NYC, Barbara Leibowitz?

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#1

Hi,
I’m a new member, but I have been looking through this website for about a month. Thanks to everyone for your valuable and informative insight, I can’t possibly tell you how much it has helped me out.
Well, I have finally decided to get electrolysis after years of feeling totally hopeless about my hair situation. I was considering Fino Gior, but I live on the Upper West Side of Manhattan and Great Neck is too far from home! Also I would be more comfortable seeing a woman.
So my qestion is this: has anyone been to Barbara Leibowitz? How was the experience?
She practices galvanic- is scarring and long-lasting irritation (I have sensitive skin) less likely with this “tried and true” method?
Any insight would be greatly appreciated- or recommendations of other Manhattan electrologists from happy clients.

Thank you so much!

#2

You might be happy to know that Fino has a woman on staff. click on www.electrolysisinformation.com for more details.

The skill of the electrologist is the biggest factor in your experience. Although straight galvanic is the easiest form of electrolysis to become competent and thermolysis the most difficult, any professional SHOULD be able to provide quality treatment in his or her chosen modality of electrolysis. A consumate professional electrologist could perform good treatment in all 3 forms. Sadly, these conditions are not always in evidence, and one needs to see as many electrologists as one can to find out who in their area is best able to provide the services one is seeking.

Those of us here at Hairtell want you to know that finding a good electrologist is so important that a little travel is the least of your worries. With the number of people boarding planes to see me, you should consider yourself lucky to need only to travel to the other side of Manhattan and into Greak Neck for your work. Fino’s office is very close to the boarder of Greak Neck & Manhattan. Almost right off the bridge.

At any rate, it would be valuable to see the lady at Fino’s office just so you have something to judge the other electrologists you will audition who practice closer to your chosen travel comfort zone.

#3

Thanks for your reply, James.
You’re so right. What’s a little extra train-time when compared to feeling secure about the person working on you?
I am going to call Fino Gior’s office after the holiday to set up a consultation.
Thanks for the encouragement and the information.

#4

I can also highly recommend Elite Electrolysis in Saddle Brook, NJ only 15 minutes from GWB.

#5

Dear Barbara,

Please read very carefully the site: ElectrolysisInformation.com before you do anything. All your questiins will be answered on this site. It could help you find someone near by.

Secondly, galvanic works but it is not cost effective and in the next 5 to 10 years it will not be available, simply because it is out of date. I used it 46 years ago when I first started.

My best to you, Fino

#6

Multiple Needle Galvanic is not out-of-date nor is it the easiest modality to use. New equipment is still being manufactured for this modality. It requires great skill to master the equipment and administer effective treatment.
In fact, the newest modality is Blend, not thermolysis.

You will get an effective treatment no matter what modality you choose if administered by a responsible and skilled practitioner.

#7

[color:“red”] I went to an American Electrology Association meeting today and Barbara Leibowitz showed me a note that a client had just sent her as a result of reading this thread. Since she didn’t register, she could not post and I was asked to post this message for them. [/color]

"“As a client of Barbara Leibowitz I would like to respond to your question. I have been incredibly pleased with the results I have gotten from seeing her. The multiple needle galvanic method she uses by far is the best way to get electrolysis. I previously had single needle electrolysis, so I can attest to the difference. Scarring and irration are definitely less likely with this method. Multiple needle galvanic electolysis is both an art & a science and Barbara is an absolute master at the method. She is incredibly experienced, dedicated and skillful. She is truly someone you can trust to give you the best treatment possible. The results she has achieved for me have totally changed my life! I really cannot describe how highly I would recommend her. If you are truly interested in getting fantastic and permanent results - I would recommend her. If you are truly interested in getting fantastic and permanent results - I would wholeheartedly suggest you give her a call.”

[color:“red”] I posted the above note just as it was written. I did NOT edit. I am not advertising nor am I suggesting that the best choice for hair removal is Multiple Probe Galvanic howwever, I would like to indicate that any ANY METHOD of hair removal can cause scarring if not administered properly. Yes indeed there are many hair removal practitioners who are highly skilled and those who are far less – no matter what type of hair removal they administer.[/color]

#8

Please give Barbara Leibowitz on pat on the back the next time you see her for her skillful use of multi-probe galvanic electrolysis. I couldn’t be happier for the client that wrote this, but I disagree with her assessment that it is the best way to get electrolysis. I would say, if I were standing eye to eye with her that it is only one of three ways to get permanent results per electrolysis.

It never hurts to reiterate what has been said many times here on hairtell by James, Joanie, yourself, myself and others about practitioner skill and modalities. I think any consumer who reads hairtell already knows the information you are reporting and will make decisions based on the skillfull use of an efficacious modality.

#9

If you like, look her up and give her a verbal pat, she is listed in the AEA roster. It might be a mutually enriching conversation.

I interact with hair removal practitioners regularly; regardless of the method or modality or technique.

After having read a little about the technique promoted by Suzanne Anderer, President of the Electrology School in Illinois, I decided to spend some time with her last month as she discussed her sequential inverted micro pulsed led energy technique with me.

There are many roads to hair removal and I like knowing what’s on the map.

For those readers who are interested in learning a bit about all types of hair removal with general information, written in a way that is most likely understandable for a lay person, Milday’s Hair Removal Technique , 2004, is pretty good but a bit general for a seasoned professional. I spent some time with Helen Brickmore, the author, who told me that her next book is in its final stages where she writes much more specifically about Electrolysis and concentrates on the various techniques within Electrology.

All the best,