Hi!
I am a female who started receiving electrolysis (thermolysis) on my lower face (chin at the moment and cheeks and neck in the future). My sessions thus far total 6 hours and I usually go in for 2 hour long sessions.
My electrologist is very nice but even with two hour treatments we have yet to achieve clearance and only complete a quarter sized area at a time on either side of my face. It is a “slowly but surely” process.
My question: I will be unable to attend treatment for a 1.5 month period in the near future because I will be out of the country and I want to know what the ramifications will be? Will my 1.5 month absence negate the work that has already been done? Is there anything I can do while I am away to maintain the work that has been done?
I am not certain how many hairs she is removing per minute. Certainly not 5-10. Maybe 3-4. I get along fine with her but it seems that the amount of work she accomplishes during our 2 hour sessions is equivalent to that which she accomplished during our first one hour session.
She seems to be doing alot of pulling/plucking but she says she has to do this because my hairs are curled beneath the skin and harder to remove. I would like to achieve clearance before I leave and I am thinking of increasing my sessions to two 1.5 hour long sessions per week.
Any maintenance tips for my 1.5 month absence? I do not tweeze or wax
3-4 hairs per minute? Would be typical for slow thermolysis as i learned it during my first trainings. If she is a newcomer and the hourly price is right this would be completly acceptable, wouldn’t it?
(that’s has been and still is my own policy - compensate lack of experience by careful and thus relatively slow treatment to an hourly rate making my work not more expensive than that of the very experienced and fast collegues in my neighbourhood.)
From the view of may customers the rate hair/$ is more important than hair/hour…
LA- I have not tried other electrologists though I plan on setting up a consultation with another one this week. After that consultation I will have someone to compare her with. No, where I will be going there are no electrologists. No, the hair is not sliding out without resistance but this past week ~5 did come out easily. The machine she uses is not one that I have heard of before on this board. My face does not react well to treatments and I am usually very swollen and develop scabs for 2-3 days afterwards.
beate_r- My electrologist has been in business for quite awhile but she is nearing retirement. The hourly price is in the $65-70/hour range. She came recommended by a dermatologist I consulted.