Legitimate electrolysis machines on eBay part 2

An older Fischer machine. It sounds like it might be someone from hairtell selling it judging by the description. :slight_smile:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Professional-Electrolysis-Epilator_W0QQitemZ280250498812

For the pros, a Silhouet-Tone VMC for $1600!
http://cgi.ebay.com/Sequentium-VMC-Epilator-Electrolysis_W0QQitemZ200243457329

The Proteus machine is still there, now down to $600 :slight_smile:

Good deal on the VMC, if they don’t back out. It really should sell at a higher price than the starting bid.

An Apilus SX-500 starting at $650!

http://cgi.ebay.com/Apilus-SX-500-Professional-Gentle-Electrolysis-System_W0QQitemZ140255838467

Own a piece of electrology history… for only 99 cents!

http://cgi.ebay.com/D-J-Mahler-Company-Electrolysis-Apparatus-Quack-Medical_W0QQitemZ200248012183

The listing says it was made in East Providence RI… could this be from the company we all know as “Instrantron” today?

Um, yeah, that’s made by the company that became Instantron. You don’t miss a beat.

Now if I were still considering an electrolysis museum, this would be a must have item.

OH, by the way, not that I expect anyone to want to use this, but it actually would work, if restored, and both Instantron AND Texas Electrolysis Supply would be able to fix it for the buyer. The cost would be around $70 to $100.00 and they might even add blend capabilities to it if you asked nicely.

James, yes I am a regular Sherlock :grin: I remember seeing an online electrolysis museum long ago, with a picture of that unit, but I am too tired right now to try and find it. Maybe later. If I had room for it and a place to display it, I would definitely buy the unit myself.

The interesting thing about it was that it seemed to be marketed as a home electrolysis device. For $1, it is cheaper than a One Touch, and will probably last a century longer :wink:

I believe I saw those pics of antiques on Instantrons web site. Pearl…

Here is the site I was thinking of. I think they added some new ones since I last saw it. (Check out the one from the 30s shaped like an old fashioned candle phone, and the Stanley Kubrick inspired 2001 Kree model.)

http://www.laserlaser.com/epilators.htm

Mighty funny the LASER college has an electrolysis museum. There are actually lots of LASER machines no longer in production already. I guess they don’t want to discuss that.

Lorenzo had an electrolysis school before his laser school existed. St. Pierre and Hinkel were Lorenzo’s uncles, one paternal, one maternal.

He also lists Michael Bono and Fino Gior as references. Somewhere on the site it says they still offer electrology classes.

Hey, I was only making light of the fact that there are no retired LASERs pages.

Just for giggles, I thought about that and realized the cutoff date for the museum is 1990 (for whatever reason 1990 was chosen as the cutoff date :confused: ) I assume there were no laser hair removal machines before 1990, which might explain the absence of laser machines?

Or, those laser machines are so expensive, they are rarely retired and/or recycled for parts in some manner?

I am sure that it is much like the last of the X-Ray Hair Removal machines. The last one was in use until around 1976, when the owner could no longer find anyone willing to fix it, or sell parts for it, due to liability issues. (Keep in mind that it was well known that X-Ray Hair Removal caused radiation sickness by the 50’s)

Here is something I don’t see very often on eBay, a multi-needle machine. A Clareblend Nova 2000.

http://cgi.ebay.com/CLAREBLEND-NOVA-2000-ELECTROLYSIS-EPILATOR_W0QQitemZ290256172135

Here is another historical electrolysis machine, the first machine with the name “Instantron” (I found the info on the Instantron site.)

http://cgi.ebay.com/Instantron-Epilator-Hair-Remover-Model-355_W0QQitemZ170257698511

And a Sterex blend machine for the folks in Australia
http://cgi.ebay.com/STEREX-SX-B-BLEND-EPILATOR-Hair-Removal-MACHINE-UNIT_W0QQitemZ300255195769

A complete electrolysis setup, with an Apilus Senior II for $5000
http://cgi.ebay.com/Apilus-Senior-II-and-other-hair-removal-equipment_W0QQitemZ160277655709

Wow, another classic Instantron epilator, a Tronco 4 (thermolysis only, predecessor to the SS69?)
http://cgi.ebay.com/Instantron-Epilator-Hair-Remover-Model-tronco-4_W0QQitemZ250290843764

Check out that simulated wood paneling on the front, and the lovely 70s-era lady on the manual cover.

An Apilus Cleo, starting at $375. Does blend, slow thermo and flash. Even comes with needles.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Electrolysis-Machine-Apilus-Cleo-Sells-4-1500_W0QQitemZ260283811293

Is Fino still around… Just found this board… was away from the industry for mannnny years… what about Jules Shapiro?

If anyone is really interested… I have 3-4 Various Sudonna Epilators( compuderms, CTRII, TR-2) A fischer Blend unit and lots of needles(probes) and tweezers(forcepts)