Is this a good machine to start with ? I want to clear my toes, and knees! please any additional info would be helpful! Thanks.
http://www.folica.com/clean___easy_De_d105.html
Hope this helps you decide!
I know people on this forum are recommending “The Blend Method” By Michael Bono. Is this book any good for someone that has no knowledge about electrolysis? Does the book only talks about the blend method? What is a good book with illustrations?
I want to start with a simple device, such a One Touch. However I like to read a book about electrolysis before I start.
Bono’s book is for you. It’s great because of the numerous illustrations and simple explanations. None better available, but another book, “Cosmetic and Medical Electrolysis and Temporary Hair Removal: A Practice Manual and Reference Guide
By R.N. Richards, G.E. Meharg”, is another good source as well.
The One Touch will be hard to use. It is flimsy and nothing close to the “ease” of using a simple, inexpensive professional epilator in galvanic mode (single needle).
Dee
Yes, I will eventually like to buy a professinal epilator , however I would like to expreiment with the One Touch abit. To see if I can even do it or not!!!. I like to know what pro epilator do you recommend?
Something used and inexpensive. If you can nail one for under $500, that would be perfect. You are not looking at Apilus, Silhouet-Tone, Gentronics products for anything cheap. An older Clareblend would be a gem. Myron at Texas electrolysis might have some suggestions. One that does galvanic, blend and thermolysis would be good. Start with galvanic, very slow, but that’s what you need right now. Keep checking ebay and ask here. Or, you can rig something yourself. James has that information I do believe.
Roma darling:
If you are planning on using a One Touch on the hair you posted pictures of, just get that thought right out of your mind right this minute! The probes that come with One Touch are WAY TOO LARGE to work on those follicles. You would be burning holes in your neck and being left with large scabs, and possible scars, or divits in your flesh.
If those are the hairs you are speaking of, work with nothing but professional probes, and get someone else to do the work. You can’t reach those hairs with a steady insertion and hold the probe in place while working on yourself.
I haven’t seen the hairs, but neck area, yes, forget it! Lower legs, thighs, yes, but never the face or neck.
Perfect. Thanks. Those are the ones I couldn’t open. It helps if our dear posters would keep their stories in one thread. I say that with a loving tone 
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Dfahey,I want to use the One Toch on areas such as toes, and knees. ( I’ve said this in my opening post).I posted the other thread on Pro Electrolysis section because that was a question regarding Pro work, and not DIY.
Same answer, the hairs on the toes and knees are small follicles. The probe in the One touch is larger than the largest professional probe made. They also cost $3 to $5 each before shipping and handling.
The thing to remember is that the One Touch Probe deminsions were designated by Lawyers, not Hair Removal Technicians
Is there a way to modify this unit so it can used with a professional probe?
JAMES , On what areas can I use the One Touch unit?
By the size of the hairs, the One Touch would be best used on Leg Hairs.
The machine could be modified, but not easily for the average consumer. It is just easier, and better to get a better machine in the first place. You are sort of asking how can one buy a Hyundai and then modify it into a Mercedes. Technically it could be done, but it would be easier to just buy a used mercedes and call it a day.
I’m scared to buy a professional machine, because I don’t think I can operate it. Also I don’t want to damage my skin , since pro machines are powerful, but I guess damage can also be done with One Touch as well. Is there a pro machine out there as simple as the One Touch unit?
You can get a 5 pound Uni Probe Lite epilator for about $400, new that does thermolysis only.
Also there is an Eletro-Blend Classic epilator that is easy to use that weighs 6 pounds and costs $1,050, new.
Prices just go up from there, especially for the the big brand names like Apilus, Fischer, Silhouet-Tone, Gentronics, Clareblend.
There is information about making a simple unit here on hairtell if you are care to do a search.
Dfahey shouldn’t I stick to galvanic if im just starting out?
Yes, I think I encouraged that galvanic be used several posts up, but wanted to discuss simple units that are the least expensive. A used Clareblend with knobs would be great, but you need to pay more money than you desire. It will do galvanic only, blend and thermolysis. You could try to resell it to another DIY’er if you are overwhelmed.
Pro machines are not more difficult to use than a One Touch. They just have the ability to vary treatment in many more ways.
The so called safety features of One Touch are actually a hinderance. The probes are too large, and the “safety spring” causes the probe to be pushed backwards into the probeholder while you are using it, thus making a puncture more likely, instead of lowering the chance of a problem tissue injury.