Okay. I hope I say this right. I am a little apprehensive.
First, I have experienced two different modalities. Even though I have had more success with one over the other, I don’t believe one modality is better than the other. I truly believe that the three most important things to look for in an electrologist is: SKILL, KNOWLEDGE, & HAVING THE ABILITY TO SEE THE HAIRS THAT NEED TO BE TREATED(good vision equipment). Not the modality. There are excellent people in all modalities - who are honest & intelligent. Research this site. It helped me tremendously.
Secondly, I want to say that I have done relatively short appointments, & now I do long appointments.
I completely agree with Mr. Walker about the longer appointments. It is more money up front, however, in the long run it isn’t more money. I am loving the long appointments.
For years, I did the weekly to perhaps 12-day thing for half-hour to an hour. Now, I do longer appointments, & I don’t wait as long in-between. You can always work on different parts of the body. Areas are being cleared at a faster rate. I am a much happier person, & I look better too.
I stayed too long with an electrologist I wasn’t happy with. I realize now that this person wasn’t that skilled at the modality she was using. She switched from one to the another. I gave up a lot of my time & money over a long period of time.
That being said I would never mention this person’s name. I don’t really believe in that saying “what goes around, comes around” because horrible things happen to wonderful, good people everyday. I do believe that if you give someone enough rope - well, you probably know the rest.
Also, just because some body has taken every written test out there, doesn’t mean they will be any good working on clients (doesn’t mean they won’t be either). In any field, I believe that the unskilled will be eventually weeded out.
Some people are ubiquitous. You put in a search with your state with the word electrologist, and they come up almost every time. If you advertise everywhere & you aren’t who you claim to be, well eventually very few clients or customers come to you. If you are what you claim to be, you are so busy you have tons of work.
Enough about the negative past. Here’s my new electrolysis experience:
I have had about 20 hours in about 7 weeks. I have had work done on my face & neck for the most part. When I first went there my neck was a horrible mess, now it looks really good . Also, I have even venture into having dark hairs removed from my areola & a few between my breast. I don’t find it painful in most areas. For me, the eyebrows but not in the middle of the brows & right under my nose(even with numbing cream). I find the whole experience relaxing, very tolerable & I heal fairly quickly. I usually have two appointments a week, and we work on different parts of the face & neck. She keeps very detailed notes from every visit & answers all my questions. This week I will have a few dark hairs on my toes removed. I will let you all know about if you want. I hear it is painful, but the areola is also supposed to be painful & it wasn’t. I shall try to post my experiences for people.
Thank you in advance.
