on my stomach, i got electro about two weeks ago, and had little scabs for aweek, but used neosporin and was gentle , so they wre just darker pink spots by the end of hte week. well, now three quarters have black hairs growing out of them
is that the whole, 'its a different hair but looks the same " because the dots arevisible, it APPEARS to be in teh exact same follicle, but i understand that maybe it is an illusion
also, galvanic was done, if thats relevant-what is happening here? In the past i did not get regrowth quite this quickly after tweezing, but it does normally regrow somewhat quickly
Can I ask question? When you were getting galvanic, did you ever let go of the patient-ground for seconds or minutes?
When I do myself, I will see this, but only like one or two hairs out of an entire hour’s worth, if that. It’s not normal, to me at least. I’m going to be interested in what the pros say.
I may be going out on a limb here, but I’m going to say something; Is it possible that your electrologist has a faulty wire/connection? The galvanic current is cutting out, and she’s pulling the hair out on her regular interval she’s used to, but the hair is only being hit with sporadic DC and minimal AC? The timeframe is consistant with underskin stubble coming out. Coming out of the red scab, yes, it could be the same hair shaft. I could dismiss it if it was less frequent, but not that high of incidence.
It sounds like the hairs may be breaking off when they’re being pulled out due to improper electrolysis.
can i ask why you chose galvanic (the slowest method) and how many electrologists you sampled before you picked this one? I remember you mentioned in another post that money was tight for you, so I’m not sure why you chose galvanic.
also, please use witch hazel instead. neosporin is not great for this.
thanks all - i dont know what to think - now i am wondering if maybe its just coincidence… it was after the scabs turned to pink spots, after a week and maybe this is just regrowth? It does seem to be in the same spots though, and only there
mantaray, i dont know about the current. I def felt pain on each hair, and maybe a few did feel tugged, but i’ve felt that before with her, and its felt acceptable not like plucking.
lagirl - the breaking off could make sense. I feel like she doesnt want to crank it up since im sensitive, so maybe she isnt really releasing it.
I didnt really choose galvanic, but by process of elimination. I couldnt take thermolysis, at least from the instatron. I posted after the first lady about my body literally convulsing , sweating, etc, despite having taken aleve. The second lady also had same machine, and since I warned her of my sensitivity, she turned it to the lowest setting, but it was too much. I still jumped and it was sooooo painful. Historically, I have a very high tolerance to pain. Galvanic was much more tolerable. I did get acceptable scabs so it seems to have done something. Maybe the hair just grows really fast??
Other comments she’s made (you cant tell what growth cycle the hair is in, she’d never heard of metal in the body during galvanic as problematic,etc) made we want to try others. I will try a new guy soon, with a newer thermolysis machine. I am excited , so , cross my fingers!
Emili444;
Best of luck in your search. Hairs showing up after just two weeks, had to have been growing but not visible before, as even a plucked hair takes 6-8 weeks to grow back out. It is possible that two separate hair follicles appear to share the same opening. It is quite common even. Also as many as four or even five hairs can grow from just one follicle. If galvanic was the modality, the lye should have affected any hairs in the same folicle. But it would not affect two separate folicles that just happen to share the same opening.
One of the questions on the electrologists health and history form should be “metal within the body”. Several questions should be asked before treatments begins, but this one is especially important if she/he performs blend or galvanic electrolysis.
thanks for the input - that’s definitely a possibility, if the hairs didn’t break.
Dee
Thanks for the thoughts - ive never had a history taken and when I mentioned the metal thing, she said she’d never heard of it in sort of a dismissive way, and i felt uncomfortable saying anything in response, so i just kept my belly button post in, and didnt seem to have any problems
more than anything its the lack of knowledge that concerns me. Now I know what to look for!
im curious -if multiple follicles can share one opening, how does an electrologist get the right follicle ? Could the disable a follicle without a hair in it, while they are inserted into the opening?
Emili4444;
It becomes important for the electrologist to follow the hair into the correct follicle. I often find hairs that look to be coming out of the same spot, but the angle of the hairs indicates more than one follicle is involved. Other times I find several hairs all coming out of the same spot, and all pointing in the same direction. In those cases, I increase the number of pulses that I use in that area because of the increased hair mass.
emili, can you please add your location to your profile. we can possibly help you with suggestions if you do that.
it still sounds to me like she’s using a low current because you are too sensitive to pain and the hairs are probably breaking off. I would strongly suggest you sample other electrologists with various machines, including thermolysis and blend. Pain often depends on their skill, rather than the method. Also, consider using a numbing cream if you’re that sensitive. I say there is no point in wasting money on weak ineffective treatments just to avoid any pain.
I assume you’re already following advice of not drinking coffee, drinking lots of water, and taking an Advil an hour before you go in, right?
thanks for the explanation martha, that makes sense
Lagirl, I’d rather not put my location, but I have contacted James and Dee for recommendations. I am trying somebody new next week and he sounds very knowledgeable so I hope for the best.
as for the pain issue - i do follow the guidelines and always take two aleve beforehand, etc,etc. Im generally quite tolerant of pain, it just seems to be this type of pain perhaps… also im doing upper lip, which I know is more painful
i dont think ive had the breaking off prob on lip, and the stomach did indeed scab and last for a week despite healing care, so that makes me think the current must have been substantial. Overall, it’s hard to say what happened, but I don’t plan on going back to her, so I guess that takes some of the need to guess away
