electrolysis with jozefa

[ayshachaudhary]

Here is HCD’s diary of her treatment with Mairi Hawkes:
http://www.hairtell.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/104021/My_electrolysis_diary.html

Mark831 has also been having treatment with her and I believe it’s gone well.

[ayshachaudhary]

Hmmm, I think I have gotten off on a tangent. I will stop now. Long story, short, good practitioners are doing all they can for the clients they have, and can only take on so many new ones, as the old ones require less time (and eventually no time) and it is easy for our schedules to get filled and booked up months ahead of time.

Hear hear, James! To all of your post but this last paragraph sums it up.

[jobber-burger]

I try not to reply on behalf on Josefa but I know lots of prospective clients are reading this so here goes. (Hope you don’t mind Jossie).

When I created our diary in 2011, it was not with the intention of bringing attention to Josefa. We (Josefa and I) wanted to get electrolysis back on the map and let people know what can be achieved. Yes, telogen hairs can be treated. Yes, the Laurier probes are excellent in reducing extraneous damage and for treating shallow hairs. Etc! There are some excellent practitioners out there, many of whom are on this forum. But the electrolysis landscape will only change and move forward if clients demand more, rather than accepting the many myths out there and then resigning themselves to the fact that electrolysis is not for their hair situation - it is for every hair situation.

I have my own list of HairTell posters who then went on to visit her for treatment - those that messaged me for advice and information. I can only imagine how many more, silent readers, would have contacted her directly.

So you see, for the last 2 years plus, demand for her time from foreign clients who require full days or weeks has become so high that her Spanish clients are angry with her since they cannot book any time with her. Clients visiting her at the start of this year (i.e zaphairzap) booked a whole year in advance. Since then, the waiting list can only have increased so I imagine the wait is even longer.

I do not know anyone who works as hard as my dear Josefa. I don’t know how she can perform electrolysis for 12 hr a day and still be on top form. But she does it and that too without even a break for lunch.

That she devotes time during which she should be sleeping to replying to posts on this forum is just another example of her commitment. She posted a while ago that she stopped posting because she felt bad about the mountain of unanswered pms. I’m glad she’s back because her opinions are much needed. But the reality is that there are many, many inquiries but no space in the book - at least not before the end of they year as far as I know.

Electrolysis in general requires patience. For those adamant that they only want treatment from Josefa, the price one has to pay is the wait.

Interesting post and yeah I remember your thread and Miro’s that year and it’s how I started thinking about going to Josefa too since I don’t live too far away. I had to wait for more than a year which is completely understandable and since I recently had my first treatments by her I can say it was well worth the wait. I am probably further now than I would be if I tried to go to laser/limited electrolysis technicians closer by, so I believe this was my best option.

I was also worried about her due to her long hours daily but she seems to be in great spirits and condition every day. Amazing stamina and dedication, I don’t know how she does it. Maybe it’s the delicious rice & chicken meals haha

[system]

I try not to reply on behalf on Josefa but I know lots of prospective clients are reading this so here goes. (Hope you don’t mind Jossie).

When I created our diary in 2011, it was not with the intention of bringing attention to Josefa. We (Josefa and I) wanted to get electrolysis back on the map and let people know what can be achieved. Yes, telogen hairs can be treated. Yes, the Laurier probes are excellent in reducing extraneous damage and for treating shallow hairs. Etc! There are some excellent practitioners out there, many of whom are on this forum. But the electrolysis landscape will only change and move forward if clients demand more, rather than accepting the many myths out there and then resigning themselves to the fact that electrolysis is not for their hair situation - it is for every hair situation.

I have my own list of HairTell posters who then went on to visit her for treatment - those that messaged me for advice and information. I can only imagine how many more, silent readers, would have contacted her directly.

So you see, for the last 2 years plus, demand for her time from foreign clients who require full days or weeks has become so high that her Spanish clients are angry with her since they cannot book any time with her. Clients visiting her at the start of this year (i.e zaphairzap) booked a whole year in advance. Since then, the waiting list can only have increased so I imagine the wait is even longer.

I do not know anyone who works as hard as my dear Josefa. I don’t know how she can perform electrolysis for 12 hr a day and still be on top form. But she does it and that too without even a break for lunch.

That she devotes time during which she should be sleeping to replying to posts on this forum is just another example of her commitment. She posted a while ago that she stopped posting because she felt bad about the mountain of unanswered pms. I’m glad she’s back because her opinions are much needed. But the reality is that there are many, many inquiries but no space in the book - at least not before the end of they year as far as I know.

Electrolysis in general requires patience. For those adamant that they only want treatment from Josefa, the price one has to pay is the wait.

No, Stoppit, not only do not mind but I am deeply grateful.

I’m having a little more time in this next weekend, and I would like to offer an answer more extensive to your post. Since you mentioned Zaphairzap, I’ll ask her permission to put a picture of her underarms, so that everyone can see that she was right. 15 hours of electrolysis in both axillas and there was still 50% of the hairs. This is really unfortunate.

Do you know? while all that worry some (purists) of my American colleagues is that I do not use tweezers, but my fingers, and my style is, shall we say, UNORTHODOX, things will never change.

[ayshachaudhary]

Looking forward to your post

Just to clarify… zaphairzap made a real ‘go’ at electrolysis in her home country. Part of this was 15 hrs treatment on her armpit hair… only to still have 50% hair remaining.

If something has good and solid reasoning, it should not be dismissed. I cannot imagine using tweezers after understanding and experiencing the benefits of finger removal. I’m an sure that any if any electrologist who does not have a good kill rate and is aware of this, then moves to finger removal and finds hairs are not releasing with no effort after epilation, then adjusts technique/settings until they achieve an easy release with fingers… they will find a huge increase in effectiveness of their treatment.

[system]

This is a photo of zaphairzap´s left underarm. As you can see in the image the surface area is not greater than any woman, nor the type of hair is thicker than the average for girls. Someone would think that there might have been additional growth due to age and / or because of a late development, but because of the location of the hair, this explanation does not support. When this occurs, the hairs are located at the perimeter, particularly in the upper and lower ends, the last zone where the development of hairs on axillary area.

For the first full clearance of this underarm we need 40 minutes. It will be interesting to see the results in a few months.