Hello, i did 6 electrolysis sessions. The last 2 weeks ago. Nothing goes away, please need advice :((
No worries, keep it clean it will go away!
This is not electrolysis scarring at all. It’s normal manifestation in wound healing process. Electrolysis on body and limbs produces this type of reaction. You will develop post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation which will slowly fade over months. You can try applying tea-tree oil and a zinc oxide ointment like Calmolseptine to assist with healing process. Watch the series on wound healing process in the link to better understand it.
https://electrologynow.com/healing-and-complications/
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Okay thank you. I thought it would heal more in 3 weeks i am really surprised. I Hope its not overtreated bc settings are high because the haïr doesnt come easily.
I can see from your comments in other threads that you’re still worried about this. Fenix explained exactly what is happening, so there is really no need to worry. In this other thread, you can see the person has hyperpigmentation and also pitting many times worse than what you are experiencing, and it has faded within six months. Consider also that this person was clearly overtreated while your treatment at least appears to be within the range of what is acceptable.
You will be fine, and it will heal. If this bothers you that much, you might be able to find an electrologist who can take a more gentle approach. If your options are limited, you can continue with this electrologist with no concerns.
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Thank you but doctor (from the center itself) said some part are actually scars. Honnestly in actually living a nightmare
The professionals here would disagree that this is even anything close to scarring. It appears to be hyperpigmentation and angiogenesis, which resolve on their own as part of the healing process. If you’re not convinced, then it doesn’t matter if we call it scarring or by some other name. The important question is whether it will be permanent, and the answer is no, it will not be permanent.
Thank you, sure I dont know why the dermatologists from the center said its scarred tough. We ll see with time and i’ll repost picture of évolution as i dont find similar pictures here for stomach area
sooooo no evolution at all I didn’t touch anything and put cicaplast everyday, I don’t have a life anymore
This is not permanent scarring but a form of hyperpigmentation. If you’re expecting this to fade quickly, it won’t, it’s normal to manifest for months. What products are you using on the area? In the end you can go to a medspa and have a series of chemical peels with to speed up the PIH fading.
Cicaplast. The dermatologist is doing fraxel now
Fraxal for this? Totally un-necessary. You are seeing the normal manifestations of healing, which 100% resolve on their own . Honestly why ask for advice here if you arent going to follow any of it? Some of the best experts here have provided you with top quality advice that nothing is needed , but hey, if you want to throw your money away have at it.
Hello, as i said, the dermatologist is from the Electrolysis center. He said some of them will actually scar (under the navel), and he proposed me to do for free fraxel on them to improve their healing.
I am surprise of this response, and also surprise a dermatologist says it scared while none of the Electrolygist here says its scars. I am just questionning this whole situation and want people to be informed. None of this process has been working until now and hairs are growing back from the spots. I did 7 Electrolysis sessions
Saying you did six or seven electrolysis sessions does not mean anything. How many complete clearances, how often do you get full clearances and for how many months have you been clearing the area? For example are you shaving between treatments or letting hair grow? Shaving delays process as hairs in resting phase take longer to grow out for treatments.
If you intend to continue getting electrolysis treatments, do not get fraxel. What’s the point of fraxel now if you need to continue treatments which will cause the same normal post treatment manifestations? You can get fraxel if you want to after you’re finished with electrolysis.
6 months. I dont know what you mean by clearance because i hav so much density that 1hour every 2 weeks/ month was not enough to get full clearance of my whole stomach. They were partially doing it everytime, even the location beside the navel. Some hais grew bigger after Electrolysis, which indicates me that something was wrong with it. My hair were thin and she had to put lot of power because they were not coming. I am not interested in doing Electrolysis again bc it was a horrible experience and it didnt work for even a bit. I also have more hairs on the stomzch and i think its because she actually plucked some hairs and stimulated (hair were vellus than Lot thick coarse when growing back at the Electrolysis site). Thats why i accepted the free fraxel
He probably said it would scar because if you’re going bananas about it on here… imagine what you’re doing at the ‘center’. Maybe fraxel will reassure you and I would just let you be you. I think your stomach is fine the way it is.
ok 96-electrolysis allow me to explain my response to you. We support consumers here everysingle day… Some really do have some things to worry about in terms of scarring or needing anything to make that happen. This would include things like Fraxal" treatments or fracttionallaser treatments . Fractals are effective at reducing the appearance of scars, but this is done much further down the line than you are right now. Think 2-3 or more years from now, once the results of the healing process your skin is undergoig now are known. In short , they are applicable AFTER the healing process has taken place. So doing them now, would be pointless. The objective of the fractal is to build up collogen in the area to even out the skin surface. That is all it does. So doing so now, truly is a waste of money, since that healing process has not completed , nor will it for a minimumm of 18 months post treatment.
What the professionals here have been relaying to you, is that we dont feel any scarring has taken place. In fact even if it had, it wouldnt likely reveal itself until at least a year after your last treatment. What you are currently seeing however, are very normal healing manifestations after what appears to be a very normal electrolysis treatment.
What I think is causing you the anxiety however, is not understanding exactly what that healing process looks like. I’m going to say I have seen photos like yours, , here on hairtell and in my practice 1000’s of times in the last 10 years alone. In each one of those cases, not a single one resulted in permanent scarring from results similar to yours. So breathe easy. It’s easy to imagine that it is worse than it is. The first 30 days post treatment are always the worst appearance wise. The skin continues to heal though and slowly it improves and leaves no trace . I cant believe I’m having to say this again on hairtell, but Dont Panic. Relax , it is going to be fine. I mcan say with 100% certainty having viewed your photos that your skin is going to heal absolutely as it should and that there will be no trace of scarring . Hyperpigmentation, is not scarring. It fades an d does so completely.
One of the past electrologists from here who unfortunately passed, left us this legacy video that talks about the healing process of the skin. I feel you could benefit from viewing it and so I will post it here:
I’m going to say that I dont think your treatment was awful. After 7 - 1 hour sessions if I understand correctly ( and never achieving a first clearance) you shouldnt expect a lot in terms of visible effectiveness. It takes a minimum of 18 months assuming you are getting full clearance in each cycle of growth ( 3-5 months) to completely remove the hair in an area. If the density is higher as yours is it will take more time to get there.An electrologist treating 600-700 hairs in an hour might be considered lightning fast . Stomachs are an area that can progress quite quickly, but it will still depend on doing enough treatment to address the hair that is growing.
I dont feel that before you started electrolysis , that expectations on time and cost were well explained to you or the removal process or expected skin reactions and expectations were not properly set for you in this regard. It’s easy to get freaked out when you dont understand what is going on. It might get ugly for a bit, but if you trust in the process your skin is undergoing right now, it will all resolve without a trace. Absolute certainty, so breathe easy.
Whether you decide to undergo electrolysis again is up to you. I dont think anyone would think less of you if you decided to nevr do so again. But know that electrolysis DOES work and works very well. I stand today from my own work on myself , beard free and scar free because electrolysis works, so well in fact I BECAME an electrologist. I have first hand experience onthe healing process from every single point of view, as a consumer, as a patient, and as an electrologist. It is 1000% safe and effective, even if it can be painstakingly slow from the consumer point of view. I can also say I am just finishing up a stomach on a patient of mine, she has been getting electrolysis from me for 3 years for PCOS on face, and eventually on the stomach area. She had incredible density. It was overwhelming at first. and just like you I didnt get a full clearance at first. Not even close. She stuck withit though and a year and ahalflater, I’m finishing the last part of her 3 areas for10 minutes on her stomach. It’sclear. So I know the process works.Have faith.
Seana