Hello! My name is Rubie Arruda (they/them) and i am raising money for me and Faith Turner (they/them) to get laser hair removal. Faith and I would split the funds 50/50 and put anything donated toward getting the procedures done. Each session would cost around $150 dollars and it takes around 12 sessions for the effects to be permanent and even then we might still have to go back from time to time to get touch ups. If you aren’t familiar with the process, a technician uses a laser to blast light into hair follicles, which the melanin in the hair absorbs. The absorbed light generates heat and burns the follicle, preventing regrowth. Because melanin is so important in the process, darker thicker hair tends to have a higher success rate, which is why there is variance across treatment outcomes.

For me (Rubie), the reason why I'm seeking to get this procedure done is for a couple of reasons but the main and most pressing is negating the dysphoria i feel daily from having facial hair. Gender affirming care has been life saving for me. I am about 4 years on estrogen and it has given me everything I could ever want and more. I feel so much more confident being myself and most importantly loving myself. Unfortunately, just HRT does not stop facial hair growth entirely and laser is required to reduce it to next to nothing. It would be a huge moment for me in transitioning to be able to get laser so i don't have to see a constant dark shadow on my face. I cannot thank anyone who donates enough for supporting me (and faith) in this, regardless of whether you donate to the goal id love it if you could share this on social media or to friends. Thank you all so much.

Hi! I’m Faith, and I’m asking for help with gender affirming care costs for laser hair removal.

My transition has been long and winding, and I ultimately decided to come off testosterone after 4.5 years on it. I loved every minute of it! That medicine served its purpose, and coupled with nearly a decade of cognitive, behavioral and exposure therapy, I am so happy to be able to say that I reached a big milestone in my gender and mental health goals in August of 2025. I have healed a great deal of my self image, my gender dysphoria, my lifelong relationship with compulsive anxiety, and I am happy to be me. I am still entirely wholly nonbinary, as I have identified throughout my entire transition, but my new goal is to pursue laser hair removal to navigate the world easier- financially and socially. Being Theo was a beloved part of my life, but to put it flat, I do not wish for facial hair. It was a part of HRT that I did not necessarily want (hormones are unpredictable) and the pros outweighed the cons at the time. I now work in a very binary field, and the daily constant upkeep of my facial image to swing feminine is taxing. If you can sympathize with or relate to how navigating the world with facial hair when presenting with feminine traits can be very difficult, I ask for your help to cover the costs for laser. My lifelong best friend and I are tackling this together, so the money will be split between Rue and I. It would cover a year’s worth of treatments for each of us, which is about the number of treatments for a successful result, though it varies among people.

Thank you all so so much for reading this we both cannot thank you enough for taking time out of your day to read our stories. Love you all so much.

Faith and Rubie