I have been doing electrolysis on my hands and lower arms for the past few months. My first electrologist uses the Blend method and charges $70/hour. She went on vacation, and now I went to this other electrologist who uses Thermolysis, and she charges $50/hour. It does seem that the Thermolysis may be a bit quicker, but I am wondering if the Blend method may kill the hair better. I have no idea what to do now! Please help!
It’s not the method, it’s the skill of the electrologist, in my opinion.
Try out the new electrologist. If you don’t like it as much, wait for your first electrologist to come back!! 
I used to get blend, which I found more painful, but yeah it worked. Now I go to an electrologist who uses an apilus platinum (flash) and it’s amazing and it DOES work. Goodluck.
The flash with Apilus Platinum is very comfortable, but it is not the most comfortable. The 99% of my clients who were asked found less painful the Flash in the Elite Spectrum, the remaining 1% said they could not feel a difference.
Indeed, no method is more effective than another. All depends on the skill and expertise of the practitioner.
ok speed difference between blend, and thermolysis and "killing " of hair. It’s not such an easy topic, and I’ll probably get it wrong.
I did 99.7% of my face in blend modality. I had my reasons some of which included:
I was a learning electrologist.
Thermolysis required an accuracy of insertion that was inconsistent with DIY and a skill level that was beyond my meagre skillset.
I would say, that yes thermolysis IS faster per hair But does this equate to faster removal? Maybe, maybe not.Michael is fond of saying the “fastest is the method that does the COMPLETE JOB or what is the " Total Time to Completion” and he’s absolutely right.
It took me maybe 18-24 hours of blend to complete the upper lip and chin of one transgirl I work on. She had large roots that took up to 20 seconds of blend to remove. To put that into comparison it took me less than 4 hours to CLEAR the left and right cheeks of another transgirl with thermolysis. One would perhaps argue that thermolysis is faster, perhaps but perhaps not. They are different modalities and work differently.
When you work with blend, it leaves lye behind in the follicle. This can continue to kill germination cells after the treatment is done.Compare now thermolysis. It kills with heat, but once that treatment is done, the follicle is either dead, or isnt, and that comes down to the skill of the electrologist.
For me, I get less regrowth with my blend, than I do with thermolysis. This has to do with skill but an experienced and accurate electrologist can make those rates of regrowth almost the same.
I spoke to one CPE, who uses almost exclusively thermolysis ( and she treats lot of transwomen too with big roots on the hair) . She gets a full face done in 90-100 hours which is consistent to what some practitioners here are able to achieve. I couldnt come close to that with blend, but other practitioners who are able to achieve fast blend, perhaps can.
So essentially, you are asking us to compare apples and oranges. The answer you are looking for, is total time to completion, and THAT depends wholly on the skill of the electrologist, in the modality they are using.
Seana
I read through the last few comments by patients.
Nearly all patients ask the wrong questions. I understand this, of course, because a “method” or a “machine brand name” is something objective and tangible. But, it’s never that easy, as Jossie points out.
I now know specifically and absolutely the “work” of two famous electrologists that both use the grand-and-fantastic Apilus Platinum (yeah, I’m being sarcastic, in case you wondered). One of these electrologists does phenomenal amazing work; the other one is at the absolute bottom as far as results (doesn’t hurt much though). So, there it is: it’s not the method, it’s not the brand-name and it’s not the person with the puffed-up ego.
All the “right questions” and the correct “way to evaluate work” has been detailed here on Hairtell until we have all gone “barking mad.” However, patients want simple answers and none of them are willing to “do the work.” Okay then … simple answers.
YES: the blend is more effective (therefore faster in the long run), and less painful (no skin damage). YES! The flash with “pico, etc” is faster, more effective and completely painless (no skin damage). But, the multiple-needle, or straight DC, beats all of them: no pain and kills the hairs 100% the first time (no skin damage). Don’t forget laser … that method trumps everything! Just go for it, get lasered, have it done with today … right now, and write your check!
Did I miss anything?
Consider: who would you trust to win a car race? A 90-year-old farmer driving a Ferrari, or a real “race car driver” behind the wheel of a Honda? If the Honda won the race, would you conclude that a Honda is faster than a Ferrari?
Have you been taking your pills Michael?
Seana
Think he was being sarcastic Seana and trying to prove a point.
No Seana, but what have you got for me?
I think I am going to stick with the $50/hr electrologist. They are very similar, so I mine as well save $20.
If both are getting the job done, it doesn’t hurt to save some money
And I’m only speaking of my own experience with blend/thermolysis - obviously the skill of the electrologist is paramount as far as comfort and efficacy go. It doesn’t hurt that I now see an excellent electrologist who just happens to use a flashy machine, Michael 