Complete novice - machine for home use

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#1

Hi everyone

So I was thinking of purchasing an Apilus machine for learning on at home with a view to hopefully being able to do this in the future when my home life settles down :slight_smile: Feel like Im running out of time at 42 though!!! Was thinking of the Platinum Pure but see its now been discontinued :frowning:

It looks like I canā€™t actually even purchase one for home use though since I am a complete novice and even getting spare parts etc might be tricky if they need to see your electrologist certificate.

Could anyone suggest a nice, easy to use and understand, complete beginner machine that I could learn on as I go please? I have a lot of books etc that I am slowly working through to understand how this all works. Im in New Zealand and I have seen a Blend Epil 2B machine. It looks very old fashioned compared to the Apilus machines with lots of knobs etc! I know its all about the user and not the machine but this machine scares me as its looks fiddly with all the individual dials and settings.

Also what are the most essential basics I would need to work with as well - lighting, eyewear, etc. Any brand names you could recommend would be great. It frustrates me no end how hard my country makes it for me to learn this as a trade!!! I donā€™t want to give up but my goodness it seems like I need to travel to the end of the earth to do any course for it!

Any advice would be very much appreciated!!!

Thanks

#2

If you decide to buy an apilus machine and end up needing service or parts, I will happily help you out.
In fact, itā€™s a sure thing you will require parts, I go through quite a few probeholders in the course of a year ( damned expensive for what they are, and degrade frequently and quickly). You will need to know the voltage in New Zealand to order the right type of machine. I just checked my SM-500 and it does NOT have a switchable power supply.

Youā€™ll want some optics, for this, and some here might argue this, I would recommend a circle lamp magnifier. For DIY work they are fine, can be had on the cheap, and in magnifications from 2.5-8x ( I use an 8x in my office) . Loupes would be a step up from that, the issue here is good loupes are expensive and out of reach of a DIYā€™er. Orascopics go for around $3000 CDN which is out of even my budget.

Good accurate tweezers. For this I recommend Peer Vigour 3C tweezers ( sold as peer swiss brand at Texas Electrolysis Supply for $17USD) . Speaking of TES, they are one very viable source for repairs and spare parts, and they DEFINITELY dont check your certificate.I dont believe Skip Mahler at Instantron would give you a hard time over it either, and instantron machines are amoung the very best in the world.

A supply of nitrile gloves.

A home pressure cooker/canner works fine as a DIY sterilizer for tweezers , not recommended for commercial work!

Hope this helps!

As a side note, this discussion belongs over in the DIY section!
Seana

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#3

Thanks Seana. Youā€™re a wealth of knowledge. Really appreciate it.

Iā€™ll check out voltage - hadnā€™t thought about that.

Is there a website electrologists use where they sell their machines if they update? Iā€™ll check out eBay and any others. Otherwise will phone Dectro for their new prices.

Sorry- just as I pushed submit I thought I could recall seeing a diy section here somewhere. Whoops! Iā€™ll check it out too.

Thanks!!

#4

the closest we have here for websites is kijiji but it wouldnt be possible to do transactions from NZ ans even if you could if your country doesnt use 110 then it wouldnt do you any good. For 220 you want european specs.

#5

Iā€™ve been watching eBay for a few months now and have seen a few Sterex Blend units sell for a reasonable price from the UK. There seem to be a few sellers willing to sell them insured and with insured postage to Australia. I assume itā€™s possible for them to send to NZ as well. This is the only brand that I see regularly available to us in the south, and I expect Iā€™ll be buying one of the next ones at a decent price. Even so, itā€™s roughly AU$700 cheaper to purchase from the UK and have it shipped over than it is to buy from a seller in Australia or NZ.

#6

Shhhhh!
Dont tell anyone I showed you this ( wink)

#7

Thanks Seana.

So I phoned the electrolysis school in New Zealand back to see if I could squeeze into next Julyā€™s intake as Im feeling a bit more settled with my diabetic daughterā€™s care ā€¦ only to find that its now permanently closed! What!!! Talk about everything working against me!!! I wonder if I would have even completed the course and got my certificate if Id gone last year as was planned. Arghh!!! This is just so ridiculous.

#8

If you are really desperate, the school I recieved my certificate from here in canada Does a ā€œdistance Learning Programā€ where you do all your theory from their provided materials then do you practical instruction with an electrologist locally. Cost was around $3000 CDN . It might be anoption if you can find someone local to do some practical instruction.

Youā€™d want to contact Phyllis Tourond at Swansons Canadian Institute of Electrolysis , I can provide you an email if you want to contact me privately.