Do not fret! Soon this hair will be a distant memory, just hang in there, keep very well moisturised and drink plenty of water. i look forward to hearing the response from fellow members
I think you should check out Karii’s thread here. Her skin got very irritated at the beginning of her treatment. As time went on the irritation greatly reduced, as did the hair, and now she is almost finished. Your skin has taken a bit of a battering this week, but it will be somewhat less reactive with each successive treatment. I didn’t notice much scabbing at all, considering the strength, density and number of hairs removed. Don’t worry, all is going to be fine.
For what it’s worth – as a casual viewer and not a pro – your skin looks fine to me! If I were having lunch with you, and you had the bumps I see in the after picture, I would just think you had a bit of acne today. Wouldn’t think twice about it. Looks so much better than the before picture! Looks great.
Swelling is expected. Scabbing is in the realm of normal. What I don’t like so much is the chin area after three days… but maybe that’s just the photo.
Karii’s situation got under control. If you read her thread, even though everyone said that the reaction would heal and it was not worrisome, the general consensus was that it was on the extreme end of acceptable and it wasn’t necessary that she had to have such an extreme reaction to remove her hair.
Can I ask the pro’s?:
I think the electrologist is performing thermolysis with non insulated needle. The hairs are thick so she needs higher energies? But that energy is probably also affecting part of the follicle it doesn’t need to… hence the reaction?
If my thinking is somewhat correct, I think this is when you start risking overtreatment and compromising the skin the long term… that’s when clients start to see ‘pebbling’ ,‘fissures’, ‘wrinkles’, ‘depressions’, etc, after completing treatment (if continued overtreatment does take place). I don’t think practitioners should underestimate the advantage of killing the follicle first time with as little extraneous damage as possible.
When is it best to use rosehip oil? Straight away or wait a few days? Am going for my second appt on wed and alot of new hair growth has come through already, but i think this is all hair that hadnt come through yet.
Again, thoroughly depressing. I went to the supermarket last night (late on purpose to avoid ppl) and one woman literally stood next to my face and stared ar me. I couldnt look at her and had to leave. Wasnthungry anymore!
Why do ppl think its ok to stare? angry cry
I’ve had long marathon sessions last week and I’ve just been applying Aloe Vera gel twice daily and it has helped the healing very well. I would recommend to atleast use Aloe Vera and completely clean the areas during showers, it works well for me personally 
Some people have no social skills.
This is why my clients need to shave in between treatments. I am okay with that because there will always be dumb people that stare and make you feel bad. My feeling is, for facial hair, the hair needs to be disguised until I can catch up with the hair and clear all of the hair, if not a good portion of it.
I have a similar problem to yours, Summercrush. Not identical – but similar. And what I do is ask my electrolysist, “What part of the face will we do next time? I’ll let just that part grow.” And the rest, I take an electric razor to! And the part I’m letting grow for the appointment … I keep covered with thick makeup. That way, strangers don’t have to know about things that aren’t any of their business.
Fear of scarring?
I know I’ve “belabored” this before but …
Why are people thinking SCAR when they think “electrolysis?” Actual visible scars from electrolysis, even bad electrolysis, are extremely rare. As I said previously, this would be like someone not traveling because of fear of plane crashes or auto crashes.
When major errors happen in electrolysis, the resulting “scar” is nearly imperceptible. I must say that by contrast when laser treatments go horribly wrong the results can be catastrophic. (And yes, this is my bias … but based on years of “in my face” examples. I wish I could post photos of several patients … but court agreements will not allow me to do this. You know out-of-court “settlements?”)
I agree with MB.
I feel like punching a punching bag right now! Mad :mad: double Mad :mad: !
WELL I can only speak for the U.K. but ‘cowboy’ electrolysis is possible here. I’ve said this before, but I can do a only a two day course which allows me to get insurance, claim to be an 'electrologist and then proceed to burn skin.
I LOOOOOVE electrolysis and I DO NOT want to put anyone off but I am also very aware of the results that overtreatment can have on facial skin. I’d rather have the hair than a prematurely wrinkled upper lip.
Be an educated client. Get treated by a real professional who knows what they are doing. Be hair free and happy.
stoppit&tidyup I AGREE! these ridiculous very short courses are a 100% con, i really wish they made longer courses for people to understand what electrolysis actually is! Good luck to them but its really not enough time to learn anything about electrolysis
Michael,
What exactly does pebbling look like?