I’ve been having electrolysis since December 06, but i don’t seem to be seeing much progress at all. I have hair on my breasts and down the centre of my chest. I tweezed for about 10 years but got sick of the ingrown hairs. So the hairs are now fairly coarse.
I had blend for about a year, every 2 weeks for about 15 minutes a time. But when that seemed to be having little effect i switched to high frequency, but still not seeing much progress.
My electrologist has been working for over 20 years, so she is fairly experienced. Although her equipment looks fairly old.
My concerns are she often misses some hairs each session so i don’t always get complete clearance, and i can often feel the hair beeing pulled out once it’s been zapped.
So do you think i’m going often enough? (I usually stick to my 2 weekly appointment, rather than going when the hairs appear). Should i find myself another electrolysis?
Basically where am i going wrong, cause i’m starting to get desperate!
Breast hairs are better treated with blend, or galvanic, due to the unpredictable nature of the follicles. Thermolysis can be used effectively, but, as we have said before, getting to the point of being able to do effective thermolysis treatments is harder than getting to the point of delivering effective blend or galvanic treatments.
You should be getting full removal of all offending hairs, each and every time you have treatment.
I can’t imagine why you would be still working every 2 weeks on brest hairs if you were not growing new ones due to some hormonal problem, or diabetes related complex.
No they’re the same hairs, so i don’t think it’s hormonal.
You should have been finished within a year. Something is wrong.
Get full clearance every single time.
Blend or thermolysis will work effectively. If insertions are not accurate and energy and timing levels are improperly set, or if she is using a small probe size (like a 2) for coarse hair ( not course hair), then you will go nowhere FAST!
If you care to explain anymore details about your treatment, that may help us pinpoint where this has gone wrong. No detail is too small. Breast hair is easy to treat and the time to completion is never two years if this is done expertly with professional equipment. It really isn’t that costly either.
Dee
I don’t know what more detail i can give. I don’t think she uses a different sized probe for the short hair, and i don’t know what equipment she has. I find it so embarassing going for the appointments, and whenever i raise concerns about the time it’s taking she just tells me everyone is different.
I wonder whether i’m wrong to stick to fortnightly appointments, rather than going as soon as new hairs appear, so some of them aren’t removed as soon as they appear. Also i wonder whether her insertions are not very accurate, as i can often feel the hairs being pulled out.
I also rarely find the treatment painful, although thermolysis has been a bit more painful compared to blend.
I’ve found someone else who does electrolysis in my area and she’s a member of the British Institute and Association of Electrolysis. Am i better to call it quits and try someone new?
Any help or advice welcome!
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If the hair is not coming out without resistance after being zapped, you may be having expensive plucking instead of proper electrolysis
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Was 15 mins enough to clear the entire area you wanted treated? That seems a bit short for the area you describe.
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I would definitely check out a few other electrologists (get sample treatments at each one) and compare things (as we recommend to do before you start any treatments). Definitely ask what type of electrolysis they use and what machine. If you can find someone with a newer machine like Apilus, treatments will likely be less painful.
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You will still probably need blend for the nipple area hairs. I did. They’re often deep and curly so blend works better than thermolysis there. On the other hairs, thermolysis would be faster, especially the faster types like microflash and picoflash.
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Make sure to get the entire area you want treated cleared each time you go in. It’s probably cheaper to have longer treatments anyway than 15 min treatments more often.