Concerned about electrolysis healing

Hair Removal Methods Professional Electrolysis
#1

Hi there, this is my first ever hairtell post! I am looking for advice.

Almost 4 weeks ago I did a consultation with an electrologist where she only did about 6 hairs to test how I found it. All seemed okay that day after the treatment, there was mild redness but nothing major.

However in the days following I noticed the healing was very poor compared to what I had experienced in the past ( did a few sessions years ago with a different electrologist). Althoygh I had only done 6 hairs, each one formed into a large blood scab. I kept makeup off and the area clean and hydrated for the following few days but after a week of still having these blood scabs I decided to just put on makeup.

When I came home that evening and gently removed my makeup, it removed the top layer of these scabs and i was left with unusual holes in my face is the only way i can describe it. As if she created 6 craters. They healed over again by the next morning and this continued for another week until eventually there were no scabs coming off when i took off my makeup.

However here is where Im really concerned, its now been a month and although the treated 6 spots are flat, you can clearly see a deep red splotch under each one. These have not been fading at all. Thank god i only did 6 hairs and not a full clearance. Anyways tomight i was poking at a pimple in that general area, and all of a sudden the under the skin marks got super red and it turned out they were filling with blood. Its as if the little wounds are still there under my skin but a layer has just formed over them. I dont knkw what to do ! Any advice

The photo below shows them at about 3 weeks post treatment. I know theyre not major but thats only after 6 hairs, i have about 100 accross my chin so this is why Im so scared if I were to treat the whole area. I have no photo of them today but they look similar except 3 of them in have gone deep dark red and filled with blood from me poking a pimple in the area. If anyone has any idea what this is or how i can heal them i would be really appreciative. I can deal with hyperpigmentation, but these weird pockets under my skin that fill with blood, i cant.

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#2

Leave them alone. Mother nature will do her job. Use a mild cleanser to wash your face. You should never interfere with the these small wounds that are healing from the bottom up, as all wounds do. If there are small scabs, do not pick them off. Did your electrologist give you written instructions on aftercare at home? Discuss your concerns with her and make sure you are doing your part at home.

#3

Thanks for the reply! She gave very little aftercare advice, she just told me to put an antiseptic cream on when I went home and thats all she said. I have not gone back to her since the consultation as I was a bit concerned at how slow healing the wounds are even though she only treated 6 hairs. Do you think she potentially over treated/ went to deep? I dont have alot of experience but I cant imagine this is a normal reaction 1 month out. Do you think I should consider trying somewhere else?

#4

The healing process was probably disturbed and lengthened by removing the scabs, but even so, this type of reaction a month after treating only six chin hairs doesn’t fill me with confidence for this electrologist in treating a whole chin. In my experience, chin hair is very predictable and easy to treat, so I judge very harshly any electrologist who leaves the chin with scabs on relatively fine hair.

You don’t need to be concerned about any permanent damage, but I recommend that you seek consults and test treatments with other electrologists.