Hi everyone. First post here.
My question is about the balance between scarring and pitting and having enuff juice to kill the hair. I have the remnants of terminal hairs on my face from being trans. I would be ok with all the hairs that are left if they were all light and veilous (sp?). Basically so that i didn’t have to shave and my face won’t feel stubbley and the hairs will look wispy instead of brissely. So can you get this with a lower setting or is it better to go for the kill? And is it even related to pitting or does that just come from the electrologist not being careful?
Basically what i’m asking is if I tell an electrologist to turn down the power, can I lower risk of scars but still be making progress? Can electro turn a terminal hair into a veilous one? Or only kill it or not kill it?
Thanks.
I was looking up some electrology information when I came upon this page and your topic caught my attention. I am an electrologist so hopefully I can answer your questions. I don’t know you or even know what state you are in so everything I say I do with complete belief in what I say and with no gains to myself. First and most importantly, are you saying your electrologist is causing permanant pitting or scarring? If so, find another electrologist now. I understand that being transgender you obviously had a lot of facial hair so maybe, and I mean maybe one or two little permanant marks is acceptable, though I’m not even convinced of that. That being said, I must say that I have only had my license for a couple years, but live in a state the requires 1100 hours of training. Did you know in some states you do not even need a license to be an electrologist? It’s important to check into the education your electrologist had if you live in such a state. I should also say that I, in no way claim to be an expert on working with people in transition. I have only worked on a handful or two of such folks though have worked on plety of people. It was my experience that due to the large bulbs that you are going to get from such coarse facial hairs it was not at all uncommon to have the bulb break through the skin and therefore tear the skin to some degree and possibly even bleed. ALL OF THIS SHOULD GO AWAY. When I was working on transgendered individuals I was in school, so I would often see the people about a week later and any problems that had occured with the skin were no longer noticable. So, to get back to your questions. If you are saying your electrologist is causing permanant marks regularly leave and find someone more qualified. If these are temporary marks I would have to say that it could be quite common due to the size of the bulb. As for turning the heat down, the electrologist should know a basic setting for an area they are treating though of course it varies due to several factors. The main thing that you can do to find out if you are getting a good treatment is this. Your hair should not feel as though it’s getting tweezed, but you should not also be getting burned either from the heat or chemical from the treatment. Ofcourse electrolysis is uncomfortable, but there is a difference between that and getting burned. occasionally to feel a tweezed hair is normal as the electrologist is only human. Also, if the hair isn’t in the growing stage when being removed it can sort of feel a bit like a pluck as we are not getting a bulb, but a little tuft of hair. This is the case for hair that has maybe never been touched or it’s been months. The electrologists job is to find the lowest setting that your hair slides out of the follical with while not damaging the skins surface permanantly. There should be no tugging. It’s okay to speak up and let the electrologist know if you are feeling tugging as I see the client and electrologist as a team. The electrologist can either help explain why you were feeling what you were feeling or might have just been trying to find the right setting for you as initially it can take a few settings before finding one that is right for you. Terminal hair means it’s not in the growing stage, but it could have been since hair grows, rests and falls out. I am not aware of electrology causing what you referred to as terminal hairs to grow. Typically hair is going to grow due to hormones and blood circulation and medication. Anyway, I hope I in no way offend anyone, just trying to pass on my knowledge of the subject you inquired about. I do not profess to know all things electrology, just more than most lay people and wanted to help. Do not settle for sub-par electrology. I believe in it whole-heartedly when done by someone qualified. Transgendered people should be no different than anyone else in getting good, quality electrolysis. It’s out there. Good luck.I hope this helped.
). The first electrologist I used for a couple years in NYC would apply a certain amount of plucking pressure and if it didn’t come out she’d zap it again until it pulled out without feeling like it was plucked. I went to someone for a week in a different city and I noticed sometimes she would be plucking and I wondered about it, if she was just epilating those hairs.