Step 2, put the needle on a gantry (I suspect you'd need more like 5D CNC to enter the pore with the right angle) and seek and destroy hairs... As it is it saves money but not time nor skill...
goodmythical 4 days ago [-]
I have soooo many questions. Approximate hardware cost? Pain of needle? Pain of zap? How does the sensation of your machine compare to commerical applications? How long has it been since the first tests? Results from those tests? Is there some sensation that indicates having inserted to the proper depth? Is it an increase in resistance or an increase in pain? Have you used it anyhwere but the hand? Does the pain scale the same way everything else does (like the lip and chin hurt more than the arms?)
Full disclosure, I may or may not have caused some scarring having attempted to do this in a very rudimentary way with some 9volts when I thought that it was purely the heat from the electricity that we were after. This seems to be a vast improvement over the nightmare I came up with, even with the car battery as at least you've got voltage regulation.
>this board contains one or more chemicals known to the state of california to cause feminization :3 :3 :3 :3
You are a legend and an inspiration.
holistio 15 minutes ago [-]
I'm a rather hairy man and I literally don't even want to imagine the pain of going through this hair-by-hair.
I also don't see the aesthetics behind it, but I guess that's the hetero guy speaking.
Is this something that M2F trans people typically do?
Is it really this expensive? OP mentions hundreds of thousands of dollars.
kategorybee 2 minutes ago [-]
I'm a trans woman who's had a lot of electrolysis. Almost all of us get permanent hair removal on our face if we can afford it. Laser is far cheaper and quicker, but not everyone can get it since it needs specific hair and skin colour combinations.
Electrolysis on my face and neck has cost me tens of thousands. Think $100 per hour, and it taking 100-300 hours to complete typically. Full body hair removal would easily run in to hundreds of thousands, but very few people will be able to afford that.
I also don't see the aesthetics behind it, but I guess that's the hetero guy speaking.
Women are expected to not have beards, and having one or any beard shadow will get you seen as "a man" very quickly. It's both for safety, and reducing the amount of dysphoria we experience.
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stirfish 9 minutes ago [-]
Yeah, I tend to think of body hair as an adult trait, not a masculine trait. Aesthetically I see this kind of like a badass custom tattoo gun, where the tattoo is your own skin without the parts you don't like.
stavros 4 minutes ago [-]
I think she meant that going to a place to get it done for the whole body costs that much. It still sounds expensive, but who knows.
Though, I have no idea who would want to sit through something that takes ten seconds per body hair. I got a light hair removal device and it's waaaaaaaay faster and cheaper.
WillMorr 4 days ago [-]
Hell yeah. I feel like if the world ended there would be a group of trans woman with a wind powered experimental estrogen generator inside of a week.
BizarroLand 4 days ago [-]
I mean, it's just a fancy hydrocarbon, and in some form or another can be extracted from female mammal urine.
I imagine there's a way to genetically alter yeasts to make estrobeer while they're at it, with the side benefit that the alcohol would serve as a natural testosterone reducer for a double d whammy.
gizajob 51 minutes ago [-]
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hsuduebc2 35 minutes ago [-]
This is not X or 4chan mister.
gizajob 31 minutes ago [-]
Definitely a comedy-free zone, you’re right.
stirfish 6 minutes ago [-]
How would you know? You haven't said anything funny yet.
jrockway 19 minutes ago [-]
I am not sure who would find your comment funny. It's just misogyny, bro.
nixyhazel 4 days ago [-]
@y1n0 any chance that I can get in contact with you to help build my own?
I'm already up to several thousand in spend doing it the traditional way (which has been very helpful!) but it's not sustainable even on an upcoming big-tech salary.
thanks <3
hazel
AntiUSAbah 2 hours ago [-]
I did not get all the transgender references in the comments but gemini found it without issues.
Nonetheless, great thing to have this. You can have a great default 'shave', can get rid of your ear hair, the hair on your toe nails.
I need this
stirfish 30 minutes ago [-]
The hair on your toe nails??
stavros 12 minutes ago [-]
I am equal parts terrified and amazed by this. Well done, fantastic.
Kye 2 hours ago [-]
Finally, directed energy weapons for trans people.
sho_hn 2 hours ago [-]
Excellent hack, lovely write up. Learned about Embassy, which I didn't know yet. Thank you!
langfo 5 days ago [-]
Well done. Next project DIY IPL for those hair bears amongst us?
cyberax 2 hours ago [-]
In general, experimenting at home with these kinds of light intensities is NOT a good idea. Way too much risk of accidental eye damage.
A fun related story about how even nominally professionals need adult oversight when working with high powered lasers.
hsuduebc2 26 minutes ago [-]
lol, nice to know that I can go blind just randomly while working on the street.
I'm kinda curious what was sum of the damage in the end.
NetOpWibby 49 minutes ago [-]
Holy shit what a story. JFC
magic-amoeba 3 days ago [-]
…it's basically a medical device designed by an idiot…
That cracked me up!
electriclove 3 hours ago [-]
Very cool! How can I order one?
sho_hn 2 hours ago [-]
Tindie is great for this type of stuff, if OP needs a platform. Though my experience is only as a buyer.
That said, if you have a 3D printer these days the process of ordering a board with full PCBA from PCBWay/JLCPCB/Aisler and printing the case yourself is pretty easy.
rie_t 4 days ago [-]
This is very impressive... The temptation to build my own now...
mininao 5 days ago [-]
Cool
a_t48 2 hours ago [-]
based
oompydoompy74 4 days ago [-]
Hell yeah this rules
brbnode 2 hours ago [-]
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junglistguy 5 days ago [-]
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ermmm 4 days ago [-]
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danielmeskin 4 days ago [-]
This account was made solely to leave this comment, for what that’s worth to the non-bad-faith users on here.
ermmm 4 days ago [-]
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danielmeskin 3 days ago [-]
Yep! I don’t comment unless I have something useful to add to the conversation.
ermmm 3 days ago [-]
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estimator7292 3 hours ago [-]
Nah, calling out morons and assholes is always useful
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Full disclosure, I may or may not have caused some scarring having attempted to do this in a very rudimentary way with some 9volts when I thought that it was purely the heat from the electricity that we were after. This seems to be a vast improvement over the nightmare I came up with, even with the car battery as at least you've got voltage regulation.
>this board contains one or more chemicals known to the state of california to cause feminization :3 :3 :3 :3
You are a legend and an inspiration.
I also don't see the aesthetics behind it, but I guess that's the hetero guy speaking.
Is this something that M2F trans people typically do?
Is it really this expensive? OP mentions hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Electrolysis on my face and neck has cost me tens of thousands. Think $100 per hour, and it taking 100-300 hours to complete typically. Full body hair removal would easily run in to hundreds of thousands, but very few people will be able to afford that.
I also don't see the aesthetics behind it, but I guess that's the hetero guy speaking.
Women are expected to not have beards, and having one or any beard shadow will get you seen as "a man" very quickly. It's both for safety, and reducing the amount of dysphoria we experience.
(edited for formatting)
Though, I have no idea who would want to sit through something that takes ten seconds per body hair. I got a light hair removal device and it's waaaaaaaay faster and cheaper.
I imagine there's a way to genetically alter yeasts to make estrobeer while they're at it, with the side benefit that the alcohol would serve as a natural testosterone reducer for a double d whammy.
I'm already up to several thousand in spend doing it the traditional way (which has been very helpful!) but it's not sustainable even on an upcoming big-tech salary.
thanks <3 hazel
Nonetheless, great thing to have this. You can have a great default 'shave', can get rid of your ear hair, the hair on your toe nails.
I need this
A fun related story about how even nominally professionals need adult oversight when working with high powered lasers.
I'm kinda curious what was sum of the damage in the end.
That cracked me up!
That said, if you have a 3D printer these days the process of ordering a board with full PCBA from PCBWay/JLCPCB/Aisler and printing the case yourself is pretty easy.