I have deeply rooted facial hair. I have been going and having electrolysis for over 1 yr and a half. It took her 3 mths to totally clear my face. After that I was going 5 hrs a week and then now after almost 2 yrs I am going 2 hrs a week. I can’t tell if I am really at the point i should be. I have no doubt that my electrolysist isnt doing her job, because she is very efficient, clean and speedy. She actually clears 3 hairs at one time now. It is just that I have been reading that thermolysis doesnt work on deeply rooted hair. Am I wasting my time or is it really working? I also get horrible bumps on my neck and I dont really see these when she gets through because most of them are hairbumps and she gets all of the hairs out, but before they heal more bumps are there. My social life has been put on hold for 2 yrs because of this. Will it ever get better and am I doing the proper treatment?
Curious? Are you male or female? How much hair did you have?
Practitioner skill dictates everything about electrolysis outcome. Very close to that is using quality tools of the trade to enhance skin outcome, skin sensation, and time to completion, with the cooperation of the client, of course. All modalites work well to disable the hair follicle. Thermolysis works well when the insertions are accurate and the energy and timing are dead on. Practitioner knowledge of special techniques helps a lot.
Thermolysis in all it’s forms works well for deeply rooted hair because the tools we choose to use today are much better, including vision equipment and lighting. Those electrologists that don’t update to better equipment can still do permanent hair removal. However, both client and practitioner don’t know what they are missing by NOT having better tools in their arsensal to “kill” such a strong enemy like hair.
Your time has decreased, so take that as a good sign.
i say stop and find a very good skilled electrologist that does blend. (or tell ur current one to switch to blend if she does both)
i did thermolysis (which is good and very speedy) for 1.5 years or more and when i switched to blend thats when i noticed a better outcome. Yes probably i had already been cleared alot by then but still after switching i felt it was better for my thicker hairs. i was less bumpy and red after treatments and the kill rate after the first time is ALOTTTTTTTTTTT higher than with thermolysis. So it might take u 2,3,4 even more times to kill the same hair bulb with thermolysis, while it would take u just once or twice with blend. so imagine how much time u’ll be cutting…Actually it might even out a bit since blend does take longer per zap to do its work (thermolysis is quicker).
i’ve become a firm believer that blend is the best for hair removal. ESPECIALLY if its dark deep hair.
If ur male and are removing a beard then yeah u will take longer than lets say a female removing some facial hair (depending on variables of course). U naturally have thicker, deeper and more hair to get rid of.
good luck!
p.s. helloooooooooooooo dee! 
Hehehehehehe! Hi Rach.
A skilled thermolysis operator can do what a skilled blender can do, but if you don’t have skilled thermolysis electrologist, then blend would be better for your hairs. If you don’t know the skill factor of the thermolysis electrologist, then go for the blender. Poor rachel has had to endure treatments must longer than needed for some suspected reasons that we have already outlined before. Just please know that galvanic, blend and thermolysis all work in competent hands. All three methods fall under the name ‘Electrolysis’. All three modalities lead to success, which is so very cool.
Yes. Thermolysis works on deeply rooted facial hair.