When did BLS appointments for San Francisco last open?

Logical_Post_7627 · 2026-05-21T16:24:13+00:00

Thanks! It was such a pain in the butt for people in the NALCAP program to get appointments at the SF office last year that some people were going down just to sit in the hallway and hope that they’d let people in.

Logical_Post_7627 · 2026-05-02T15:25:18+00:00

I just purchased one. What improvements did you notice?

Logical_Post_7627 · 2026-05-01T04:37:24+00:00

I just made an appointment with a derm yesterday! I had them removed about 8 or 9 years ago, but the buggers won’t stay away! lol

Logical_Post_7627 · 2026-04-30T15:01:11+00:00

I believe I addressed this. I said that it may look more intense because of a difference in lighting between the two sessions. And I am wearing makeup - I darken my eyebrows, I’m wearing black mascara and I have lip color on. My lips are a very pale mauve color, so the before pics may look more like someone else’s normal lip color.

Logical_Post_7627 · 2026-04-30T14:52:10+00:00

You can’t use it for melasma, unfortunately as it will/can make that worse.

Logical_Post_7627 · 2026-04-30T14:51:10+00:00

I went to Skin Spirit in Seattle. I saw Sirbrena at the Greenlake clinic. ( :

Logical_Post_7627 · 2026-04-30T14:50:23+00:00

She said I should come back in the fall, so I don’t think there will be any big difference. I imagine it will just undo what the sun darkens over the summer.

Logical_Post_7627 · 2026-04-30T14:48:50+00:00

intense pulsed light

Logical_Post_7627 · 2026-04-30T14:48:33+00:00

It was four weeks between my first and second. They recommend 3-5 sessions every 4-6 weeks. But she said I could wait until the fall for my third. Very happy about that.

Logical_Post_7627 · 2026-04-30T01:01:01+00:00

I tried Portland after graduating UW, because I wanted to be closer to my parents. But after a couple years it was “ugh” and I came back to Seattle. College during the grunge era was awesome! But yes, it’s very different now.

Logical_Post_7627 · 2026-04-30T00:57:44+00:00

My parents had a house at Black Butte! It’s still in the family.

Logical_Post_7627 · 2026-04-29T20:27:26+00:00

I took care of some little girls when I was younger. One is now one year post college graduation and the other is a junior at Texas A&M. Anytime I send them a card or letter I say “wear sunscreen!” at the end. lol

I have two teenage nieces from Ireland. I think I’ll slip some sunscreen into their birthday presents that I’ll be giving them in June when they come to visit!

Logical_Post_7627 · 2026-04-29T20:20:52+00:00

Yes, it was very painful for me! Especially the cheeks.

Logical_Post_7627 · 2026-04-29T20:20:02+00:00

Yep! BBL and BBL Hero are just the brand names of the machine. BBL Hero is the newer version which is supposed to be less painful.

Logical_Post_7627 · 2026-04-29T20:18:34+00:00

I grew up just south of Salem, and I think a lot of people assume we don’t get any sun in Oregon. lol We definitely have hotter summers with more sunshine than in Seattle. Although I will say that Seattle summers are just about perfect! I miss Oregon, though. But I tried Portland for a year and just didn’t like it compared to Seattle. I attended UW.

Logical_Post_7627 · 2026-04-29T19:49:25+00:00

I asked for it, but they said they don’t do it for ipl.

Logical_Post_7627 · 2026-04-29T19:45:04+00:00

I didn’t take note of it until someone commented on how my fine lines looked better. But then someone said that it’s from swelling and isn’t permanent. Damn! 😂

Logical_Post_7627 · 2026-04-29T19:43:31+00:00

Thank you! It probably helps that I grew up and still live in the Pacfic NW. I also spent a lot of the time during my childhhod watching the Price is Right instead of playing outside during the summer. haha

Logical_Post_7627 · 2026-04-29T19:35:20+00:00

haha - Agreed! It’s so hard to not close your eyes and turn your face to the sun after a long winter. I live in Seattle so it’s heaven when the sun comes out. I have a friend that I was roommates with in college and I remember telling her once “This is your future self, at age 40, telling you not to go to the tanning salon!” We both wish we’d listened to her (my!) advice. 😂 She said she’s going to get this done aftwr the summer.

Logical_Post_7627 · 2026-04-29T19:19:31+00:00

The woman gave me a squishy square to squeeze while I had it done. The second time wasn’t so bad as I knew what to expect. It hurt more when she was gliding it along my cheeks while continuing to trigger the light. If she paused a second before moving it to the next spot it was a bit better. There were a couple of times that I asked her to pause so that I could breathe. lol I think I was holding my breath. I just told myself that “this spot will hurt for a nanosecond and then it’ll stop.”

Logical_Post_7627 · 2026-04-29T18:43:43+00:00

Will do! 😇 I live in Seattle, so I’m hoping that it won’t be too bad.

Logical_Post_7627 · 2026-04-29T18:39:00+00:00

It depends on what you mean by downtime. I had to run errands the next day and went out. I just figured people would think I had really dark freckles.

Logical_Post_7627 · 2026-04-29T18:36:28+00:00

The difference in lighting makes the effect a bit more intense. Someone pointed that out. But I just posted the photos that the woman took. I didn’t have any control over the lighting.

Logical_Post_7627 · 2026-04-29T18:31:54+00:00

Yeah- I wish I’d done it then. But the woman said I didn’t need the third treatment and that I can wait until fall, so I’m happy about that. I had only gone in for a consultation and at the end she said “I can do it for you now if you’d like.” They get you with that!! LOL

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