About to Embark on my Electrolysis journey.(UK)

Hair Removal Methods Professional Electrolysis
#1

Hi Guys,

I have booked my first electrolysis session for next week, i found her number from the British association of Electrolysis. She has 15 years experience and will be using the Appilus senior. Also she is the only one within an hours journey so it makes sense to try her out.Unless anyone else can recommed someone in the Manchester/Liverpool area (UK)

Anyway just want to give you a bit of background info as i planning on posting my progress here, basically i have been having laser on my upper lip/chin/jawline for the past 4 years. It has helped reduced the coarse dark hairs by about 25% but not a massive difference. I had the odd fine black hair on my cheeks which was treated ( i now know that these should have been left alone) but now the hairs on my cheek seem to have tripled. These are the ones i want to get rid of first.

There is still some hair on my chin/jaw but at the minute this is not my main concern(as i do shave these too) as the cheek hairs are becoming a lot more noticeable and i will NOT shave my cheeks and i have read plucking them will lesson the effect of electrolysis. I really hope she can do something for me as i am starting to feel like a freak. I can see people have a quick glance when they are talking to me and all i want to do is run away and hide. I do have PCOS confirmed by an endo at the hospital, and borederline testosterone levels.

I feel like the hair controls me so much, the thing that breaks my heart the most though is when my son who is 5, tries to touch my face affectionatley, i have to pull away and have ended up shouting at him and he doesnt understand why. I cant stand the thought of people touching prickly hairs on my chin.
Every aspect of my life is affetced, i cant wear my hair tied back, i hardly ever go out, i hate the dentist as the light shining on my face will show the hairs in their glory, i talk with my head down all the time, i have lost all my confidence in ever having another relationship.I just wish i could be normal again.

After reading the positive stories on here it has given me hope that it will work on me. I will commit to whatever i have to, as long i can start having a life and instead of existing start living again.

I will keep you updated x

#2

Hope it goes well for you :slight_smile:

#3

Do you have a lot of peach fuzz? Look forward to your reading your journal. Good luck and welcome to hairtell.

Dee

#4

Hi Northern lass, welcome to the forum it is so sad to read how unwanted hair growth impacts your life, for every electrologist these are familiar stories. However I look forward to reading your up dates, and hopefully it won’t be long until you start seeing a difference and a living ‘hairfree’ life

#5

Hi there fellow northern lass here… I’ve just PM’d you with a recommendation in Manchester area and some other info

#6

Hi everyone,

just an update, been this morning for my first electrolysis session, and it went really well. The lady was lovely, her room was spotlessly clean.
So we did half and hour on the cheeks - fine black hairs - she used the blend method on Apilus senior. I can say that i felt very little pain at all, no resistance or plucking was felt when she removed the hair. I was pleasantly suprised and think laser is 100 times worse for the pain. She applied aloe vera and witch hazel and told me to continue this until tomorrow.
She wants to see me in two weeks as she doesnt think there will be enough hair in one week!

Seriously thugh i have no redness at all, is that normal? She said it should be a little red for an hour or two but my skin looks normal. I will apply tea trea oil tonight as suggested though.

So all in all a great first session, i will keep you updated x

PS - even though i was totally happy with the treatment should i still look round at other electrologists? No one else within a 50 mile radius has an apilus though?

#7

Hmmm… I’m curious to know why she used the blend method if she has an Apilus Senior. Well, regardless, it all sounds fine.

It’s quite often normal for redness to die away very quickly. Mine was gone within the hour. I’m not sure if Blend is supposed to be more comfortable and more precise with the Apilus Senior but if so, then it makes sense that there would be less irritation.

There doesn’t sound like any reason to shop around. Especially if the treatment goes as she predicts.

#8

It doesn’t hurt to try someone else just so you have a basis for comparison.

No redness is good. Whatever redness is there right after the treatment should go away within an hour or so. As long as you didn’t feel plucking, you should be good.

#9

any updates on this?