During my last session, which I had the sides of my face done, I felt some plucking mainly on the hairs that were light but longer. As my electrologist went along I let her know that I felt some plucking. She explained that the reason why I was feeling pulling was due to the bulb of the hairs being dry.Is what she is said true and could someone elaborate,or is she just not inserting the needle deep enough? (which i also did feel weren’t)
These hairs are usually shallow and dont require a very deep insertion.You should not feel the pain as if the hair is being tweezed, you might feel some traction while the hair is being extracted.
This is why we say here that there is a difference between a pluck and a pop. You know what it feels like when you pluck a hair out from the root. A popping sensation is when a bulb, or root sheath is larger than the shaft of skin above it, and the electrolysis provider has not set the treatment settings high enough to blast a path for that larger system to fall out of. In this situation, one might feel a popping sensation not unlike a pimple pushing through a large core of splooge through a small opening, and the skin snaps back into place.
If that is what you felt, you are ok, but if you felt what you feel when you pluck out untreated hairs in that area, then the follicle was most likely under treated.
If the area was undertreated, will the hair definately come back? If so, will it come back lighter or finer? I’ve felt what seemed like some plucking too so I’m curious.
If the hair was undertreated, instead of well treated, but no extra current to address the liquification of the structures above the anchor system, then the hair would, in fact, return, but in most cases, would grow back thinner and weaker, due to the amount of current that was absorbed by the follicle structures.
thanks… I’ll definitely need to pay closer attention to make an accurate distinction between a pluck and a pop.
I love the pico pulsing for this very problem…
Barbara can you explain what the pic pulsing is and what it does?
Pico is an option for the Platinum epilator. Pulsing is available on many types of epilators. The setting I use for this problem allows me to shorten the time between pulses, which warms and treats the follicle. As I remember the explanation, warming will soften (either the sebum or the opening of) the follicle so that the hair does not POP out. On an upper lip, it is often the extraction that hurts more than the current application.
Pico is said to work in thousandths of a second, but I still use hundredths, for example .015 of a second with pico. While the “5” is in the thousandth place, it’s not that far between .01 and .02 seconds. Well, maybe it makes a difference, but I really don’t know for sure!
Thanks for your explanation of a Pico Barbara:)
I’d also would like to add that during my recent session, I still felt some hairs being plucked rather than sliding out. While she worked on me I realized that the reason I was feeling this may be because I have many fine hairs and that perhaps the hairs surrounding the treated hair were also being pulled out with the tweezer. After thinking it over to myself it made sense and I ask her, to which she honestly replied that half the battle was not to pull any of the other hairs.
I take this to mean that she is doing her best but there are some that she is pulling out.This is a bit concerning to me because now I don’t believe that the pulling I was feeling was mainly due to the dry bulbs she was referring to. Is there any other ways she can remove the treated hairs without pulling the others that aren’t?(BTH she was also treating my upper lip.)
This can be avoided with good magnification. Binocular glasses or better over the large circle magnifier…It is very very rare that an untreated hair is extracted.
Have you ever had treatment from another practitioner? Comparisons are always helpful.
You might also try drinking more water esp the day before and the day of your treatment. Hydrated skin is optimal for good results!
(James)<= Do you see this as a problem with insulated probes?
(Start2finish7)<=Many of those fine (vellus) hairs indeed aren’t in the growing stage and have dry bulbs.
(Barbara)<=The point of the “pico” is that it uses double the power, and therefore needs only half the time to deliver the same energy
The issue is not addressed to me, but if it helps my opinion, is just the opposite, the insulated needle is ideal for these cases. I do not see telogen hairs offer any resistance.