Friday, June 29, 2007

Electrolysis with Connie

Connie learned electrolysis after she transitioned from Male To Female [MTF]. Hair removal was her way of giving something highly valued back to her community. Her new skill also allowed her to escape from having to work in the male dominated, macho world of construction and the operation of heavy equipment. MtF transgenders need to under go hundreds of hours of electrolysis. Because of the long and usually very painful time spent together, Connie would come to know her clients very well. She became more than just an electrolysis technician. She would become a friend and a surrogate therapist to her clients. She would also come to know more about her clients than perhaps their own therapist would! If her clients/friends were in crisis she would take them to her home so that they would not be alone. If they didn’t have money she would still provide costly electrolysis service.

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