Need peer opinions, please.

Professionals Only! Electrologist to Electrologist (pros only)
#21

In my mind, the blend is the best and only method to use on African American skin - HF can cause dark pigmentation if the hair requires a strong HF current.

Insertions are different on most African American women than on other nationalities.

African American hair has a curved follicle which requires special consideration to be inserted into properly. Introduce the probe on the underside of this hair at the same angle at which other emerging terminal hairs are growing. PUSH PAST THE TISSUE OBSTRUCTION (Most African American skin has an extra layer of fat- very important) and continue downward about half again as far. When the hair releases, check it for depth and continue using the depth as your guide. Be sure to use correct diameter of probe that equals that of the widest part of the hair shaft.

I will send pictures of this method if someone can tell me how to do this - I found a link for a webpage but not a method for cut & paste for images.

I’ve found when some African American customers are a mix of Hispanic/Caucasian,etc. that their follicles may not be as curved or there is will be a mixture of both curved & straight follicles on the skin surface. You will need to treat each hair accordingly. The most difficult hair releases VERY easily when the insertions are correct !!

#22

Try the IBP. It may sway your opinion on HF :wink:

#23

Hi Mike:

I love and use your probe a lot … but for the really difficult hairs on African American skin - it’s the blend – for me (and I realize that’s it’s a debateable issue) - I don’t ever want to take a chance of pigmentation on this very delicate skin.

Your probe is amazing and I would encourage anyone that hasn’t used it to try it - I now use HF more frequently – my customers love the “new” probe and the comfort level also. I do use this probe on fair skinned African American women when the hair can be removed easily without too much HF.

#24

Put the picture on PhotoBucket.com and load the picture in the post from there.

#25

You might want to give the new 4.5 Probe a shot. It’s a much more rigid Probe with a tip halfway between a 4 and a 5 in diameter but the same length exposed tip as a 4. Instead of being tapered down to 4 from a .005" blank, I use a .006" blank instead. It makes for a much more firm Probe than our standard ones and lets you deliver a .004 sized burst. Instantron has them in stock.

#26

I have used pico flash one this type of hair… usually i do from 2-6 pulses but you have to use a insulated probe and id try a 5 first, i love laurier probes for this kind of work. Also - use more timing and less intensity… you dont want to blow out the moisture thats in there. If you hear that crackle back off the heat use more timing or pulses… sometimes i just do 3 pulses then reinsert on the other side of the hair and give another 3… it seems to work well.

#27

A #5 probe should be used for this type of work. #3 is entirely too small.

#28

I love your website for your clinic. I would love to as you some questions? Everyone on here is so helpful, I feel reassured I can plenty of information. I read with interest your comment on the ‘crackling’. I recently have the Apilus Plat Pure and heard that on one of my clients. I assume it’s moisture?
Anyway, any advice regarding transgender facial hair would be appreciated. What would your typical setting be to start on the course facial hair?
Best wishes.

#29

I favour synchro, but open to ideas?

#30

for tg hair one setting i like is 20 to 30 timing and 35 to 40 intensity… start at 20/35% you will need to do 2 to 4 pulses moving the pulse around the folicle if the hairs are new. but the skin and post healing will be better.

#31

How does that translate to senior 11 Izap, if you dont mind me asking?
june

#32

With the timing of 20 and the intensity of 35% on my Sychro is about 163 EL start your intensity at 35% on thermolysis and adjust your timing till you see 163 energy level start there and then go out from there with maybe doing no more than a 40% intensity and you probably will need to do 2 - 6 pulses to get the hair out.

#33

I also seem to struggle with getting those really coarse chin hairs to release with the blend options on my apilus (sm-500). I often have to max out the chin presets and find that it needs another zap. Sometimes I just switch to multiplex in those tough cases and forget blend altogether (which is too bad).

I have used two fischer’s in the past and found their blend was quite powerful and don’t remember having to maxing it out?

I was taught to use a 3 probe on the thicker hairs (one place of my past employment only provided 2’s and 3’s for us). I will try a thicker probe next time!