hi everyone,
im looking into getting some electrolysis done on my hands. would someone be able to share what their skin looked like immediately after. i am unsure if my skin would look really bad the following day for work.
thanks.
Well, if the treatment is done properly, you will probably have little red bumps immediately afterwards. However, after an hour or so, they won’t be noticeable.
There was one time I had a treatment where I might have been over treated. I had little red dots/bumps for 3-5 days afterwards. That was a different electrologist to whom I only went the one time. I might have gone back and explained things but I wasn’t in the area for that long of a period of time. I believe it was a thermolysis apparatus which was computerized. It made like three beeps when she began the insertions. After the third, she would exsert(? - opposite of insert - or is that out sert???) 
Most all treatments I have had were with Blend. I did have a couple with the multi-needle system. According to that electrologist, it was the best method. I found it to be slow and very uncomfortable as those needles were stuck in and zapping for an eternity, each time.
With my previous electrologist, my skin looked pretty scary after treatments- sometimes even blood, fluids leaking from the skin, etc. I didn’t know that wasn’t normal! The skin would scab and have weird crusting also for a few days afterwards most of the time
with my new electrolist, there is redness for around an hour and very very minor swelling of the follicles (not red) that is barely noticeable. Within a few hours, it looks like nothing happened. I no longer scab or anything at all!
So, in summary, when done properly, the skin after electro should look back to normal within 24 hours max, unless you have minor scabbing, which isn’t necessarily problematic but which is not inevitable.
Having hands done is considered body work, of course. Hands are easy to do, as are the fingers, for a skilled electrologist. Expect little red bumps or dots for this area, but if they don’t happen, that’s okay, too. BRR, 3-5 days for healing if it is body work is fabulous! So, the electrologist that did your work was well within the guidelines for a normal healing outcome. Anything longer than that, fades anyway over a couple weeks.
I always ask my clients to shave or wax (just one time) before we start the fingers, hands and full arms. For those that choose to wax in preparation, we usually start treatments about 2-3 weeks after the waxing and then do full marathon sessions to clear the hair and then we keep clearing the new hair as it cycles in over the next year. Clearings get less and less and thus less expensive after the first 4-6 months. The average woman’s arms take about 20-25 hours to finish spread out over a year. It takes less time if she doesn’t want every gosh dern hair gone, but I have found that most are pointing at fine hair “that I missed” to be treated. I didn’t miss those hairs, I ignored those hairs in order to leave the arms looking natural.
Your hands would never take as long as the full arms, but this gives you some guesstimate as to how much time you need to invest when action is taken to prepare for the first clearance.
This is what an electrologist can do if she has updated to better tools. This does not reflect clearing and maintaining fingers, hands and arms using blend and straight galvanic.
I am speaking in terms using the faster forms of computerized thermolysis, such as microflash and picoflash. Also, included are the use of surgical magnification, user the autosensor mode on the epilator (no footswitch so one can sail along) and halogen or LED lighting. Throw in a DVD and the time goes by quickly.
Removing the hair from your hand will please you completely if you hook up with a modern electrologist who has skill.
Dee
thanks for the advice everyone. i have had a few laser treatments that work well as a short term fix and i am unsure if i should stay with this for a while before switching to electrolosis or make the switch now. any thoughts on this?
also, does anyone know of a good electrologist in calgary (canada) or know where i would look to find reviews of different electrologists? ive looked google and didnt find much!
thanks
Hi Aikon911, you can take a look at this site and see what you might be able to find for Calgary. - http://www.fcea.org/
I found this link on an Atlantic Canada site. Hope this helps! 
thanks. this is the best site ive seen yet for canadian cities