Got my first laser session scheduled in a few weeks! Tbh I’m feeling kinda nervous since it’s permanent and, unlike HRT, it’s not gradual (well, it is, but hopefully each session should have a noticeable effect, so it’s abrupt in that sense), so it’s not like I can just “dip my toes into it” and stop if I don’t like it; if after that first session I decide I actually don’t want it, then that’s still gonna be a bit of my beard gone forever. But on the other hand, I really want it gone. I’m blursed with dark hair and pale skin, so while that means that laser should be effective, it also means that no matter closely or recently I’ve shaved it’s always visible, and I realized I haven’t seen my own face without some kind of beard shadow in over a decade. So yeah, I’m pretty excited for laser. The downside is that I have to avoid all sun exposure on my face.