Hi - I’m a complete beginner, and worse I’m asking on behalf of my wife. I posted on cosmeticenhancements and got some good info from blink. My wife has sparse hair on her upper lip and chin and has been wanting to get it taken care of for years. I know electroloysis is the way to go since she doesn’t have too much hair.
I’m thinking about setting aside some money to get her started on the treatments, and give her a short list of people to go and meet to see if she’s comfortable with them. Blink suggested an apilus machine with thermolysis.
We are in the southwest Chicago suburbs. I’ve looked, and can’t find many recommendations for our area. The one I had been thinking of calling has a post from five years ago saying that they exist, but no other mention of it. Karen’s electrolysis in Woodridge. Anyone have any recommendations nearby? Naperville, Lisle, Woodridge, Downers Grove, Darien, Oakbrook, etc.
I appreciate the reply James, but as I said in my post, I have looked on this site, and of course being that it’s the biggest city around, I did search for Chicago and had already looked at that specific topic listing. But none of the locations listed are anywhere near us. We are in the southwest suburbs, that’s why I thought I’d give a primer by listing a few of the towns surrounding us. I understand with not being from this area you might not be familar with the layout of Chicago. Niles is an hour away when there isn’t bad traffic or construction, and it’s pretty much the same story with downtown Chicago. There are dozens of locations within 25 miles of us that somebody on this board must know something about, so I was really hoping for some suburban recommendations. If not, I’ll just start calling around to ask them questions.
Although I don’t know the lay of Chicago as well as Andrea might, I am familiar with the sheer hell that is driving through Chi-town. (My mother thinks I am on a mission to drive in every hellish city on earth )
Hopefully, you can get some feedback. Maybe some friends of ours will speak up as well.
I hope that your wife is wanting the treatments. Most electrologists will want to make sure that the client wants the treatment and is not being pressured by someone. It is important - one reason is compliance to aftercare and following hair removal recommendations between clients.
“electroloysis is the way to go since she doesn’t have too much hair” It doesn’t really matter how much hair - electrolysis is better than all the other methods of hair removal.
“setting aside some money” For the areas and amount of hair you describe, MOST people don’t need to save money ahead of time, but simply budget $30 or $40 dollars a month to get started. As the treatments progress, less time and money is involved.
I hope that you won’t require that she select an electrologist from a recommendation found on BLINK.
Look, I don’t mean to start some flames here, but this really rubs me the wrong way. I was very clear from the beginning that my wife has been talking about doing this for years. Your comments about hoping that she wants this and that she shouldn’t be pressured into it are borderline disrespectful. Nobody ever said anything about a specific electrologist recommendation except for me. Blink is a person who is well known on another board and suggested a specific machine and type of treatment to ask about, not a specific person to go see. I never said anything about requiring her to pick a certain person or a certain treatment. I’m trying to be a loving husband helping my wife out with something she complains about very frequently that affects her self esteem, and your comments are very unprofessional. I’m glad you think your choice of profession for hair removal is the best, but I’m already here. I don’t need to be evangalized to.
I made a simple request for help with finding some recommended electrologists in the southwest Chicago suburbs and so far have gotten nothing, except now I’m upset. I really hope you don’t treat all beginners this way, much less speak this way to your own potential patients. I know I’d walk right out the door.
If anyone would like to make a recommendation of who to talk to, that would be very appreciated. If not, please do not reply. I can’t deal with elitist behavior and will not reply to trolls.
There are many skilled and wonderful electrologists who use machines other than an Apilus and many who use other modalities. Although I use an Apilus Platinum most of the time, I have had Fishers and Gentronics and Silhouette Tones used on me by colleagues and have been very pleased. It is very stressful having unwanted hair and to be limited to a technique and specific machine in your search can be frustrating however the suggestion made (Apilus/Thermolysis) is a good one and noted with good intentions. This was suggested most likely because techniques can be administered where tissue trauma and discomfort can be minimized. Your wife can use anesthetic to address the ouch factor and use tea tree oil, witch hazel and maybe even some bacitracin for the aftercare to help promote faster healing.
I hope that you will meet with electrologists in your area for the free consultation that most of them offer. Perhaps your wife can get a sample or short treatments and then decide whom she wants to hire.
You can find Chicago area electrologists listed on this site or visit the American Electrology Association at electrology.com
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I am familiar with the northwest suburbs of Chicago, but not the southwest suburbs, so you will have to look at this list and decide who arrange consults with. I understand the traffic and construction thing and why you want to keep it closer to home, as I never seem to escape the headache of getting around when I’m in Chicago.
I believe something was lost in translation. Barbara, and other electrologists see quite a few people that are not as motivated to get hair removed as their mothers and spouses are, and it never works out. Not knowing your situation and past feelings and level of knowledge about electrolysis, she (Barbara) was trying to give some helpful advice, as you are not the person who will be feeling the sensation or making the effort to stay on a schedule, which can test the perseverance of one’s soul. She knows that permanent hair removal can be difficult and the less obstacles to overcome, the better. We are not about making people angry, but sometimes that can be out of our control, not matter what is said or how it was intended.
If no one knows about this website who is pleased with their electrolysis care in the southwest suburbs of Chicago, then there will be no answer to your question as to who is good. You then have the hard job of figuring this out on your own. I gave you a partial list from the American Electrolysis Association. Not all electrologists belong to the AEA and you should know that just because they are not members doesn’t mean they are not highly skilled and give incredible results. I am sorry that I can’t give some names for this area, but at least you live in area that has many, many electrologists to choose from.
If anyone can please respond to our dear Zenisu, please help out!
Look, I don’t mean to start some flames here, but this really rubs me the wrong way. I was very clear from the beginning that my wife has been talking about doing this for years. Your comments about hoping that she wants this and that she shouldn’t be pressured into it are borderline disrespectful. Nobody ever said anything about a specific electrologist recommendation except for me. Blink is a person who is well known on another board and suggested a specific machine and type of treatment to ask about, not a specific person to go see. I never said anything about requiring her to pick a certain person or a certain treatment. I’m trying to be a loving husband helping my wife out with something she complains about very frequently that affects her self esteem, and your comments are very unprofessional. I’m glad you think your choice of profession for hair removal is the best, but I’m already here. I don’t need to be evangalized to.
I made a simple request for help with finding some recommended electrologists in the southwest Chicago suburbs and so far have gotten nothing, except now I’m upset. I really hope you don’t treat all beginners this way, much less speak this way to your own potential patients. I know I’d walk right out the door.
If anyone would like to make a recommendation of who to talk to, that would be very appreciated. If not, please do not reply. I can’t deal with elitist behavior and will not reply to trolls. [/quote]
Please accept my apology for coming across the wrong way. There was absolutely no disrespect intended. It wasn’t clear to me that your wife WANTED treatments, and I was just suggesting that she needs to want this. As for BLINK - it is obvious that I assumed BLINK was another search engine like GOOGLE and BING - in fact I was thinking BING…
I believe it is important for consumers to know what to look for when seeking treatments - otherwise I would not have written the article found at http://www.electrology.com/consumer/selecting_electrologist.html. Thank you to Arlene and Dee for saying what I intended to say - but in better words.
Don’t stay under that bridge too long. We need your help here when ever you can spare the time. You are one of the the skilled, experienced electrologists out there, Barbara, that we say exists and your advice is unvaluable!
Thank you - I do appreciate the help. I think I might have seen the list on the AEA website earlier, but didn’t go through it fully and promptly lost it. I’ve only called one person so far, but she’s very close, seemed nice, is licensed and certified for 20+ years, just happens to use an Apilus Platinum, and has decent prices for Chicago. Of course all that really matters is that my wife is comfortable and trusts her, so my take on it is irrelevant. One consultation isn’t enough, so I’ll copy off all the ones close to us and give the list to my wife.
Barbara - I’m sure I was much too harsh last night. I inferred far too much from the words you chose. It’s very difficult to gauge someone’s intent when they’re either asking for or giving advice online and you haven’t spoken to them before. I do apologize for that, and I understand the point you were trying to make. I looked through the article you wrote, and I think it will help my wife quite a bit since neither of us really know anything about electrolysis. It looked to be very well written and I bookmarked it so I can send it to her later.
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