Electrolysis with blend

Hair Removal Methods Professional Electrolysis
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For two weks I am treated on the shoulders and back by a professional electrolyst with the blend method.

On the one hand she seems serious: She said at the beginning I have to be treated at least three years. When she saw my back she said, ok, this can be done even in one and a half years. The first session (1 1/2 hours) was for free and the price per hour is relatively cheap. She said she has experience for about 15 years. She also treated many TS patients with success. She uses only golden needles. The room seems to be very clean and professional. She works very experiencedly. And electrolysis is her own business (she works half a day one patient in the morning).

But on the other hand some things are doubious: She only uses the blend method because she meant the thermolysis hurts too much for a long time. And additionaly she is very fast, maybe too fast, she accomplishes about 300 hairs an hour with the blend method. And she said on every session she can kill 30% of the treated follicles. I thought in the second round all hairs are in the anagen phase.

I don’t know if I can trust her. She is very friendly and she says she enjoys her job especially when the customer is glad after a successful therapy. Compared to other electrolysis patients in this forum I enjoy the sessions we discuss about so many things and I feel good showing someone my back without being ashamed. Apart from that she is my own chance since there is no other electrolyst nearby.

What do you think?

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If she is using thermolysis on an older machine, she may be right.

I’ve had thermolysis on my underarms and feet, for no where near an 1 and a half hours and I was clenching my teeth, praying for it to be over.

She may just be more comfortable with blend and there’s nothing wrong with that.

300 hairs an hour sounds okay, that’s 5 hairs/min. My electrologist does 5-8 hairs/min with blend.
Depending on how the electrologist balances up the galvanic and thermolysis current, blend can be anywhere from generally 3-10 seconds.

The thing you should be concentrating on, is if you can feel that hairs slide out with little to no resistance - then they have been treated well.

If you achieve full clearance in an area, yes the hairs that will come through after that will be in anagen but it doesn’t mean that they will be killed first time just because they are in the anagan phase. Generally electrologists inform you at the consult that it may take more than one treatment of an individual follicle before it’s destroyed. They should be at least weakened though.

Some of the electrologists on here that are very skilled and use the latest tech can probably kill a much higher percentage at each clearance. But if every electrologist out there was like our HairTell electro’s, life would be much easier :stuck_out_tongue:

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Thank you for the reply. Ok, well she is not too fast. If I remember correctly she said that one hair maybe has to be treated more than once. She also said that the hair should be slided out with no resistance. That’s in agreement with what you said. But sometimes it feels like she would pluck it but maybe this is the pain of the electro pulse or the pulling out of the needle.

I will continue the treatment!

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Hi. Yes that is a normal amount with Blend. As for plucking, sometimes the bulb is very large and you feel a tug on the skin as it pops out. This shouldn’t hurt like a pluck, but you will feel a tug. Try and pay attention to the sensation next time. The only issue is that usually with manual blend the DC current is still applied for 2 secs after the hair is removed, so the current may be what you feel…then again, it may be able to mask a plucking. So, i guess just try and feel for it. J

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Templje, she confirmed with this that I sometimes feel a tug.

Now, I have been treated for about 10 hours. But I am in doubt with the results. Is it normal that the hairs comes back to the surface after about 10 days? I heard that they should regrow not until about 6 or 8 weeks. But she predicted this that the hairs come back in this speed the first time. In further treatments there should be less regrowth. I noticed that some regrowed hairs are more fine. She said that she treated so many customers with success. I believe in her but I think she is quite slow.

The last time I checked the treated hairs: Still they all had their roots. So at least they were not cut. And she ensured me that they were not pulled out too.

Maybe her device is an old one: Cosmomed Super Blend. Does anybody know this device?

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I’m not sure how many weeks the treatment has been spread over but right now you’re probably seeing hairs from the next cycle come through - the hairs you see after 10 days are not the same hairs that were treated.

The actual treated hairs should not come back for 6-8 weeks (if they are going to) and they should be finer.

300 hairs per hour is fine. If you want quicker treatment, you need to find someone who does thermolysis well.

Growing hairs will be in the anagen phase but it doesn’t mean they will be killed first time but they should be at least weakened. It takes a very skilled electrologist to have high kill percentage.

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“the hairs you see after 10 days are not the same hairs that were treated.”

My electrologist said the same. But this is not plausible for me. There are so many stubbles in the treated area. In this case there should be also the same amount of stubbles in the not treated areas that still have the long hairs. But I see no stubbles in these areas. I don’t understand it. Do you know what I mean?

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I’m not sure what you are saying. I will re-read a few times.

But, it is not plausible that they are the exact same hairs. Even if you pluck a hair from a follicle, it will be a good few weeks until a new hair will emerge from that exact same follicle.
Electrolysis of a hair will either destroy the follicle’s ability to produce hair or at least weaken it so the hairs are finer.

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The hairs that were treated properly won’t be visible in 10 days. I don’t know what you mean by “stubbles”, but possibly you’re talking about hairs that are breaking off at the surface. If that’s happening, it’s bad technique and that’s why you’re seeing growth in 10 days (i.e. broken off hairs resurfacing).

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Show me, don’t tell me!

If I have a very large job ahead of me, e.g., a man’s full back, I recommend the following. I have the guy come in for one hour. I clear off, in that time, the area about the size of the palm of your hand. I have him wait two months and allow me to clear it off again (time about 1/2 hour — same area). And, now we have a “real world” test of exactly what he’s going to get. (I recommend clearing an area that will not be noticeable because after two clearings there will be only few hairs left — and, you have now “branded” the guy with a “bald spot.”)

I don’t always do this. However, if there is any doubt, as I see expressed time and time again here on this forum, this is the way to go. With someone that is nervous and doubting, it’s not a good idea to launch into the entire treatment. Once the fellow knows exactly what I can do — and he sees it — he settles down and we get moving. After seeing my hourly “spot size,” calculating the final cost is relatively easy, and he can do it himself.

Frankly, having a client question every tiny minuscule part of the treatment, or try to micro-manage what I do, is bloody annoying. (And, it’s usually the guys that do this: they question the machine, the method, how the hair comes out, what this or that is, etc., etc.) If they really want to know about electrolysis, I hand them a book and say, “read the thing.” After 30 years of electrolysis, I have sincerely earned the right to be grumpy! ha ha ha

With smaller jobs, such as underarms or a bikini area, I follow another very simple plan. First, I give the patient a fairly accurate estimate for the entire job, in total hours. (Remember, I’ve been doing this for 30 years so I know what I can do.) I then tell them to let me complete the job and if they are not satisfied, I will give them all their money back. Seems obvious to me: I’m doing “permanent hair removal,” right? If I don’t do the job, then they get their money back. I don’t know how to any more fair.

For me, it’s all about SHOW ME — don’t tell me!

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I think a lot of people coming in would be skeptical because they’ve probably already tried many other hair removal methods that didn’t work. Even though this is the best method not all electrologists are the same so no one knows whether they’re getting good treatment or not until they’ve spent a lot of money and a lot of time.

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Honestly, I think finding a really good, really experienced, and well-skilled electrologist is somewhat akin to finding an automobile mechanic you can trust. Invariably, you’re likely to kiss a lot of frogs before you find your prince/princess. :crazy:

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Correct. And as result of this sad situation, the Electrology that has been unjustly discredited. And that some opportunists have taken advantage to throw more garbage on . Meanwhile, millions of persons give kissing at frogs to verify which of them turns in a prince.

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