Bishop's Electrolysis in Richmond Hill, Ontario

Hair Removal Methods Professional Electrolysis
#21

If yo have curly hair, then the importance of seeing the electrologist when the hairs are in early anagen (brand new growth) is highlighted all the more. Get a first clearance, preferably with thermolysis and then go in as new hair emerges when it is straight in the follicle. The longer you leave the new hair alone to grow, the curvier it will get. Blend is fine, but so is thermolysis when you have the right approach and good timing to get the hair while it is straight in the follicle.

The best epilators are the newest generations of computerized brands and some brands offer higher advantage over other brands. Glamrad??? Never heard of this, but the true test lies with skill, sensation, skin reaction and speed. So evalute for yourself.

#22

It sounds like you are confused on the name of the machine since “Glamrad” pulls absolutely nothing on Google. If it’s an actual brand, that wouldn’t be the case.

#23

No, I said it was called “Glamread” not Glamrad. I also google searched it and cannot find anything on it. This is the name it says on the machine. When I asked her what it was called, she said it wouldn’t be known here because it was a machine from England, so she didn’t exactly give me a name. I just looked at the machine myself and found a Glamread label.

Another note, she does use thermolysis and she said her microscope is like Bishop’s. Another note, she said that I am not to shave or touch the area in between treatments. I thought shaving was one of the few hair removal techniques that you could do during electrolysis?

Also, I am not sure if Bishop’s has updated her machine. I will ask her about this the next time I see her.

#24

Some small company or even one person who is an engineer probably made this machine. Anyone who is in-the-know can make a simple machine that will destroy hair growing tissue, but they can’t duplicate the intricacies and components of the big companies like Dectro, Silhouet-Tone and Instantron to name a few.

If your person has skill and you heal well in between treatments, then you will get permanent hair removal. They even may be able to keep treatment comfortable. You need to give her a chance and then assess things like sensation level while receiving treatment, skin condition afterwards. Observe if the hair is releasing well after the follicle is treated.

All I can offer you is my personal opinion about the benefits I have witnessed using the better brands of computerized professional epilators available today in 2008. Along with surgical magnification, proper lighting and SKILL, you would be hard-pressed to have better treatment with lesser known equipment that may be very old?

Shaving or clipping is recommended between treatments. It helps you disguise your hair problem until the electrologist can catch up with hair growth cycles and it helps the electrologist identify active hairs as oppossed to inactive hairs that we can’t really affect anyway. The benefits of shaving and clipping are well documented and defined in electrolysis books. We learn about this at accredited electrolysis schools and continuing education courses. You don’t want to shave with a blade-type razor until the area is healed after electrolysis. An electric shaver would be best to use a couple days after, depending on your healing. That’s why you want someone that can “kill” the hair without leaving you with scabs and such, so you can shave, if you need to.

It is possible to “kill” hair, leaving all the action of healing below the skin while leaving the surface of the skin looking as if nothing happened at all! Now we are back to the simple concepts of skill and combinig that skill with expert use of good equipment.

Give your Glamread lady a chance, but do check out other electrologists and compare all work.

Dee

#25

Hey everyone!

Since the consultations (3 and 4 weeks ago), no hair has grown back in the areas treated. Is this the length of the cycle of hair growth, or are the hairs not growing back?

Thanks!

#26

“No” to the first question and I would say, “maybe” for the last question.

If hairs that were treated were all in the proper stage of growth and the correct levels of energy and timing was used, then they are probably gone forever. If the hairs treated were not all in the growth phase, then they were only weakened and will back in 6-16 weeks. So stay on a schedule and get the NEW hairs as they pop forth in the next several weeks when they are weak.

#27

Remember, the only way to know if this treatment were successful would be to take a picture of the area Before Treatment, and then now, After Treatment, and then wait until NEXT YEAR and take a Final After Picture and compare the three pictures. This would tell you how effective ONE TREATMENT of electrolysis was.

This is why there is a little faith one has to have in one’s practitioner. One could not really know how good that person’s work was for a year, if one did only one treatment.

If one continues to go to someone, one will know in about 3 to 6 months.

#28

Curly hair follicles do not straighten. They are genetically that way. The blend is the most effective way to deal with curved hair follicles. Shaving helps the electrologist clear faster. But generally 80-100 hairs / 30 min is a good rate. I charge 60.00/hr. 68.00 is high.

#29

Electrologist18,

I wont argue about much you’ve stated but I will make a point regarding rates.

Comparing prices from one electrologist in one location to another in a completely different location, is an apples and oranges comparison. Put simply they would have different expenses, and therefore different rates.
As an example of this, where I am in ottawa, we have some of the highest costs for space in the country. To put it into perspective, a 1 bedroom apartment goes for $1000 a month locally. I wouldnt therefore expect an electrologists price to be the same as one in Richmod hill where the same apartment can be had for $500 a month. Locally here electrologist rates vary beteeen $85 and $110 an hour.

Seana

#30

Just a few comments here:

It is advantageous to treat early anagen curvy hairs because they are straight in the follicle when they are barely new. They are easy to affect. Thermolysis is effective, too, if certain strategies are incorporated. I have done many cases and strategically mastered thermolysis is deadly and the best thing is, more hairs can be removed per hour with thermolysis. I don’t dispute the value of blend for any case. It is a miracle modality that is fun to use and is highly valued. I used it today on a woman’s widow peak and always marvel when I see the white foam peaking out of the follicle.

Sixty-eight dollars per hour is very low, actually. Seana made some good points about price.

If one chooses to scope out as many electrologists as possible BEFORE they decide on who they will give their trust and money to, one will find vast differences. Quite interesting. Some charge too little for their setup and skill level and some charge too much for their setup and level of skill. Hopefully, most are charging just right.

I have come to the understanding that if a client can refrain from shaving, then I prefer that they not shave so the greatest number of hairs can be present. The hair can be treated in any stage of growth when they can be be seen coming out of the follicle, so if an Electrologist has the endurance to do several hours in a single session, the client can make real progress, which in turn, will make the client real happy.

If a client insists on shaving, I can still deal with that just fine and they will still get finished somewhere in that 9-18 months time frame.

#31

I will definitely check Bishops out! thanks for the feedback!