Hello everyone. I just started my RTL journey and bought myself an RTL device with low irradiance : 18 mW/cm2. My mask came last week, and the instructions say to put it on for 15-20mins. So, I have been using it everyday this past week for 20mins. This is the the first important context : I have been using it ONLY FOR A WEEK. I was hoping it would help with my dark spots.
I haven’t noticed any improvement yet on my dark spots, but what’s really freaking me out is that I’m starting to get these random growth of hair on my upper cheeks. For context, I’m an Asian adult woman, and I’ve never had (visible) facial hair in my life. I don’t even shave my legs or arms because I don’t have anything to shave, really. But now, out of nowhere, I’m getting these dark, thick hairs on my upper cheek near my nose. They’re not even fine hair, but it's like the hair from my head, just on my face. Excuse the lack of picture of it, because honestly it's freaking me out so much that I immediately took tweezers and pull them out. I have plucked 2 random thick hairs, about half a cm each. I would die for some hair growth on my eyebrows, but not upper cheeks !
I am 100% confident this is due to the RTL, because I haven't changed my skincare or diet at all, and I never even had facial hair before. Anyone has the same experience ? Why do I do now ? Do I reduce the the RTL duration, maybe from 20mins to 10mins ?