hello everyone. i am new here and love reading all of yo’all posted. i am planning to go to the electrolysis school but, i wanted to be really prepare for it first. i bought couple electrolysis books. my friend /friend is selling the apilus 500 for $ 1700 is that a good price . she barely used because , she said it is so tedious job she hated it so, sell it. what is the uses or function of galvanic in hair removal. iam an esthe so i know what it uses for in skincare, no clue in hair … can some one tell me . thanks so much
What books did you purchase? The Blend Method and Cosmetic & Medical Electrolysis and Temporary Hair Removal are both excellent books that will help you learn about galvanic use in electrolysis.
You can find these at Texas Electrolysis Supply or Prestige Electrolysis supply.
Galvanic electrolysis is just one of the modalities for hair removal under the big banner called ‘ELECTROLYSIS’. Like all of the electrolysis modalities, it is a way in which we use electrical current to produce a therapeutic effect to eliminate hair.
Advantage: it is very thorough and thus, very effective
Disadvantage: it is very slow because it has to make a chemical change happen. TIME is needed to achieve the thorough effectiveness. That is why multi-probe electrolysis was invented by Professor Paul Kree way back in 1916. He made galvanic more time efficient because 16 needles/probes were used to treat 16 separate hair follicles at a time. This was so much better than treating one hair follicle for a minimum of 20 seconds to 180 seconds at a time. Compare that to what our computerized epilators can accomplish today in less than a second per hair or in 8-10 seconds per hair and the choice becomes obvious for the consumer.
I think that is an excellent price for the Apilus SX-500.
thanks so much . i just bought the cosmetic and medical electrolysis and also bought the apilus 500 machine since i asked for yo’all opinions. now i got the machine but, no clue how to use it. my teacher only uses fisher so, she has no idea. can some one guide me step by step how to use it. i wanted to call the dectro company but,i am afraid that they won’t help me because, i bought it second hand. thanks so much
We cannot teach you here on the internet. It is best to get your unit registered with Dectro and then try to get to one of their centers so they can give you some basics. Or, if you can find a practitioner that is willing to teach you, for a fee for their time, then that would be another strategy. You then can train the instructor so she will have a broader view of what is available in 2011.
I don’t know your location, so I don’t know if you are near an Apilus Center.
I’m sure Dectro would love for you to come spend a day or two at a Dectro center for training specific to your epilator (for a fee since you did not purchase from them).
I can tell you a few differences and similarities between Fisher and Apilus…(Fisher is an excellent epilator, also)
When selecting PULSE in Fisher, the epilator settings you have chosen will be divided by the number of pulses you have selected. For example, PULSING twice with a setting of 1 second and 85% intensity would end up giving you two half-second pulses at 85% intensity. Whereas the Apilus PULSE multiplies the timing (and intensity), however, as you increase the PULSE number the timing may be automatically reduced a little bit.
Both epilators (as did the Silhouette-Tone) have AREA to be treated, and with any learning curve using a new (to you) epilator, start with low numbers and work up to a good release.
When you make setting adjustments on the Fisher, turning up the timing for example, the intensity automatically reduces a little bit. I was fearful at first, when purchasing my first Fisher, that I would have no control over this thing! But I got over that. The Apilus, on the other hand, is like most other epilators in that a change in intensity or timing does not change the other setting.
Your instructor may have already explained all that to you…so I’m basically rambling on for my own memory review!!!