My Electrology Experience at the EINE Clinic

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Hi All,
I just had my first electrology appointment today, and I thought I’d start posting my experience. I called them and set up an appointment after James suggesting them. I hadn’t called them previously because I thought I read somewhere that they only take referrals from doctors, but they don’t, so if you live in the Boston area, I would suggest going and checking them out.

The Electrology Clinic charges $10/30 minutes and $20/60 minutes. I thought these were reasonable rates, especially because they are students and might not have speed down yet. When you book an appointment, you don’t get to request a specific student. I think they do this so that clients stay loyal to the school and not to a particular student. It says as much on their website in the contract prospective students sign.

Another note about the school. In the clinic, they use the Apilus Senior 2 and they do have an Apilus SX-500 or two, but they do not use the Apilus Platinum in their training. I was a little disappointed about this, but figured that micoflash wasn’t too bad, and from the way Natalie was talking about the options, the Seniors have the available IMM-PAC that gives expanded options.

I had Natalie as my electrologist. She has over 600 hours of experience and is taking her board exam in Connecticut on March 28th, but she is staying with the school to get her 1100 hours so she can become licensed in Massachusetts as well. She talked a lot about the boards and being a bit nervous; she was quite nice and friendly.

I had the center of my chest done between my breasts. I have mostly blond hairs with a few thicker colored hairs as well. None of them are like men’s hairs, but they bother me. I didn’t bother with asking questions about sterilization because I already learned the school’s policies on their website. They use disposable probes and sterilize all equipment. I was more sure of this because the first pair of tweezers she used wasn’t grabbing the hair the way she wanted, and she complained about the sterilization machines sometimes ruining the point and how she would need to file it down. She then grabbed another pair from her bag, which was full of sterilization packets with equipment in them.

Machine: Aplilus Senior 2 with IMM-PAC

Probe: Insulated #3 Probe (stainless steel)

I do not remember the frequency level, but she tried it a couple of times, and then the teacher suggested she up it a little (she gave a number, but I forgot) because I was tolerating it well.

I have heard all sorts of things about electrolysis hurting and such, so I was surprised at how painless it was. It was just a little prick, and I wouldn’t even say it hurt as much as plucking. WHO SAYS ELECTROLYSIS HURTS? Have these people ever plucked or waxed before? I was sitting on the table wondering why I wasn’t having a brazilian bikini line done as well! Natalie said people have different levels of tolerance, and some even practically jump off the table. She also said that under the nose and some other areas were more sensitive. But really, why torture yourself with waxing when you can have less pain and be totally hair free in 1-2 years?

Anyways, the teacher suggested just a half hour for my first time so that we could see how my skin reacted and healed. When I go back (Thursday and then next Monday), I will be getting my upper lip, sides of my face, and the trail around my belly button done.

When Natalie was done, she used witch hazel and then put aloe vera gel on it. She also gave me a sheet with instructions on home care. My mom bought me aloe vera gel and tea tree oil to put on it as a present (it was my birthday last week). But she got me a tincture of tea tree oil where it’s 10% tea tree oil and 90% grain alcohol. She said that pure tea tree oil would be too strong for the skin. Is this right? I am just as worried about the grain alcohol and think that might aggravate my skin more.

The area was red and a little bumpy right afterward. By the time I got home, most of the redness had subsided with just a little bit of bumpiness, and now (90 minutes later), I just have a few red dots. FYI- I have waxed this area before, and I get redness and bumpiness from waxing, so I was expecting as much from electrolysis. It basically looked like my skin after waxing when I first finished, and it is healing even faster. :slight_smile:

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Thanks for the follow up.

Straight Tea Tree Oil is just fine. If you want to cut the potency mix it half and half with Lavendar oil, or 1 part tea tree oil, and 3 parts lavendar oil. This will also make it into a mixture you can wear during the day when others might not like the scent of Pine Needles on you, but Lavendar will smell just fine.

Keep in mind what we have said repeatedly: The computerizd machines we talk about here on HairTell lower the learning curve, and it is VERY possible that a new student with a newer machine can do more comfortable treatments than someone with years of experience with an old sparkey Kree machine.

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Wow,I wish I had a school in my area! I personally use only aloe vera gel for aftercare but many people have had good luck with tea tree oil.

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Thanks for the aftercare advice-- I also have lavender oil, so maybe I’ll return the Tea Tree oil tincture and get 100%. I feel very lucky to have found this school. At these prices, I think I might be able to get underarms done for less that the cost of laser. Natalie said it was usually about 45 minutes per underarm.

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Hi All,

Sorry I didn’t continue posting about my experience. Things got crazy in life. I want to share a little bit more about my experience, though. It might not be in total detail because my last treatment was in May.

EINE has different students work on you, which I actually liked because I felt that I got to see the different styles of technicians and what I liked.

My chest area is really sensitive, and I would break out into red bumps and some of them would get pussy no matter how much aftercare I would do. One week, I tried blend, and I had no redness at all, so I ended up doing thermolysis on my face (upper lip and side of face) and blend on my neck, chest and abdomen.

I have had permanent removal of some pesky hairs on my chest, neck, and abdomen. I still have a few left that are on a different growth cycle, but I hope to get rid of them soon as well.

As for my face, EINE tends to use a #3 probe as their standard probe size. They didn’t alter this for the fine hairs on my face. My upper lip has particularly fine hairs and I have very small pores there. I had a few treatments where I could feel the probe entering before the energy pulse, and it hurt. I mentioned it afterwards, but they thought it was just the energy pulse. It happened again a second time, so I know that it was indeed the probe being too large (and their machine beeps every time they do a pulse and the pain was long before the beep). I didn’t say anything at the time, but I noticed over the summer that the pores there were enlarged, and I did have a couple scabs, but all scars have since disappeared 6 months later.

I think I could have requested a smaller probe, and they would have been accommodating… they were about everything else… and things would have been better, but I moved, so I didn’t get the chance. I have read on James and Dee’s posts that they often use smaller probes if needed, so I would just suggest being proactive in your treatment if your electrologist isn’t giving you what you feel you need. I think most are willing to discuss your treatment and try different things even if it isn’t what they normally do (like the blend on my chest… and that worked great!)

I only had money for 2 months of treatment at the time, and have been traveling all summer and moving, but I plan on starting up again here in Pittsburgh. Thanks Amy and Dee for posting about Robyn. I plan on contacting her!

For anyone in the Boston Area or Massachusetts, I would definitely recommend EINE. Call 800-548-6339 for an appointment. I was able to get great treatment for a cost I could afford at the time.

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I am guessing one the reason you might have better luck with blend on the chest is that they are curvy or somehow distorted and are difficult to hit with thermolysis. I have a problem with distorted/ingrown hairs on my chest too, and get them even from chose shaving them. (Pros, is this common on the chest?)

A size 3 needle may not be a bad choice per se, depending on experience/skill and the type of vision equipment they use (anyone know what type they use?), though it sounds like they are penetrating the follicle as they insert right now.