aarrrgggghhhhh OK now Ive really done it !!! Im sure some of you can relate to the wonderful prednisone side effect of facial hair and if you cant, well let's just hope you dont ever have to deal with it. I have been using the new Nair for this problem about once a month for a while now with no problems. It even states on the bottle that the only places that it cannot be used is on your breasts and "down below." Welllllllllllllllll, never again !!! Saturday night I put it on and after about a minute my entire face was on fire !! I washed it off immediately and am now left with big burns all over the bottom half of my face. I look like something out of a freak show !!! Have spent the past 24 hours slathering my face with pieces from my aloe plant and it is now scabbing over. Makeup doesnt hide it either so Im staying close to home as not to scare the entire city of Orlando. & n! bsp; Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 20, 2000 Report Share Posted November 20, 2000 .....Ok, that message sure made my day. I can relate.... I had so much facial hair you would have thought I was a gorilla. I was loosing my hair on my head and gaining it on my face. I did the exact same thing you did with the exception that I left it on after the stinging started. Once I rinsed it off, the blood had come to the surface in many areas.... I looked like someone had just sucked on my whole face for hours causing HUGE hickeys.....LOL You live and you learn....aint it fun! Vicki-PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 20, 2000 Report Share Posted November 20, 2000 Okay...I could try it, but if I looked like I had hickeys all over, Von Trapp and I would be doing time... Ann-Marie ________________________________________________________________________________\ _____ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 20, 2000 Report Share Posted November 20, 2000 Ann-Marie... In your line of work....that is one thing I wouldn't try. The kids would tear you apart. Hope today was a good day for you and your looking forward to Thanksgiving. Take care, Vicki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 20, 2000 Report Share Posted November 20, 2000 , One of the side effects of taking prednisone is that not only does it cause hair growth in unusual areas and cause it to fall out in others, it makes the skin very fragile. It is NEVER a good idea to use a chemical hair remover while taking prednisone not even by a professional. Unfortunately any method of hair removal can be damaging to the skin so you have to be very careful. I would recommend Nads. You can order it through TV commercials and I think one of the home shopping channels carries it. You can go to their web sites and search for it or you can do an internet search for Nads. It was invented by a woman who had a daughter with unusually large amounts of dark body hair and she was teased terribly for it. Her mother decided to try to invent a product that would remove the hair, be all natural, and not by damaging to the skin. It is a totally all natural product that was invented in her kitchen. She is from Australia btw. I am a blonde and naturally have very little body hair, but I too have suffered with hair growth in places I never had it before. In the beginning of the prednisone use, hair was falling out of my head like crazy but thank goodness it stopped. If anything, I have more hair now everywhere than I have ever had before. I used to get the nastiest looks from other women when they heard me say that I only had to shave my underarms and legs once a week when most shave every day. Now I have to shave much more often if I feel up to it that is. The most bothersome to me is the hair on my face that I have never had before. I hope it will go away as I start to come off the prednisone. BTW, I am down to 35mg of prednisone a day now. So far so good. I definitely had a rip roaring infection and I am starting to feel much better. I am trying to take it easy so I don't send myself back into a flare. Although being too sick to go to my mother-in-laws this weekend would not be a bad thing. I am also taking 20mg of Paxil every night now. I think it has helped with the anxiety about the breathing and it has definitely helped the depression. I do have to admit that I am worried how I will do in continuing to decrease the prednisone. I really don't want to be sick during Christmas and I don't know how I can manage to get ready if I start having all that trouble breathing. It is a rather frightening thought. But again, maybe it would be good for my in-laws to see me at my worst so that maybe that might get the picture. You know the comments we here about how we look so good how could we be sick or you must be feeling much better because you look great. And in my case, she could care less how I look or feel. Oh well, maybe we can work it out that I won't have to go. We are going to spend Thanksgiving Day with my mother who is very understanding and we have a great time together, but sometime over the holiday weekend I am afraid we are going to have to make an appearance at my mother-in-laws. Gentle hugs, Fern Gentle hugs, Fern Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 21, 2000 Report Share Posted November 21, 2000 Good Morning Everyone..... Hi Fern.....I had to laugh at your hair problem.... as an Italian person... I've had my fair share of shaving, Nairing, plucking and bleaching. I did gain facial hair....which is not attractive.... but, Thank God...I lost hair off my legs and underarms which by the way has not grown back. I haven't tried the Nads but will order it. Thanks for the info. Now, I'm sooooo glad your feeling much better but I must caution you. Being on the higher dosage of Prednisone and just coming out of a cold.... your body can and will pick up anything. Your trip to your mother-in-laws house just might push you over the edge. I know how much you want to please the family but remember that your not normal..... (how's that for a butter you up statement) Please take it easy and don't do anything that might cause you to get upset. Who is closer to you... your mom or your mother-in-law? I'm so thankful I don't have to go through that any more. I had the mother-in-law from hell. Nothing was good enough for her baby. I swore that when my daughter got married I would NEVER become a mother-in-law from hell. Take care, Vicki-pm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 22, 2000 Report Share Posted November 22, 2000 To all considering NAD. My brother-in-law heard a news article about NAD. It is kind of paste that is applied and then ripped off. It is not for the face!!! I am not sure any prendisone user should try this produce. Definitely call the company and get all the info. before ordering. Please be careful. Cari --- anzavic@... wrote: > > Good Morning Everyone..... > > Hi Fern.....I had to laugh at your hair problem.... > as an Italian > person... I've had my fair share of shaving, > Nairing, plucking and > bleaching. I did gain facial hair....which is not > attractive.... but, > Thank God...I lost hair off my legs and underarms > which by the way has > not grown back. I haven't tried the Nads but will > order it. Thanks for > the info. > > Now, I'm sooooo glad your feeling much better but I > must caution you. > Being on the higher dosage of Prednisone and just > coming out of a > cold.... your body can and will pick up anything. > Your trip to your > mother-in-laws house just might push you over the > edge. I know how much > you want to please the family but remember that your > not normal..... > (how's that for a butter you up statement) > Please take it easy and don't do anything that might > cause you to get > upset. > > Who is closer to you... your mom or your > mother-in-law? I'm so > thankful I don't have to go through that any more. > I had the > mother-in-law from hell. Nothing was good enough > for her baby. I swore > that when my daughter got married I would NEVER > become a mother-in-law > from hell. > > Take care, > Vicki-pm > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 22, 2000 Report Share Posted November 22, 2000 Vicki, I would welcome ANY reason not to go to my mother-in-law's house this weekend. She is definitely not what I had in mind as a mother-in-law when I married my husband. She is a complete control freak and she cannot stand it that she thinks Bobby turned his back on her to be with his wife and children. She is also very jealous of me because my life choices have been different than hers. I have been very lucky in getting to spend lots of time with my children that she didn't and I think that eats away at her because she feels guilty. There are lots of issues, I could type all night about the last 15 years. We are going to my mother's Thanksgiving day and it will just be my mom, her husband, my sister and my family. I am VERY close to my mother. She has fibromyalgia also, so she really does understand pain and fatigue. It should be a fun, relaxing day. No one has been sick at her house, so I think I will be fine. My mother-in-law is not too happy with us right now, so maybe I will get lucky and she won't extend an invitation and then I won't have to worry about it. She did mention wanting to take the boys to a movie, but she often promises and never follows through. Needless to say, I did not tell them she offered. I will wait and see what she does so they don't get their hopes up only to get disappointed. And they will NOT be spending the night. If they go to the movie, I can give his medicine before he goes and when he comes home and it won't be a problem. We have no intention of trusting her to give him his meds and he cannot go without them so he just cannot spend the night at her house. He doesn't want to anyway. My husband has promised that if we do end up at my mother-in-laws before the weekend is over that he will be by my side. I know I can trust him to protect me and make sure I don't get upset or overdo. Thank you so much for your care and concern, it means the world to me. Gentle hugs, Fern Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 26, 2000 Report Share Posted November 26, 2000 Fern, how did your TG go? Did you have to see your mother-in-law? Vicki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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