I went in for an electrolysis consult for my back and shoulders. Everything seemed fine when she did a test patch but at some points it felt like some hairs were being plucked out afterwards, is this a bad sign? She also said thermolysis is best for me over blend. I thought blend is faster since it is such a large area? Im new to electrolysis ao i dont know much. What settings and such should I be looking at and what else should I look for before investing?
She also estimated 10-13 hours for first clearance of my back. Dont know if this sounds right or not :S?
Blend is slower in clearing an area than thermolysis. With that first clearance, you will have hairs getting ready to shed and the removal of those hairs might result in your feeling some traction upon their removal from the follicle. Once you are removing the hairs as they grow in, there should be little or no sensation with the epilation.
The consumer should not be worrying about settings, since all epilators are different and the same numbers on different epilators will give different treatment energy.
You should be looking at the cleanliness of the practice, the use of aseptic techniques during the treatment and the reaction of your skin after treatment. There should be no stubbly hairs showing up a few days after a treatment. You will have bumpy-as-in-mosquito-bite-skin for a few hours and you might have little scabs at the site of each follicle.
The length of time it takes to clear you the first time is totally dependant upon how many hairs you have. Every single person that walks in is unique and all estimates are guesstimates.
is there any way to estimate? if i tell you guys how many hairs i have in a certain area would you be able to give me a very very rough guesstimate? even if its off id like to know a ballpark figure to ease some worrys of how much thsi will be costing me
Time to clear an area is practitioner dependent. What modality is being used? Blend? Manual Thermolysis? Microflash/PicoFlash thermolysis? How well can she see? How comfortable is she when working? Chair choice? Table choice? Does she use a footswitch or autosensor mode? How much time will you give her each session?
You can go to a practitioner and draw a 4" x 4" square on a hairy chest, for example, and start timing her as she works. See how long it takes for her to clear all the hair within the borders. Then both of you can roughly estimate how long it would be to clear the whole area.
My personal best for removing hair is between 600-800 insertions per hour if the area is basically flat. Some can do 1,000 insertions per hour, some 1,200 insertions per hour when delivering microflash or picofalsh thermolysis. WE ARE ALL DIFFERENT in our abilities and equipment and our clients are all so different in what they present with. DO you see why predicting cost is almost impossible? I know it is frustrating to a consumer who wants to know the bottom line even if it is an estimate. What costs one client $800 totally to have their chin permanently cleared over a years time, may cost her best friend $1500 over a years time. ??? so many variables, because hairs can be predictable and unpredictable at the same time and we all have our own hair thumbprint which is all so ever unique.
im nto crazy hair or anything and she said my hairs are easy to work with. i know its still not telling lot but have you heard of that before for full back? seems kinda cheap no?
she said roughly after doing a test patch for 15 minutes that itd take a bit over 10 hours to clear my back. times a few clearances. this happened in the consult
For my last guy that I did, I believe he was cleared in 50-55 hours,from his neck, shoulders, upper arms to his beltline. This was made possible by using microflash thermolysis and having a client who actually showed up consistently every week, but for three. It took another 30 hours or so maintain the areas where regrowth or new growth occured. He was finished in 14 months. I saw him three times after that over a years time for some scattered growth that took about an hour’s worth of electrolysis. He spent between $4,000 -$5,000, but he is hair-free for the rest of his life, unless his body is programmed to grow new hair from follicles that were not active in the decade of his thirties. The main thing is, he achieved permanent hair removal within a set period of time and with personal sacrifice and stamina that brought him to a great level of satisfaction.
Now, that’s my personal story of one client that I did from start to finish. That doesn’t mean that this will be your personal story. All I can say is, you are better off with an electrologist that is open to doing long appointments with microflash/picoflash thermolysis in autosensor mode (no footswitch), who selects the proper size of probe to match the diameter of the hair, and uses quality vision aids so they can see to make perfect insertions. (in truth, the insertions won’t be perfect 100% of the time because we are only human, but we have to say this with the intention that that is what we are trying to do). The better computerized epilators made today can do a lot of damage to a hair follicle and makes for a speedier time to completion, but the main factor is, permanence is assured with a skilled electrologist at the helm.
Everybody is different, and every practitioner is different, but in any case, the time to first clearance, is not equal to the time of second clearance, and so on. The clearance times reduce after the first two clearances at the very least.
I just completed the third clearance on a difficult full face and neck to chest job. The first clearance was 25 hours, the second was 21 hours, the third was 15 hours. I expect that the next clearance will be 10 hours or less. This client and I are seeing each other every 8 weeks.
This is not treatment of the same area you are working on, but the point is clear, you won’t be needing the same clearance time throughout your treatment schedule. there comes a time when my clients have to seriously think about if they want to spend more travel time getting to me than the treatment time we will be doing while they are with me.