Hi Vicki…
lefty2g,LE, CPE’
(OOPS… MY CAPS LOCK KEY IS STUCK) IF YOU READ THIS SITE FOR A WHILE YOU WILL NOTICE A COMMON THREAD THAT RUNS THROUGH EVERY ENTRY. IF IT IS FROM A PATIENT… THEY WANT AND EXPECT RESULTS YESTERDAY because they pays their money but do not want to think about their chances of success or the variable ability of the electrologist that treats them… NO MATTER HOW MUCH THEY READ OR HEAR ABOUT ELECTROLYSIS THERE IS NO WAY TO MAKE THEM UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS that delivers either of the VARIOUS MODES OF TREATMENT AND/OR… THE EXPLAINER IS NOT ADEQUATELY KNOWLEDGEABLE TO EVEN TRY TO EXPLAIN IT. ALL ENTRYS ARE PUT THERE IN GOOD FAITH, HOWEVER, NOT ALL OF THEM WERE AT THE TOP OF THEIR CLASS IN SCHOOL AND MOST NEVER WENT TO ELECTROLYSIS SCHOOL BECAUSE THERE ARE NONE IN MANY STATES AND THERE IS NO LICENSING in many more states. However, none of the patients have any inkling of the fact that while they comprehend the concept of anagen, catagen and telogen, they have to understand when a hair normally is rubbed off or wiped of by a towel the replacement will not show up for many months. THEREFORE, THERE ARE MANY HAIRS UNDERNEATH THE SKIN THAT ARE IN THE PROCESS OF REPLACING OTHER HAIRS THAT WERE REMOVED BY VIGOROUS WIPING OR RUBBING.
Patients discuss all of the modalities, all of the various types of machines and believe all of what they say because their electrologist told them so. The fact is electrolysis is only one modality. Most treatments are done with THERMOLYSIS or a version of thermolysis called PHOTOTHERMOLYSIS (LASER). The princple is the same with each, “cooking” BECAUSE HEAT IS THE BASIS FOR EFFECTIVENESS WHEN DELIVERED TO THE RIGHT LOCATION IN THE RIGHT QUANTITY FOR THE RIGHT LENGTH OF TIME. Electrolysis is a chemical reaction that is much slower and much too slow for patients who want results “yesterday”.PAIN IS A “PERCEPTION”, CONSEQUENTLY, NO TWO PATIENTS WILL FEEL THE SAME WITH THE SAME SETTINGS BECAUSE THEY CAN HAVE DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OF WATER IN THEM WHEN TREATMENT IS GIVEN AS IN PRIOR TO MENSES. AND THIS VARIES FROM PATIENT TO PATIENT AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAD SALTY FOOD THAT DAY PRIO TO TREATMENT WHICH WILL ALTER THE FLUID RETENTION AND THE DEGREE TO WHICH THEY PERCEIVE PAIN. THERE ARE SO MANY VARIABLES THAT IT IS A MIRACLE HOW EFFECTIVE THE PROCESS IS WHEN DONE BY AN EXCELLENT OPERATOR.
All methods are best for small areas because you can see results faster when you concentrate on a single small area. When the patient learns how effective the process can be it is their decision to continue. If it is not effective it is the problem for the electrologist. If the patient continues to grow hair and it spreads to additional areas it is a problem for the doctor, particularly if there are additional symptoms that have a gynecologic basis.
I find it ridiculous that patients and electrologists are ready to argue about the make of the needle, whether it is gold plated or not or the machine used because they ALL have to meet FDA standards. The standards are the same for all thermolysis machines and the same for all electrolysis machines. THERE ARE NO STANDARDS FOR GOLD NEEDLES VS STAINLESS STEEL NEEDLES BECAUSE THEY ARE THE SAME EXCEPT FOR POTENTIAL ALLERGIES (>9) MY CAP KEY IS STUCK AGAIN, THEREFORE THE PERIOD COMES OUT AS ( > )
Ive looked around the net but cant find too much information on the machine (apart from being mentioned on here 
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