To Laser or not to that is the ?

Well since I have just undergone the treatment I shall let you know what it’s all about.

So for you MEN out there that follow my blogs – probably best if you tune out, go grab a beer, kick a footy around or put the telly on ‘coz I’m tippin’ this won’t be any interest to you whatsoever.

                            I like *cough cough* a lot of women my *vintage* kidding…no really.

 

Anyway this is serious. I had as we do – (PLEASE someone else put your hands up?? ) a few broken capillaries or rosacea as it’s known in the medical world, in addition to that I have what refer to as a sun spot (yes I was born in the 50’s mid to later, not earlier thank you) and I was a lover of the sun. Thought nothing of lying on my parents concrete back yard lathered in vegetable oil, baby oil or coconut oil. Digressing as I do. So after putting up with the rosacea and the flat keratosis for quite some time I had IPL treatment which is a broad band of light laser, I have 5 sessions in all. Each costing around $200aud a piece. The rosacea went away (3 cheers for me) but the keratosis (or sun spot) though faded slightly did not.

Last Friday I had (trumpet please or drum roll, which ever you have closest) “medical laser” ie a Gemini Laser was used on the rosacea and a Medlite Laser was used on the keratosis.  For those not knowing what the dickens I’m talking about the Medlite laser emits extremely short pulses of laser energy at 532nm and 1064nm and the Gemini laser emits two different wavelengths, 532nm and 1064nm each targeting different skin conditions/problems. Don’t worry I got the explanation of their website..I don’t know that much.  So what does all this tell you?

Conclusion:   The IPL though useful for hair removal and broken capilliaries did not work for my sun spot and cost me a small fortune. My face was slightly red as a result and the pain is akin to having 10 rubber bands flicked onto your face in one hit, in one small area….ouch.

The Medlite and Gemini Laser treatment cost me $275.00aud for both the sunspot and the rosacea. I took on the appearance similar to a toad fish for the first 15 minutes (but eased dramatically with the help of ice packs). The rosacea’s have vanished. The sunspot is now in the healing process and will take about a week to hopefully scab and be removed permanently. If not I have a 2nd go at it. The swelling is only slight under my eyes now and diminishing.

Pain wise I was shaking with vivid memories of the IPL rubber band treatment but the Gemini for the rosacea was a pin prick nothing more, nothing less. Mind you had quite a few of them, but my body didn’t even jolt. The Medilite was a little stronger but no jolting and no laughing gas or sedatives required.

This was a non paid medical announcement from ramblings.

Shopping Expedition

Oh hell I have reached that point in my life where well and truly (and probably a tad late in recognising the fact) or more so wanting to admit the fact, that it’s more than a nightmare to clothes shop for myself.

Today I walked round the shops with Mr S, Mr.S patiently waited outside some of the stores and also joined in the quest to find a work shirt for me. I (the majority of the time) trust his judgement when it comes to clothes, and I was simply on the trail for a light cotton/viscose short sleeve shirt to wear with a black skirt.

Do you think honestly you clothing designers and manufacturers thereof that it would be so difficult to make said shirt?

It appears so (tuts) in disgrace. Women of my vintage (sorry maturity) do not want to look like mutton dressed as lamb, nor do we want to look like we are 3 breaths away from a Nursing Home. I don’t want to bare my full arm much anymore, so I don’t want your sleeveless numbers. I don’t want a shirt that has so much elastine/spandex in it that you have to constantly pull it down to fit over your boobs, or yank on the sleeves to stop it riding up. I don’t want a shirt that has a deep round neck that doesn’t sit right. I don’t want a shirt that you can see all my torso through.I don’t want a shirt with puffy sleeves that makes me look like a potato sack.

How hard is it??? Very it seems, All I ask for was a shirt with a collar in a light summer material with short sleeves that weren’t that tight that they’d  show up any corrugation, and you didn’t have to look at my navel, without taking it off.

Then it was the mission to find a pair of nice black slightly wide leg linen pants for work, no fancy details, plain in front and back and sitting nicely on the tush area. Easy you say?  WRONG. Again OMG we had buttons, we had buttons on back pockets on the bum, we had draw string waists, we also had elasticised waists at the back and draw string at front and the piece de resistance was cargo type pockets above the knees!

Women of my (maturity) unite! Men can stroll into a clothes store, look at the pants on display – 2 choices casual or dressy and choose. Shirts also same thing – casual or dressy – all they have to worry about is the colour and pattern. Well, let me tell you we have also to contend with that.

Don’t get me started on the ‘young brand shops’ with there doof – doof booming in your ear – maybe that’s a way of scaring the oldies out as soon as they set foot in their doors. Of course the sales items where you possibly may be lucky to find something you want , but only if you are a size 6 or 8 (2 or 4 American sizes) or sizes for our lovely full – figured women.

Needless to say I walked away pant less and shirtless.

**Swear words swear words**