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Help Tess defeat her facial hair dysphoria via electrolysis

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Hi! Tess here, you might know me from the internet, or as that incredibly tall woman from the last protest or house party we were both at. I've been transitioning for nearly two years now and it's made me the happiest I've ever been, but every single day, facial hair dysphoria kicks my ass. Unfortunately as a ginger I'm immune to light based therapies, which means electrolysis is my only option, but a one hour session costs as much as an entire night's pay at my warehouse job where I have to beg for shifts nightly. So, I've been putting it off for a while! Thankfully, a dear friend pointed out that I don't have to wrestle with the temptation to DIY with a hot iron on a daily basis OR struggle with this as something that I "have to do for myself", so I'm doing this gofundme so that people who want to help out, can, and she can tell me that she was right all along as usual. She always is, if you have a friend like that you should listen to them.

My technician estimates it'll take at least ten hours to clear all the dark hairs that I struggle with, so it's a modest goal of $1600, and if that somehow gets beaten then I plan to use any extra to clear some of the thicker but less noticeable blonde hairs and/or come back for the regrowth at the three month mark. And since I came out I've easily spent close to double that on razors, shaving cream, lotions to mitigate constant terrible razor burn, colour correction, foundation, and every other makeup trick to make it not look like I have a jawline made of sandpaper that's been used to rub charcoal, so this would be a rescue from the slow trickle expenditure that not being able to afford the bigger procedure constantly costs.

Also, aside from rescuing me from the grips of Big Razor, it'd be rescuing me from dysphoria. Transition absolutely saved my life, and like I said and honestly meant, I'm now the happiest I've ever been, but there's still that moment every day where I look in the mirror and see the one feature that isn't right, and have to fight the brain goblins that say that means none of it is right. I'm tired of fighting. I'm tired of only letting myself be seen when I've spent an hour correcting for it. I want to love my own face as much as I love everything else about being a woman. I want to feel the joy I waited 15 of my adult years to allow myself completed, leave the house every day with full confidence, and see nothing in the mirror but my own authentic smile.

When I'm not working nights I'm an award winning artist, so anyone who donates a whole hour of electro/$160 in one hit gets a portrait of themselves as Kirby, from videogames, or I will do one (1) act of graffiti for you in a randomly chosen city. Every single donation of any amount makes a world of difference but if you don't have the means, a signal boost could be what gets this over the line, we're all in this together and all we have is each other and it, too, would also mean the world to me <3
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    Tess O'Hardxan
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    Marrickville, NSW

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