Tell us about your experience with Body Hair?

In one word? Horrible. At least it used to be anyway. I’m an Arabic woman, for many of us this means that body hair tends to affect us earlier than others.

 

I feel my case was more drastic than the rest. I remember in school the kids used to call me cruel names and that just got worse during puberty.

That sounds really hard, how did it affect your self-esteem?

I don’t think I had any at that age to be honest. I was always more sensitive than the rest of the kids, so it used to really get to me.

 

I used to sit up with Mum and talk about options and she would tell me that this was the way god made me and I should learn to love myself for it. In hindsight she couldn’t have been more right!

 

I learnt a lot about myself during that time; I found strength that I didn’t know I had, I learned to love myself for who I was and as I entered into my adult years, learnt I had more options than I was even aware of.

 

When did you start treating your hair?

I was about 20 I think. Here’s the thing about hair treatments, I didn’t decide to make a change because I was still insecure, but because I knew that this was something that bothered me for so long. I had come so far, why not go that extra stretch to really secure my own happiness?

 

Absolutely, is that when you discovered Philips Lumea?

Correct, and I wish I had discovered it even sooner! Hair treatments tend to be quite costly and it always feels like you’re putting your confidence in someone else’s hands, that can feel like quite a terrifying experience. Philips Lumea gave me complete control, I rediscovered so much of my confidence that I thought I’d lost many years ago. Thank you Philips.