Ah, I see. Regarding seeing a professional, electrolysis is very effective, but it requires many visits. Almost all of my underarm hair is gone thanks to electrolysis, and what little remains is responsive to IPL, so I am hopefully that eventually I will have none. It took a couple of years of electrolysis, though, but the visits were not frequent. During that time, I had some occasional hair on the neck and upper lip and electrolysis in those areas is not painful. In the underarm area, it is painful.