Still slowly setting up my practice and learning tons along the way!
My newest quandaries:
Lighting: What type of light do you recommend? I currently have a Luxo Wave + because I was taught on a mag lamp. I do like that the lamp has two lights that I can turn on and off independently from each other for the purpose of shadowing, but since I don’t use the magnifier at all (I use surgical loupes) I would like to invest in a better lamp… that’s strictly a lamp. Are there lamps that highlight hairs better than others. I swear, sometimes I think that I can see better with the light off as the hairs seem to disappear under the lighting… especially blondes and greys.
Entertainment: I can’t remember if I read this on this forum or if it was off of James’s website, but I saw that he recommends watching movies during treatment which I think is a splendid idea. What is the best setup for this? I envision the dentist office, but I don’t think that that particular setup would work since the client is not always on their back looking up at the ceiling.
Any recommendations are gratefully accepted! Thank you!
If you want the lights on casters, Dazor makes a non-mag lamp with both incandescent and florescent and you can add a halogen attachment to your metal base. With this combination, you can move the lights around and adjust to create shadowing.
Then, I have fiber optic lights with intensity control that I attach to my head. They come with rechargeable battery packs and provide complete freedom of movement. I have a couple of different brands but I favor the Designs For Vision. The fiber optics enable me to see even the faintest fine non-pigmented hairs.
I have a colleague who rented space at a dental office and used the dentist’s lights that were attached from the ceiling and she praised them. I don’t recall the types of light they emitted.
I hope you get to medical trade shows where you can see a wider array of choices than your electrology supply catalog offers.
As far as entertainment goes my electrologist has a
radio/cd player available. They have some CD’s or you can
bring your own.
I’ve been bringing my portable ipod deck which I usually
put on shuffle or can adjust by remote. That gives me choice
of several thousand songs. Mostly it’s just background music
while we chat or in between topics of conversation.
I think music is more relaxing than movies but that’s just my personal preference as an electo client. As Alicia mentioned I bring my own ipod as well. It’s nice to have music with lyrics to distract me from the pain.