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Why couldn't I have been born a girl?

Clara
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My feelings exactly! I remember in middle school I would go to bed at night and wish with all my might that I would somehow wake up as a girl, or wake up and realize being a boy was just a bad dream.

-A
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I've had a few ingrown hairs over the years, the kind that become zits,...

Amanda, I, too, VERY often wished I'd been born a girl or would become one over night. Why won't wishing from the universe cause THAT to happen??

Don't disagree with the sentiment, but you'd still have to shave, epilate, wax, pluck, or burn off (chemically or otherwise) some areas of your body - just less

("I wish I'd been born a girl, with no need to shave anywhere, aging like Cindy Crawford, eat what I want, and have a nice rack,... oh and stuff those crampy things!")

I've had good luck using AHA and BHA products (e.g. Paula's Choice lotions) after hair removal... These are topical exfoliants, AHA works on the surface layer, BHA will help clear pores and follicles.
Unless you're a masochist, I don't recommend using either immediately after hair removal, it stings (a lot, and a long time) - let your skin recover first, say a day.
Apply immediately after shower; follow with a regular lotion.
Since I started using it (alternate BHA and AHA each day), I don't get ingrown hairs, shaving bumps, or blemishes. It's not perfect, it didn't cure my keratosis pilans, but it did reduce it quite a bit, and my skin is smoother for longer, and takes lotion and moisturizers better.
I also stopped using menthol, astringents, and "cooling sensation" lotions... Not good for your skin.

No idea if AHA / BHA is OK for post-laser... Please ask your clinic first!
-j