Today, I went to see a new electrologist as my old one raised a few concerns with me. The new place that I went to uses the ClareBlend UltraBlend machine. She suggested we use the flash method which I have never had before. I was actually amazed at how much quicker this was compared to what I had before which was blend where I held a metal rod. I didn’t feel any resistance which was what I was most concerned with and what happened a lot with the other electrologist. I only did a 15 minute session just to compare and contrast with the other electrologist. I heard that flash tends to work better on thinner hairs and if used too much on deeper rooted hairs, pitted scarring is likely to happen. Any thoughts on that? Electrolysis really interests me and I never really knew how intricate and delicate of a process this is. I have great respect for the quality and caring electrologists that are out there. It’s actually something I’m thinking of doing myself. I’m going to school to get my esthetician license as I’ve always had an interest in skin and I think I might learn electrolysis as well. Going through this process really makes me want to help others facing the same thing, hopefully one day I’ll be able to.
Well, I don’t know whether to yawn or go bowling. It’s not true.
It was something that I heard, not something that I believed or said was a fact. Your sarcastic comment is rude. Last time I post on this forum.
Okay. May I suggest that you peruse www.cosmeticenhancementsforums.com
That’s a pretty good site. It has more of a laser bent, but the electrolysis section is pretty good.
“I heard that flash tends to work better on thinner hairs and if used too much on deeper rooted hairs, pitted scarring is likely to happen. Any thoughts on that?”*
Dee Dee, you did give me a little giggle this morning (a private CD thing I suppose?) Anyway, this particular “supposition” I have heard too. There are many of these “half-truths and twisted ideas,” and there is one big FACT about all of them: Most were started by the electrologists themselves! Yes, sometimes even manufacturers and schools are involved in promoting these “un-truths.
I could “thrash out” why this is a peculiarity in our field. But these nasty little (incorrect) comments are unending. I’m assembling a whole list of these “negativities and falsehoods” and I’m going to post them on my own website. I’m open to hear more of these, if any of you care to send them to me. (So far, I have 18, and counting.)
Is it any wonder that the public is confused, when electrologists themselves promote nasty little falsehoods? (I suppose sometimes our colleagues really believe their “crapola” … so I suppose the intention is somewhat benign. Still, there is no excuse for it!
(* My own discovery is that continued and repeated treatment of the same hair follicle … over and over … can result in “pebbling” … a tiny mound of scar tissue. This mistake, of course, can be “accomplished” using any modality.)
Most of the time when electrologists say things like that they basically mean that when THEY do it, that’s what happens. Either way, that’s not true, but things depend on the skill level of the electrologist. For an average electrologist, it’s harder to remove deeper curlier hairs with flash and may be easier to blend.
Mike, you are SO on target about the sources of these untruths. I have a good one to add to your list if it isn’t already there - remember the electrologist in California, your “neighbor”, I believe, who said we make acid in the follicle when we do blend. Was it on her website or did she post here? If that is not enough to make us all fall on the floor and convulse.
Having been a part of the HairTell family since 2003, it does get painfully redundant to keep “putting out the flames of untruths” concerning electrolysis, thus the comment about should I yawn or go bowling. Actually, I do not like bowling. Would rather be at the shooting range.
I will be posting some pictures to add to this thread in the next day or two.
I will try to add to your list as time goes by, my friend. Let’s hope it’s not too long.
Oh yes, I got that one! (Amazingly, this person has some official capacity on our State board: she is an “educational expert.”) And since I’m on this subject, here is one of my favorite Hinkel stories. (Art told me just about everything … in confidence. But now, who cares?)
Our State electrolysis examiner, some 25 years ago, was a very proper English woman with a gigantic presence. Seems that a light on her “Kree” machine went out, and she had Mr. Hinkel fix it.
When Hinkel opened up the unit, he discovered that the wire connecting the HF output to the needle cord was broken! He simply soldered it and fixed it. A few days later this “very important person” phoned Hinkel very upset.
She said: “Arthur, what have you done to my machine? This was my special machine that I used on people who are sensitive!”
Hinkel was in a quandary. Of course, she was using her machine WITH NO CURRENT AT ALL! If he told her, she would feel a fool and Hinkel might suffer political repercussions. So, Hinkel said: “Oh yes, I made a couple adjustments. Just bring it back and I will ‘re-adjust’ the unit the way you had it.”
She brought the machine back, Hinkel snapped the wire and she continued on for the next years giving 100% worthless treatment. I mean NO CURRENT at all … just a “tweeze job!” (This woman actually was my examiner, and I passed!) Yeah, EXPERTS! Ya gotta love it!
Did you know electrolysis causes wrinkles around the lips?
…but smoking doesn’t ?
Oh, Boy! I do love this Hinkelism. That woman was a a know it all hamster running fast to nowhere on the wire wheel, getting paid for no results. How rich!
HA HA HA, Dee, I bet this electrologist had no problems with moisture in the follicles, just some leaks in the “roof”.
Oh, Josefa, I love your wit and poetry!