Does this treatment schedule sound good?

Hair Removal Methods Professional Electrolysis
#1

Hi,
I’ve been using this forum for a while and have found it very informative! After looking into laser for female facial hair I was told by the laser technician that my hair was too fine and that it could possibly stimulate growth. So instead I looked into electrolysis. I have fine dark hair pretty much all down my neck, chin and jawline and also long sideburns. While I know its very important to be patient with electrolysis, it’d be great to be less self conscious and worried about the hair before I go travelling on a gap year next year (starting in September). The electrologist I found is BIAE registered. She was so lovely, had a really nice treatment area and did a free consultation and test patch. This was all great, my only issue is that she reckons I should have a 30 minute session every two weeks. I feel like this isn’t an aggressive enough tactic to treat the hair, but she maintains it is to be gentle to the skin and not overtreat. Does this sound right? I am willing to put in the extra time now if it will pay off later on.

Thankyou!

#2

I take a different approach and there are several approaches to treating the finer facial hairs. I will work several hours in a row, with no ill effects whatsoever. The only side effects are pinkness/redness and slight swelling that resolves within hours. No scabbing either.

When there are copious amounts of hair, 30 minutes every two weeks, is a drop of water in the ocean and clients quickly discover why the words “electrolysis is tedious, slow and takes forever” is used to described electrolysis in a negative way.

I can only say that for areas with large amounts of hair, a good plan is to use flash thermolysis (one of the techy forms is good) and to set about on a steady, careful pace to remove as much bothersome hair as possible.Upfront, it is wise to do several hours once a week or every two weeks for a while.

Clients must not get discouraged. Go punch that hair and punch a lot of it now! That’s my modus operendi, but it may not work for others and that’s okay!

#3

Listen to your electrologist! If, after two months (say three or four treatments at least) your skin is healing nicely and you can stand the pain, ask your electrologist to re-evaluate, either with longer or more frequent sessions.

#4

This doesn’t sound good at all, I started end of August 2013 so have been going around same length of time.
I started on around nipple area this was completely rid of all dark hairs at 9 months and complete all together at 12 months.
My chin was gone of dark hairs around 10 months but I do still have pale longer ones removed, I stared on my upper lip about 7 months into treatment and this is only just starting to show progress.
I started out going every 2.5 weeks but now go on average every 5-6 weeks, I have even left it 8 weeks at one point cos their was just no need to go. I recon I may be going up to 2 years this is what she predicted at start, because I guess I am fussy at getting rid of the long pale ones she finds harder but I have zero course hairs left and zero dark hairs.