Im looking to book my first session to get my eyebrows thinned out a little asap, but im usure the best time of the week to have it done.
My main concern is the scabs/spots/marks or whatver you want to call them. I dont really want to go to work with these on my face, yet i have plans for the weekend also…
The specialist will be using ‘Blend’. My eyebrows are dark and relativly coarse. Will this affect the ‘evidence’ of the traetment? Or are the marks more down to the skill of the operator?
Then again, am i just being too self concious, do other people actually look at other peoples eyebrows lol?
Is there any reason NOT to go for Blend, as apposed to the ohter methods?
Also, is it safe for the underside of the eyebrow? (nearest the eye)
I do a lot of eyebrows. I just completed sessions this morning on three clients. I use blend and microflash, blend for thicker darker hairs and microflash for the small hairs. I can tell you that it is normal for clients to looka little pink after treatment and a little swollen. Cold aloe vera gel right out of the refrigerator and a cold ice pack brings one back to normal within an hour. No scabs form, no marks.
If the electrologist is skilled and has a computerized digital epilator that she/he knows how to use well, you can go about your life and noone will know your secret, except your electrologist.
I must tell you that the underside of the eyebrow is easy to treat, but the electrologist must use the correct probe size and have perfect insertions. There are a lot of little capillary networks in this area and occassionally, if a capillary is hit your electrologist will see blue (bruise) under the skin. She needs to apply pressure immediately for two minutes and hand you an ice pack. If you are taking blood thinning agents, this can happen as well. The tiny bruise resolves nicely in a few days to week. If too many bruises happen, then the electrologist needs to evaluate her insertions and probe size or get better vision equipment.
There is not one electrologist that has never had a bruise happen when working on this area. It is best to warn the client about the charactaristics of this delicate area. I just wanted to bring it up to you because it is good to know these things before you start.
You do not need to walk around with scabs and sores on your eyebrows after electrolysis treatment if you find a practitioner that is skilled, can see well and has great equipment. That is a challenge for many people looking for an electrologist.
One of my ladies this morning had two hairs growing on the thin skin area that covers the eyeball. I will not treat those hairs. I cannot pull the skin up close enough to the boney orbit, so that would be taking an unnecessary risk. I advised her to tweeze those two hairs until they give up in the future. You will be fine treating the “meaty” part right under the eybrow line, though.
Once this area is finished, you’ll be so happy. Don’t accept scabbing and sores. Find someone skilled.
Thanks Nikki, and of course Dee. Priceless advice as ever
Very good point about the risk of bruising. Although my main concern is the top of the eyebrow, so i will see how that goes first i think.
Im a guy, and the hair is dark and pretty thick, so it looks as if Blend is the best option. Which is fortunate, as the place is two mins from my house
I will go for a test patch first and see how that goes.
One more thing… As all of the hairs aren’t all in the same stage of growth. Do your clients come back as soon as a few pop up, or do they wait until there is a good amount of hairs to treat. Because this would mean walking around for a few weeks with a ‘stubbley’ look, would it not?
Oh, let me add this: being that you are male, the area may need a thinning, as oppossed to a clearing. Your hairs are probably coarse and numerous? A couple of thinning treatments should do it. We thin small areas in order to protect the skin from overtreatment. Be patient because it will look like the hair isn’t being affected in the first couple of months. Stick with it and you shouldn’t feel the electrologist plucking the treated hair.
Just apply aloe vera and witch hazel for a few days afterwards and you’ll be fine. I’ve had coarser hair treated on other areas. Redness really just depends on how sensitive your skin is. This area is very easy to treat.
Well had my consultation, if you can call it that.
What a disastar. i practically ended up argueing with the woman.
To cut it short, she basically said i should use the Yag laser for my eyebrows. Electrolysis will take too long, 12 secs in each hair!!?? to expensive and painful.
I told her that i wanted it due to it being permanent unlike the laser, but she gave me the whole ‘90% permenant if you use laser’ and ‘Electrolysis is old technology’ BS.
I told her all i learnt on here, about the fact it was a small area and i wanted permenant removel, laser isn’t ‘proven’, but she was having none of it.
In the end she said ‘well you can have electrolysis if you want, but i think laser is better’ by which time i had loss confidence in her. And left.
Is she right about the YAG? MY hairs are dark and thick, but surely electolysis can handle that? And what about the 12 secs in each hair statement… True?
Anyone who tells you that you should use Light Amplification by Stimulated Radiation (LASER) on your EYEBROWS is someone you should run away from screaming bloody murder all the way out the door as if you were in a cartoon!
It did cross my mind for about half a second, that she might be right. Then i came to my senses and left.
I asked her how many hairs she can get a minute - she said’ oh a fair few’ with a confused look on her face… Worrying stuff…
At least i made the right choice, although im now back to square one now… Tsk.
The only area on your eyebrows where laser can be done is between the eyebrows. You can’t use laser close to the eyes. It’s permanent in the right hands, but if you’re doing more than just in between your eyebrows, I don’t think it’s worth it to do laser at all. You will still have to go for electrolysis. It would be too time-consuming and not worth it financially either I think for to in for 2 min laser treatments just for that area alone.
There are 3 different electrolysis methods. 12 seconds per hair can only apply to galvanic type, which is rarely used and isn’t necessary in your case. On the coarse hair, you need thermolysis or blend. Thermolysis is fastest, getting as many as 5-10 hairs per minute and blend in the right hands can do 3-5 hairs per minute.
Where are you looking for electrologists? Where are you located? We might be able to help already. There are tons of posts here and you can probably find someone in your area from recommendations here if you run a search. You should call before going in for consultations and find out what machine and method they use to narrow them down. Use the “how to find an electrologist” link right at the top of this section of the forum.
I have a consultation with a different place lined up, which i feel more confident with. She is very experienced, seems to know her stuff and she is using Short Wave Diathermy (spelling?)
(Shes also not trying to sell me Laser…)
I read somewhere on here that Diathermy isn’t great for coarser hair, is that true? This woman assures me its suitable for all types though.
Im located in the South East of England and have been reading this site for a while, trouble is, nobody seems to mention the clinics name so its not much help.
I have PM’ed Pam (i think her name is) because i knows shes in the UK, but i got no reply…
So… i will see how i go at this new place and hopefully get this off the ground.
I just got home from work and all I can say is, “Oh, my” (with a huge sad sigh) after reading another thread and then this one. My heart goes out to all our hair consumers trying to find answers and and trying to find someone good to help them.
Eyebrows are the domain of electrolysis. Skip any thoughts of using laser near your eyes. This is not a difficult area to permanently remove hair. It does not take 12 seconds per hair.
A nice blend (4 sec. worth) can be used for coarse hair and microflash thermolysis for the finer hairs. Most people are VERY SATISFIED at the 6 month mark or sooner.
Don’t you give one cent of your money to this person, Morrissey!
Pamd uses the same epilator as me (so I was told) a Silhouet-Tone VMC. She can make a beautiful transformation happen for your eyebrows,if she is still in business. I hope you hear from her. She has a website. I’ll try to find it again and report back. It is not painful. It is not expensive. Curses on those that spread such stuff.
Keep hunting and a fervent plea from me to you to share any good electrologist you may find with our hairtell family.
I saw what I thought was Pamd’s website, but I’m not so sure that is her now??? So just take a look at the list and see what you think. Not sure how up-to-date this is as electrologists come and go it seems.
