Overtreatment or Undertreatment?

Hair Removal Methods Do-It-Yourself Electrolysis
#1

I am now at a point where I can get hairs to release easily, and completely intact with a bulb or club on the end, virtually every time I treat a hair. But this is one situation I encounter often and I can’t seem to figure out.

While treating a hair, the skin around the follicle will turn slightly white and puff a bit, and then when pulled the hair will come out very easily. The hair will be completely intact, but the root sheath will be “runny” like an undercooked egg and will slide off or get left behind in the follicle, or sometimes come out as a tiny clump on the end of the hair. The needle will also wiggle around around easily in the follicle after treatment.

When this happens, is the hair overtreated or unertreated? Is the hair (over)killed and can be considered a successful treatment at least? Or is the hair undertreated but still permanently damaged and will it easier to remove next time around? Or wouldn’t it even count for anything?

Also, what should one do to correct it (assuming it needs correction)? Is it too much energy? Too little? Angle of insertion wrong? Too shallow? I seemed to have tried everything and just can’t eliminate this from happening sometimes, and yet at the same time have other hairs release correctly?

#2

What modality are you using, Vivkie? What settings? What size hair & needle?

#3

Microflash thermolysis, size 4 needle, 45 unit size leg hair and 30-40 unit size arm hair

#4

If the insertion depth is correct it sounds like too much treatment energy. The skin around the follicle should definitely not change color.

Could it perhaps be that the follicles where it happens are more moist than the others?

#5

If blanching occurs, I would turn down the intensity and/or observe that your insertion is deep into the follicle before releasing the energy. Shallow insertions are bad news, so watch this closely. You want to “cook” the hair tissue, but not so much that an intact hair does not come out of the follicle. Balance your current(s) and insert correctly, and you will see what I mean. I say this in regard to moist, growing hair. Those telogen hairs offer resistance and don’t follow the rule for “no traction allowed” after a hair is treated.

Dee