Dear Dee,
please let me recall that the term “common” we have used has a different meaning than the term “normal”. On the other hand the main message to brush’s question was the answer to her concern if that would lead to permanent scarring and helping her with that concern. And that was the main focus of our replies.
Everything else is IMHO secondary in the light of the original posting - nevertheless it is very important and worth its own discussion:
As to my own scarf dots - in the male beard region of my neck there is also a lot of scarf, especially where i needed to numb. In other regions of my face there is almost none. It can be tracked down on the structure of my skin as well as on the properties of my hair - straight or curved follicles, still many of those hairs shot white by IPL which tend to trigger stronger reactions of the skin and need a lot more of energy to be removed.
That’s definitely far too much and far too long. It might be acceptable on old skin, which heals more slowly, especially on the lower legs - but even there faster healing is usually achieveable.
Even in my times as an absolute beginner i was better (using “Omniblend”, i.e., classical blend) - and i still see a large potential to improve my skills in many respect. At least for me it is always advisable to minimise scabbing and to reflect my previous results. As a practitioner scabbing like that shown in the photos would make me work toward improvements, no doubt.
I’m also hoping that galvanic knocks many of the hairs right out the first time - it’s what I’m led to believe - whereas thermo/blend might require numerous treatments on the same (thick wirey beard) hairs, over a longer time frame.
Classical blend is nothing but thermally accelerated galvanic. It will knock out Your hair as effectively as galvanic will do. Have You or Your practitioners considered pulsed blend?
From a physical point of view blend using relatively short pulses should somewhat narrow down the area destroyed by the treatment to that what is actually needed to kill the hair forming cells and thus helps to reduce the reaction of the skin. (I assume that a significant narrowing down the affected area to better reflect that was actually needs to be destroyed is also the major advantage of the 27 MHz machines.)
My fingers are crossed … Wish I could fall asleep and wake up in 6 months with it all completed (being 6 months into this)!
Honestly, quite independent on the density of Your beard and the effort measured in hours of treatment You should expect a total time of about 1.5 to 2 years with decreasing effort - simply because we have to cover at least two cycles of hair growth in order to hit the hair which resist the first treatment. BTW: i am dealing with my facial hair for meanwhile 5 years and i expect still another year to finish.