Finally starting school

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Well after months and months of postponing, waiting for economy to better itself, i realized it will not get better any time soon, and i signed up for classes at Electrology school in California. Right now i am waiting for my student loan to fund, then i am getting books, and when i am done with online theoretical portion, i will be heading to California for practice.
As you may expect i am freaking out about it. its a mix of happiness and worry. I am "what if" person. Even though some friends and co-workers are telling me that they may be clients when i finish school, i worry that maybe i might end up with no clients at all. My plan is to actually move to a house which has more space and its more accessible, and work from home, since that is working pretty well for few of my friends doing hair and nails from home.
I wanted to ask our Certified Electrologists here on the board what i may expect when time comes, especially with first few clients. What worries me the most is that sometimes in unusual situations, my hands start to sweat and shake, which would be a no go trying to do electrolysis. Does it get better with time? And experience?
Also, how to deal with “electrocuting” hair on unusual parts of body ( you know what i mean), especially in a male-female situation?

Thank you all in advance. Beside this, i wanted to say thank you to everyone who reasured me when i first started electrolysis on my upper lip. I am done and hair free, even though, when i look in the mirror, i can still see old me. I know, weird. I guess i lived with the hairs too long. I am glad it worked. It does change ones life completely. Thank you all once again!

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Good luck :slight_smile: I hope you become one of those honest ones.

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That’s great Sanny!

You would make a great electrologist and you understand how much it makes a difference and how important it is to people, which is just as important!

Let us know how it is going and great to hear about you being hair free. Good luck with it all!

Kind regards,
Benji

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The fact that many electrologists became electrologists after having had recieved treatments on one or several areas, is completely the norm in this profession. It is a life turning decision that has made millions of people very satisfied. I have been told that I am cheaper than a psychiatrist and that says it all.

I was not very good at insertions when I first started and I will openly admit this. It did not come as easy for me as it did for some of my colleagues. Perfect insertions are the core of this business. You do need steady hands and proper positioning, and you can will that to happen for you, unless you have an organic disease that causes you to shake. It will happen as long as you practice, practice, practice. Performing electrolysis is not easy, but it will become easier as you dutifully keep going, just like anything new you tackle in life. Read, think about it and then do it over and over again X 1,000,000,00. Like the words of a famous violin teacher said, “You do not have to practice on the days you don’t eat”. Same for electrolysis.

Don’t worry about private areas at this stage. You can choose to remove hair only from areas you are comfortable with. It’s your business and you need to conduct your business the way you want to, however, I think you will be able to work your way there and open all options up to adjust to client needs.

Lastly, don’t settle for sub-par equipment when you open shop. Get the best in epilator choices, surgical magnification customized for your vision needs and don’t skimp on quality lighting. Never settle for less as far as equipment goes. It’s a good business decision, after you perfect your skills and you won’t regret it long term.

I wish you the success, sanny. We need serious men and women in this profession who have “been on the other side”. Having been a client, you can feel compassion for those that suffer with too much hair. We all need to care about those clients who are having a tough time and get them through the series of treatments they will have to endure over a year or two. Getting the business part correct is important to survival, but the human part is especially important because we see many vulnerable, depressed people and we need to uplift them with our words, but more so with our expertise so we can bring to them excellent results.

Wishing you perserverance,

Dee

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You know, if people on this site keep going from prospective customers to clients, to practitioners, I just may become the Johnny Appleseed of electrolysis. Welcome aboard dear lady.

Although there are some special skills one has to gain to work in some certain areas, you need only maintain your professional bearing. Do you think it is any different for those of us male practitioners when an exotic dancer comes for “the works” and just shucks off her clothes right in front of you, hops on the table and starts showing you what she wants done here, there and everywhere? You just learn to find a poker face, and keep any discussion on the topic of the work to be performed as best you can. Later, when you know them better, you can start making jokes about the situation if that person’s humor leads them to make such jokes to you first.

I will echo Dee on the equipment thing. When I started, I got as much of the top of the line stuff as I could, and the things I did not get right away, I got later as I could afford to. (ok, I went into hock like everyone else, but I cold see my way to paying for them) Each upgrade in equipment brought an added dimension to my work, and pushed my results to another level.

I will always say that I am more like Batman than Superman. Without my gadgets, I have no hope of being what I am expected to be. Give me a Kree machine and a monocle, and I would be even slower, and skin reactions would not be pretty.

You know that you have our support, and we will be here for you.

Of course, you also must now post answers to questions for others now, and if a thank you James in the form of a Matt Leinart football jersey is in my future, you should know that I don’t have the white one yet :wink:

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Oh Dear James:) That must be some hard work right there, doing electrolysis on exotic dancer. Hard life, isnt it?:) I am not even mentioning that to my husband. He is one of the most jealous men i ever met, and hes already all over the map just thinking of possibility that i might have handsome male client one day. :)I told him that possible solution would be for him to finish same school and borrow one of your exotic dancers to work on, and we will be square.
I am definitely shooting for modern equipment. I am sure i will have more questions for both Dee and you, James, when time comes for me to purchase machine. I do want to keep up with the times.
I bet i`ll have tons of questions, so please bare with me. After that i just might consider that Matt Leinart jersey you mentioned. Heck, maybe even lunch!:slight_smile:

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In all honesty, your husband’s reaction is one of the reasons men have such a hard time finding practitioners willing to work on them. For some reason, husbands don’t like the idea of a guy being able to literally “buy time” with their wife. I think massage therapists are the only people who get more flack from their spouces for just entertaining offers of work from prospective customers. In the same way, I have had husbands of clients sit in on our treatments, just to see that we really can fill 3 hours doing nothing but work, and still not be done with a new area.

On another related subject, yours would not be the first husband to figure out that electrolysis could make more money for a better type of work than he is doing now, and join the wife in the business. It solves two problems at once. You are a double income family, and he can work on all the guys and leave you with all the women. I guess the problem you would have then is who is allowed to work on the gay people :grin:

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Hi James:

You said:
"On another related subject, yours would not be the first husband to figure out that electrolysis could make more money for a better type of work than he is doing now, and join the wife in the business. It solves two problems at once. You are a double income family, and he can work on all the guys and leave you with all the women. I guess the problem you would have then is who is allowed to work on the gay people "

How does anyone really know if someone is gay or not?
What was that song by Chuck Berry:“You never can tell”.
There are lots of stereotypes around, but gays are not necessarily stereotypical.

I know one female electrologist who was stalked by a married male client. The electrologist was also treating the mans wife, and happened to be a married woman with a child. Unfortunately stuff like that really does happen.

Alicia

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I was just being comical about the fact that the reason he doesn’t want her working on men is the possibility of sexual attraction, so if she can only work on women and he can only work on men, then the comical question is, who works on the gay people. Without the HairTell TV show, I guess some of my attempts at humor don’t come off with the right timing

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Hi James:

I realize it was an attempt at humor, and probably pretty funny to some people depending on their sense of humor and perspective.I totally understand you meant no disrespect.

My electrologist has been a real friend to me since I came out to her that I was a TS. I think as an electrologist, Sanny is likely to meet all kinds of clients, and having an open mind is a real bonus.

Alicia

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I do have an open mind, and doesnt worry me at all. And dont worry, James, your humor is welcome here. Heck it made me laugh.
But heres the thing. My hubbys one of “those” guys, you know. Like, if he touches another man by chance he will go swim in bleach, since he is sooo not gay.You know the type? :slight_smile:
I think he`s prefer to work on females, instead.And for me to work on females also. Hes so silly. I guess he will eventually get used to it.

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Speaking of a HairTell TV show, I am surprised that no one out there is yet doing a hair removal podcast. It is a great way to get in some self-promotion too :slight_smile:

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I would love to do a podcast, but in order for it to be of any use, one would have to have clients willing to either have treatments filmed and shown, or go on camera to discuss their treatments.

For some reason, that is not as easy as getting people to come on and talk about their sex lives. :D— OH! there I go trying to be funny again.

Don’t worry Sanny. I know the type. They won’t let me remove even their ingrown hairs, because they are afraid that my “golden probe” has the magical power to change boys to women :wink: I don’t know where they got that idea from… Oh, yeah. I guess they saw my last TV appearance, and agreed with my office’s next door neighbor.

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Your golden probe, James? :smiley:

Sanny runs to the bathroom to laugh so no one can hear

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Sanny,

When we finish school maybe we could do a pod cast we could get clients doing that, what do you think? We can’t use golden probes we will leave that to James.

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James I insists on using Ballet Gold Disposeable Probes.

Nothing works like them in my opinion. (I have tried a lot of probes in my time, stainless steel, insulated disposeable, reuseable, one piece, two piece…)

If you are to be my students, you will use gold probes. (of course, if you ever do, your clients will tell you to keep using them. I sometimes use something else on them and they always ask after the first hair, “What are you doing different today?” Trust me, they can tell the difference.)

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Id much rather be your student, james, than go to LA and have two weeks of practice. Let me know when you can give me 15 year loan and ill be there in less than 24 hours.Honest.

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Anybody want to buy Future Electrolysis Bonds to help the War On Hair? Your money helps bring great hair removal to the world, while bringing a good electrology education to people wanting to make a change in the world.

Bond interest will be paid from the procedes of the graduating electrologists earnings or repaid in prodigious volumes of hair removal.

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Maybe you could use some electrology students as guinea pigs and get them to come on the podcast and discuss their hair problems and can demonstrate treatment on them :slight_smile:

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Hi James:

You said:
“Don’t worry Sanny. I know the type. They won’t let me remove even their ingrown hairs, because they are afraid that my “golden probe” has the magical power to change boys to women I don’t know where they got that idea from… Oh, yeah. I guess they saw my last TV appearance, and agreed with my office’s next door neighbor.”

If I knew you had that kind of power James, I would have gone to see you instead of Dr. Brassard. Truthfully though you

guys are really essential in getting rid of “manly” facial hair, and are therefore a big help for which we are eternally grateful.
I guess in some ways we could compare your “golden probe” to
Tinkerbell’s magic wand. Her motto is “Dare to Dream” by the way.

On the subject of preferences:
The majority of people seeking electrolysis and people who perform electrolysis are women.

Some women,perhaps the majority would prefer to be treated by a woman electrologist.Maybe they are embarassed about having a hair problem and feel a woman would be more understanding?

Some women electrologists don’t want to work on men, perhaps because of jealous husbands or other reasons?

Alicia