I’m considering eventually getting elect done on my toes and maybe top of my feet…i read somewhere on the internet that the toes and feet need a lot less treatment than other areas and that you can be finished after only a few treatments because the hair there is weaker or something? Is there any truth to this? Btw, I have very course hair on my toes and tops of feet and am very pale and also considered with hyperpigmentation…anyone?
Very interesting…
I had electrolysis on my toes and feet about 3 weeks ago. All hairs were removed (first clearing), and I haven’t seen any new hairs appear on the area yet.
I also have/had coarse hairs on my toes.
do you have dark spots or hyperpigmentation?? i hear thats especially common on that area?
No dark spots or hyperpigmentation.
Now it looks like my feet and toes never have had electrolysis 
really? please keep me updated on this…if it ends up like i hear only taking a few treatments i definitely want to do it…thanks for your replies
Boy1989 is one of the few lucky people who do not develop post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation. His skin is incredibly resilient, despite this, I used a special needle to work on his feet, hands, neck, cheeks and between the eyebrows, the Laurier Bulbous Probe.
Also, I used the technique of the face in all these areas, as indicated by Michael in my favorite book, Treatment Strategy for Electrolysis, or The Blend Method (for those who were lucky enough to buy the full version).
Indeed, if your electrologist decides to follow a good strategy, you can be hair-free in three clearances. This strategy was well described by the master Bono in his book. The best book ever written anyone about Electrolysis, which for me is still the Bible that I consult almost every day.
Before the first clearance:
Several months later, before the second clearance:
A year later, before the third clearance:
Nothing invented by man for permanent hair removal is comparable to the Electrolysis. Nothing!
Note: It is obvious that these are not Boy’s feet, if he decides to share his case with you, I will present the pictures soon.
Another example of case on the feet.
28 year old man with an extremely thin skin.
Before first complete clearance (July 2011). 50 minutes:
Appearance of the area, four months later (November 2011).
Type of current used (thermolysis, Flash mode), Bulbous insulated needle. Strategy: Clear & Wait, face technique. In the third photo (aspect of the area immediately after the only clearance in July).
Wow…these pictures are amazing…overall would you recommend blend or thermolysis on these areas?
Also, did the tops of the feet need as few treatments as the toes? like only 3 or 4? or are the tops of the feet not as quick to respond?
The two systems are perfectly valid. Both get the same objective, ie, destroying two thirds of the follicle to prevent hair regrowth. I guess your electrologist will choose one or the other depending on your ability to tolerate the pain in this sensitive area.
If the strategy is the same, the results are the same. Everything is a matter of applying sufficient current in the right place.
Hi Wildebeest!
Boy1989 want to share his experience with us. Thank you, my dear Boy.
This is the “before” on one of his feet.
A month has passed since the first clearance, perhaps, he wants to put an updated photo of the area?.
thanks josefa for your replies…an updated photo would be great if possible!
Of course I will, dear Josefa.
I hope the pictures are of good enought quality. There is no skin reaction, and no hairs have appeard yet.
This is the foot that was treated 1 month ago.
wow im impressed…im definitely considering this thanks to your help
last question- are the tops of the feet as prone to hyperpigmentation as the toes? im just worried about my whole foot being covered in red/brown marks
Yes, hyperpig can happen on the top of the foot as well. Do you wear sandals in Queens in the wintertime? If you don’t, then the footsies, toes included, is a wintertime project. Your socks and shoes will keep the area covered if you do get small dots, until the area is completely healed. Those hyperpig marks don’t last very long. Not one of my clients have complained to me about hyperpigmentation dots. Not one! I kind of think it has to do with the epilator I use , the probe choice and modality.
When I had electrolysis done on my feet and toes, I had hyperpig dots that took several months to fade away. All looks fabulous and after thirty years of being hair free, it was worth it.
thanks dee…i know that if i do it it will be in the wintertime…but i figure when i need a second or third treatment months from then it will be springtime/summer and ill get the dots again…
No Wildebeest, if you follow this strategy, the points of the second clearance, will barely be seen, and the third, you can have one or two dots for each finger. The second treatment will help to fade the dots of the first, and when you need the third, all dots are gone…and the hairs too!
thanks for all replies and great pictures…in reference to the hairs here needing less treatments than other areas- why is that? how is the hair or area different? or is the method you’re talking about (being hair free in three clearances) something that works in all areas…I want to do my feet and toes but can only do it if its a few treatments due to money and dont want to start if its going to need treatments every two weeks like the hair on the rest of my body (again, money)