I had laser hair removal on my underarms a few years ago and have had a great reduction in hair. It’s probably the only spot laser actually worked. I started electrolysis and cleared both underarms a few months ago. I then left them alone didn’t shave and just cleared them completely again today. I am just curious how many clearings it usually takes to see a huge difference. I am kind of using this area to see if the electrologist I’m using is effective and if I should start electrolysis on other areas. Anyone that can give me a ballpark answer? Thank you!
a 40-60 % reduction with each successive clearance is a good result.
There is no one standard that applies to electrologists. I needed around 6 clearances 2 months apart before I started noticing real reduction in hair regrowth with electrolysis. I have not achieved desired removal of all visible hairs yet after a dozen + sessions by now in treated areas and it’s been 2 years of dedicated consistent clearances.
Genetic females have the extra problem of what ever hormonal imbalance that has caused excess hair to grow has the potential to continue to recruit new hairs at a small rate as time goes by, should that problem not be arrested at some point during the treatment time. For instance, a person who is sensitive to artificial sweeteners continue to swill diet coke on a daily basis, she would recruit something like 3 hairs per square inch every 3 months until the day she dies, or stops ingesting artificial sweeteners. That is only one issue with coming to a conclusion with a genetic female’s hair removal problems.
In addition: the number of (in)visible hairs follow a geometric sequence, as in average always a certain fraction of the hairs are being killed. A geometric series has the property of a quick resolution first which becomes slower and slower with time. Which means that it will, after some really good initial progress, take necessarily and unavoidably take “forever” until the last hairs are gone. We can neither change Biology nor Math, just try to make the best out of it.
(and even a > 90% reduction can still be very visible…)