Indeed Fenix, I have.
Without the DC: insertions are not as nice (I use “live probing,” i.e., insertion with the DC on all the time.) Lots of DC 'froth" does form. The needle stays clean. How many units? I don’t know and I don’t care.
Without the DC: not so sure if the results are much different. However, if, for example, the client forgets to hold the “ground” I will suddenly notice epilation time increases and insertions are not as lovely and release takes longer.
Julie, I cannot give you settings, because I’m using a Clareblend and a Hinkel: the numbers would not be relevant. But you can turn up the HF until you get a 1 - 2- second release and then 1.0 mA galvanic. (body work only)
Actually what I’m doing is not so unorthodox, but not clearly outlined in Hinkel’s (or my) book. Why? We both considered that people buying our books were total beginners and didn’t want them to use advanced techniques and injure people. So, what we presented was the very basic “blend grammar.” (And, I have some regrets about doing this because it sent most zappers off into doing units-of-lye computations instead of actually watching the skin.)
If I can muster the energy from my increasingly flagging old body (that looks disgusting), and Youtube stops its nonsense, I will do a few videos on this to (I hope) correct my mistakes about this nonsense I created.
BTW, the term “Live Probing” was coined by Neill Block (New Zealand). Lots of the old-timer blenders use this, but Neill was the first to give it a name (I like the name). He was a funny and an acerbic Dutchman (Lots of times I couldn’t make sense of what he was talking about). He died about 10-years ago in Australia. I think a brown snake got him?