Hello I’m new here. I have been getting electrolysis for beard removal for 8 months. I wish I found this resource earlier!
My current electrologist said she uses a #5 insulated needle. What does that mean?
A few days after treatment some white things form that look like acne. Why do only some of the folicles that were treated form this? Is it bad?
My hair is course and some hairs are quite blonde. Last week my electrologist had a difficult time finding the hairs. I usually shave on Tuesdays then go for treatment on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. I’m considering growing the hairs out longer in hope that she’ll be able to find them better. Will treatment be effective if I grow out the hairs for 10 days?
You don’t need ten days worth of growth! One to three days should be sufficient! If she has quality magnification on par with what doctors and dentists use, then she/he can see the hair just fine, even with one days worth of growth. You can’t walk around with ten days worth of growth.
You are seeing white pustules (folliculitis) on some of these follicles. It could be from little pieces of the hair tissue that remained behind or the intensity and timing was a little too high. Tell her about them so she can make adjustments. Ask her to use tea tree oil after she wipes your skin with witch hazel right after your treatment. I like Thayers medicated witch hazel for oily skin types and Lemon with aloe witch hazel for others. After the tea tree oil is put on, ask her to apply cold aloe vera gel right out of the refrigerator. It feels good, but it will be goopy. Initially, these ingredients are great for reducing swelling and redness. You can wipe off the goopiness in about 10 or 15 minutes if it hasn’t absorbed. At home, the tea tree oil should be used at bedtime to dissolve any pustules. Use if for three days, sparenly, add aloe over top of it if you need to. Most times a warm shower makes the pustules disappear on their own.
A size 5 insulated probe sounds great for coarse hair. She can go up to a size 6 even, if she desires. What Apilus model epilator is she using?
Hopefully, she is wearing gloves after washing her hands and disinfecting any area she touches during a treatment before starting your appointment. An office should be very clean. Sterile probes should be used and then disposed of immediately. Tweezers should be sterlized as well.
For blond, clear or gray coarse hairs, I need the help of the client sometimes. These hairs are stealthy if they are not too long. Ask her to give you a cotton ball with antiseptic so you can clean a couple of fingertips. Run your clean fingers over your skin after she thinks she is finished. If you feel some hair, point to the area so she can treat the hair that she missed. Sometimes those light hairs look like pieces of dry flakey skin and that’s why they are easily missed. If her magnification and lighting sucks, then she won’t see a lot of the blonde hair, which is miserable for the paying client.
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The thing I will say for growing your hair out for a longer time period is that if someone is shaving daily, it becomes hard to know the difference between a hair that is significant enough to merit treatment, and one that can be skipped.
Once one gets enough work done that one is keeping things under control, one should stop shaving in order for the face’s natural look to start to come out. Then, one can have nit pick sessions where thicker, longer hairs are worked on, while thinner, shorter, blonder vellus hairs are left to give your face that natural human downy look. Otherwise, you look more like a wax statue than a real person.
I don’t know that you are far enough along to be doing that yet however.
I’m new here. I have been getting electrolysis for beard removal for 8 months. I wish I found this resource earlier!