help again for one touch, sorry

Hair Removal Methods Do-It-Yourself Electrolysis
#1

hi, sorry to ask more questions about one touch but ive just bought one and any tips would be good.

so, ive just tried it for the first time on a section of my arm. i found it ok not as hard as i thought. i hope the hairs are gone permanently. it has left me with small scabs which look like there going to take a couple of weeks to dissapear. because of this im not sure whether to continue, is this normal or did i overtreat???

ive been using it on fine hairs but finding insertions difficult. hairs dont seem to be as deep as i thought they would, im inserting to the bottom of the hair and then pulling it out a small way but this leaves it just below the skin surface which is maybe why its burning??? also its difficult to tell whether the probe is actually going in or just retracting with the spring. it would be better if there was a marker on the probe to see if its moving.

also is it possible to attach smaller probes to the one touch because it does seem to big for hairs on the hands.

any help appreciated

#2

There are several good posts in this forum currently that address your questions.

Fine hairs are difficult to treat with the One Touch because the probe is thicker than the largest professional probes that can be found. Also, fine hairs can often have a very shallow root, just below the surface of the skin. These can be tricky to safely treat as you have a greater chance of damaging the skin than one would with a follicle that’s 3 to 4 mm deep. It would be better to learn by practicing on bigger, deeper hairs before you attempt the fine hairs that require more skill.

Generally if a hair is properly treated, one would tweeze it out and you would feel very little resistance. Small scabs can also be common, but the term is relative and if your scabs are too big, then you’ve over-treated and you could cause scarring. So the trick is to apply just enough power and time at the base of the follicle to allow the hair to be extracted with very little force.

One trick with the One Touch is to remove the tip of the stylus that covers the probe. Then you can have a better idea if the probe is actually going into the follicle or if you’re just burning the top of your skin. However, the probe is more easily bent with this method, so better insertions are required (not a bad thing).

There are some other useful tips at http://www.geocities.com/hairfreethere/ as well as how you could use smaller probes with some other parts to accomplish what the One Touch does.