Multiplex Thermolysis

Hair Removal Methods Do-It-Yourself Electrolysis
#1

(This is probably a question best asked in an electrolysis school, but here it goes.)

First, I have to thank Dee for mentioning using multiplex for deeply rooted hairs. I tried it and have been delighted with the results, it really loosens tough hair, especially hair on the knees and around/on the feet. I used the same settings I use for microflash thermolysis; 5 pulses and 99% hf but more than halved the treatment time (0.028s instead of 0.062s for the knees for example.) The hair comes out with one treatment per follicle, and the skin looks great afterward, though multiplex does feel just a tiny bit more painful than microflash.

My question is, are there situations where microflash works better and multiplex should not be used, or are microflash and multiplex largely interchangeable? They are so similar in terms of time required and skill required to use them, I can’t see any reason not to just use multiplex instead of microflash.

#2

I used multiplex on a client yesterday and that they said it was more comfortable than microflash was. Last week just the opposite. The hairs released the same from my point of view.

I was told never to pulse more than two times.

#3

It is all a part of your “bag of tricks.” You use what is useful. Some people will find MicroFlash more comfortable, some Multi-Plex, Some are only happy when being worked on in blend. I have even had people who perferred Syncro-Multi-Plex over PicoFlash.

This is why you need to “play” with all of them so you are familiar and can shift on the fly with what ever the body in front of you presents with.

Oh, and Love2besmooth, you can pulse more than two times if the currents is right, but keep in mind, the idea is to do this as quickly as possible. This is why one shot in Micro or PicoFlash is the thing we most like to do, and everything else stacks up behind it. The more pulses used, the more time per hair it takes, and the more possibility for client pain, or a blowout when a particular follicle doesn’t conform to the parameters you designed the setting for.

#4

“Bag of tricks” is spot on, dear James. A bag of tricks with the best equipment available is exactly what an electrologist needs to please everyone to get the job done. Everyone presents with a different hair thumbprint and sensitively level and one strategy doesn’t work for all. I just love that description, oh smart one.

#5

I have no idea why it takes so many pulses, but it seems to take at least 4 before the hair releases nicely. If I do it 2 or 3 times, there is much more resistance, and since there is more traction the bulb and root sheath are lost as they start to slide out, or I get the bulb but the root sheath comes halfway out of the follicle. I wonder if this is just due to lackluster insertions, or because I am not well hydrated, or some other consistent variable; I can adjust intensity and time up or down depending on the area, but it always take 4-5 pulses, whether microflash or multiplex.

#6

Work on both your hydration and your insertions.

It seems that Americans have been socialized to be dehydrated. My Australian Client manages to still score a 60 out of a possible 70 on my hydration scale even when he thinks he is dehydrated. My average American female scores 35 to 45 out of 70, and my average male scores 40 to 55 out of 70.

As a nation, we don’t get enough water absorbed into our systems, and we are polluted with chemicals that make being healthy more difficult than it should be.

#7

What is this hydration scale of which ye speak? We would know more…

#8

Most? All? Apilus epilators have a feature that allows you to check the moisture level of a clients skin. You have to place the inactive electrode in contact near the area to be tested, then place the active electrode on the area of skin you wish to know what the moisture is, or, you can just do an insertion to get a reading. The level will be displayed on the screen. The screen will say dry skin, normal skin, hydrated skin.

I think James mentioned awhile back that he had a gadget from Walmart that can do this as well??? He will have to answer that, as I may be thinking of something else. Was it a fat (BMI) moniter, James?

#9

Yes, the Senior II does this, but I just get a scaling output, bar-graph type, as well as the dry, normal, hydrated info. I was wondering where James was getting his max value of 70.

#10

The electrolysis machines only measure the presence of moisture on a bar graph. The Body Fat Scales give you both body fat and hydration content. My scale, by Tanita, has a human’s perfect hydration expressed as 70. The scales that came later from the same company made it easier for people to understand, and the perfect score for hydration is expressed as 100% so that the average mind can grasp it.

This means that the people who are scoring 35’s on my scale, would be reading 50% on the newer models. My good client who scores a 60 on a bad day would be scoring close to 90%