Can any clients out there rec an electrologist who does multiple needle galvanic in the nyc area? I think 150 an hr is excessive even in nyc but would b willing to go if this person is good. Most have quoted 100/hr but they use blend and despite reading a lot on this forum I feel galvanic is the best for me.
Is it normal never to get any scabbing and only temporary redness? By temporary, I mean 10 minutes! This was the case w multiple needle galvanic but not with thermolysis or blend both of which I only did once bc I walked out looking like a pin cushion. I have very sensitive skin.
Galvanic is probably best for someone who does not know any good electrologists skilled in thermolysis. You can always check out
Barbara Liebowitz in Manhattan.
Thanks. Do you have someone that you are happy with in the nyc or LI area? I have been stuck on galvanic bc I had an excellent result many years ago but might consider another modality if I had a recommendation?
The person I went to was amazing but she only took clients via a personal recommendation in LI and o wish she was still around working…her name was pat cataldi
Hotdoc…I just wrote on here about Arlene Batz…she’s in Queens right by the subway and plenty of buses. I know she does all 3 kinds of electrolysis…Ive had both thermolysis and blend done with her and have already had great results…I know she does galvanic too and you won’t find anyone better…
What we have here is a perfect case of one person’s skill at one thing (and some others apparent lack of skills) leading to a false conclusion.
Scientifically speaking, galvanic and blend work the same way, so what ever result one can reach in galvanic can be reached in blend, only faster. So while a galvanic operator would be lucky to get 60 to 100 hairs per hour, a blend operator could be closer to 250 hairs in the same time.
While thermolysis is a totally different animal, so to speak, it can be well performed in such a way as to yield the results you describe, with the skin looking like you just never grew any hairs only hours after treatment. I know, because I have yielded this result many times on many clients.
The funniest of cases were two separate female clients who got into arguments with their husbands, who did not believe they were going to electrolysis treatments, because they had no visible skin trauma upon returning home.
You must understand that somewhere out there, is a person doing galvanic so poorly, that had you done work with them, you would believe that galvanic is the absolute worst method to utilize, and just the same, someone who could convince you that thermolysis was the absolute BEST method to use, based on the treatment results. In everything, it will be the skill of the practitioner, and the cooperation of the client.
James …Thankyou for such a thorough response. I have read several sources on the subject of electrolysis modalities and while I am no expert on the subject I do agree that treatment w any modality is only as good as the hands of the practitioner. Despite understanding this fact, I guess I had an emotional attachment to galvanic bc of my prior experience. I am going to start seeing two NEW different electrologists next week simply bc I want to seehowy skin reacts to each of them and then choose one. But now I may throw a person who does blend into the mix. Everyone raves ab arlene bit I would prefer someone in nyc :…even if they r a tad more money.
Wow I just re-read your post and while I knew that a blend operator could get 250 hairs an hour it didn’t mean much to me bc I was convinced it was not worth the scabbing …but now I am reconsidering esp if I want to go twice a week so I don’t remove the hair myself and galvanic would cost me much more money in the long run as it would take longer.
Although this does remind me of one statement that all of the galvanic practitioners have said and thats “galvanic may take longer bc I can do fewer hairs at each session but each hair folicle must be killed in order for the hair to stop growing from that follicle but with galvanic you have less re-growth bc u kill that root quicker…maybe after one or two zaps”
Is this true?
hotdoc:
I think this depends on the skill of the operator. With a good electrologist there will be less “regrowth” no matter which method they use. You are so lucky to be in New York and have your choice of several quick AND skilled electrologists. If you’re worried about reactions let the them do a test patch in an non-visible area.
It is simply NOT true that Galvanic kills better than other modalities. PROPERLY PERFORMED, they all do just as well. It is just that galvanic is 60 to 100 hairs an hour range, Blend is 250 to 350 per hour range, and thermolysis is limited only by the speed of movement the practitioner can deliver, so 500 to 1,000 hairs per hour is not impossible in thermolysis.
What IS true is that it is easier to get good at galvanic than it is to get good at blend, than to get good at thermolysis, so on average, a good blend practitioner worked harder to get there than a galvanic operator, and a good thermolysis operator had to learn and muddle through more to get to a certain level than if one had stopped at one of the other two. OH, Yeah, I forgot to say, In My Personal Opinion.
He! He! That last sentence will be conveniently ignored, James. I have it on the best authority.
Keep in mind, hotdoc, like most things in life, mankind keeps pushing and searching for improvement. This has certainly been the case with electrolysis. The older standards still work very well, but the high tech thermolysis modes work very well, too. I choose faster. The high tech thermolysis modes remove more hair and it is utter destruction inside the bottom of the follicle so the hair cannot ever grow again. So don’t be fooled by the one modality works better than another talk and do be mindful that skill, knowledge, training or re-training is King Supreme in using any modality of electrolysis.
Hee! Haw! Yaaal! ( screamed in Howard Dean fashion)
Thankyou both! I have another question. I saw some one last week who was highly rec’d by James in nyc for blend and convinced her to crank up the galvanic as opposed to the thermolysis but after each hair was treated I still felt her pluck out each hair …the hairs did not slip out the way they do w straight galvanic. She kept increasing the time as the hairs r very coarse and went up to 15 secs but only afew “slipped out”. I almost felt like she was just tweezing.
Is this a normal sensation w blend vs gslvanic alone? Have either of u personally had galvanic?
Unless you felt the same sensation as when you pluck an untreated hair, on your own, this was most likely what we call “the popping sensation”. In short, the blend and thermolysis solidify the sheath system, and this gives you a solid mass to pull up and through the smaller hair shaft, above the anchor system. If all that is happening is the solid mass popping through the anchor point, and through the smaller shaft, then you are just fine. There is no need to widen the shaft just so the hair falls out, leaving you with more skin to heal.