Purchased my own fischer cb-x need help using it.

Hair Removal Methods Do-It-Yourself Electrolysis
#1

I had been getting electrolysis done by another person but it was getting very costly. I purchased a machine like my electrolysis had a Fischer CBX and would like to try doing my own electrolysis. I have been practicing inserting the needle and that seems not too difficult. Some of the hairs seem to let go very easy and some don’t let go at all. I don’t know if I have the settings on the machine wrong or if I am not inserting the needle correctly. The machine seems to set everything by itself pretty much. I have tried blend and thermolysis settings but the hair does not always let go easily. The blend mode seems to be a little more painful. I am just getting started and am just looking for some tips on setting up the machine correctly.

#2

Did you get the Bono and Meharg/Richards text books and read them yet?

#3

I have three other books but not that one. I will get it.
thank you.

#4

Which three books?
I got a couple books out of the library and they were absolute crap.

Bono wrote one textbook.
Richards/Megarg is another textbook.

Either one is an excellent course in Electrolysis.
There’s a recommended reading list thread on here somewhere, try the search.

Jason

#5

I have a fischer cb-x
I am a male and have performed DIY electrolysis on course beard like hair in the neck region, shoulders and chest. These are typical settings I would use on coarse hair.

Mode: Thermolysis

Hair Type: Average which would be 36 numerically

Thermolysis output timing knob: 86 which would be .34 seconds

I use Laurier insulated .005 probes. I have tried other brands like the Ballet insulated and not use them even if they were free. For me I find the use of the Laurier probes to be very important.

#6

Go to the menu bar above. You can click on “Reading”. It doesn’t work for me, however, it did at one time???

See what you get.

Dee

#7

I have Electrolysis, Thermoslysis and the blend by Hinkel and Lind. Modern Electrology by Fino Gior and The Principles and Practices for Electrical Epilation by Sheila Godfrey. Each book has given me a little information but not enough.

#8

I tried the setting you suggested. I seems work better. I am using .003 probes for what I would say are medium hair.
Maybe I should use the next size larger probe. I was using Ballet. I will see if I can find Laurier probes.

Thanks for the help!!!

#9

I tried going to reading in the menu bar and all I get are error messages. Guess it does not work for me eithor.

#10

Thanks for letting us know about that. Hopefully we will get that fixed in a little bit.

For now, I can tell you that the best books for self teaching are Bono’s “Real World Electrology, The Blend Method” and Meharg/Richards’ “Cosmetic and Medical Electrolysis”.

Both should be available at http://www.texaselectrolysissupply.com/

#11

That Bono book is darned hard to find. TES doesn’t have it listed.

Jason

#12

try:
Associated Health & Beauty Products
1501 Main Street
Suite 49
Tewksbury, MA 01876
Toll Free: 800-368-4017

I have also been assured that Texas Electrolysis Supply sells the book, although it is not currently listed on the web site.

#13

I am a DIY-er still trying to figure out my CB-X machine.
I tried settings recommended by others and it seemed to work
fine for a few times. Then I use the same settings and it is painful and the hair does not release. Do these machines need to be recalibrated after they are used for a while? I have tried thermolysis and blend both seem to work great one day and three days later nothing works.

I really enjoy doing hair removal so far. I purchased the machine to see how I like doing it before I made a career of doing hair removal. Are there any schools that will allow a person to take online courses so class room time would be less?

#14

Find out what your states requirements are. The American Institute of Education in California, does offer classes where you do the Book work online, and then attend in person for the Clinical time. Mostly they use Apilus Epilators, but you can bring you own if you want.
They are in Long Beach California.

Martha Montgomery
Puget Sound Electrology

#15

There are videos too. I would definitely recommend a video. they give good pointers on hand positioning and predicting the angles of insertion. I have ‘Thermolysis’ presented by the Electrolysis Research Group, James E. Schuster, M.D. Lecturing. It’s a bit old (1989) but still has good solid theory and pointers.

With all these junior electrologists around here, I hope Hinkel doesn’t rise from the dead and rename his book ‘Electrolysis, Thermolysis, and the Blind’ …I say that jokingly of course.

Mantaray