Scabbing with Galvanic?

Hair Removal Methods Do-It-Yourself Electrolysis
#1

So I posted some pictures the other day asking if I overtreated. The answr I got was no, and a week after first treatment I have to admit what I worked on on my arm, is mostly healed or invisible now. No damage done.
I had my partner several days agotry a little work underneath my chin. There’s alot to clear there, and it’s not a very frontward visible area. I took some pictures the day after, and today ( 2 days after) T. Yep there’s some scabbing. A little more than I would like to see. But as we were using galvanic, and it’s not a visible area, I wasnt too concerned.
So here’s 4 pics, first two taken the day after last two taken today. The amount of scabbing frankly has me concerned . It wa Nightfrosts fist time working on a large area, and while I think it will heal over I’m wondering if I should have him keep to body area’s for a bt until he has more practise. I think he was getting good withdrawls on the hair, and we did use a fair bit of currnt ( 0,30- 0.35 MA ) for a minute, to two on some.
Is lye more susceptable to causing scabbing than is blend or thermolysis? Or should I be more concerned than I am? I know I’m not likely to see pitting, but if this were on the front of my chin I’d be much more concerned about skin texture afterwards. I suppose I can just wait a week to find out, but I’m betting some of the pro’s can give more insight into after effects . Is this likely to be bad insertions? I do know he’s struggling to see more than I am.
From 24 hours after:
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48 hours after:
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Seana

#2

Don’t worry - it will heal perfectly.

Some scabbing is unavoidable. Please keep i mind that a fair amount of tissue around the follicle is actually destroyed during electrolysis. It might be possible to reduce the size of the scabs by better insertions and by finding a signal that will treat the follicle but covers a smaller radius around it (i.e., make a smallwer wound).

#3

Thanks Beate. When I look at the area, there’s a fair chunk he cleared that looks just fine ( north in the pictures) . There were a few that got double the time, they just were not releasing and I’m betting those are the ones that scabbed over.

#4

So today I did something I’ve never done before. I let my machine make the judgement. The apilus has a number of presets ( 90 for each mode) anddecided since I was pretty comfortable with my insertions
( all those weeks of practising with no curent at all because I was waiting on a card taught me a thing or two) to stretch my wings alittle and dabble in some blend. Holding a probe perfectly still for 60 seconds of galvanic is a bit of a challenge! So I tried some of the presets for course chin hairs on blend, both the continuous blen and the pulsed blend modes. The result was several perfectly epilated hairs , even doing it on myselfon my chin . I’ll watch for scabbing, but the shorter durations I think will work out much better for me. I seem to like the pulsed mode better than the continuous blend, I got better epilations with the same intensity ( 3-8 on the Apilus, but your epiator will vary) . I’m definitely seeing why Michael likes blend so much better.

Seana

#5

IMO the pulsed blend mode is a major strength of these machines. BTW: try to shorten the pulses and to raise the intensiy of galvanic. Alternatively set galvanic to 0 in pulsed blend mode and try to do pulsed thermolysis… DIY in the face is easier at least to me if i use short pulses and not to require to keep the needle still for a few seconds (under my nostrils while my eyes are weeping, or somewhere hard to reach on the sideburns…)

#6

I’m going to be avoiding DIY on the face for a day or two, because it’s not really necessary. Nightfrost is on his way over and will be doing the insertions for me :slight_smile: I will try some of what you suggest, but the presets set the galvanic to .60 for 10 seconds anyway which seems like quite a bit but I did notice a little resistance in the hairs I epilated earlier. That sid they came out with a nice intact root sheath.

#7

Seana’s partner in crime here. :slight_smile:

Yeah, I found I much prefer doing blend. Less scabbing, and I don’t have to be bent over holding the probe steady, with my foot pressing the damn switch, for 30 to 60 seconds. After the first few hairs I zap that way my body starts to protest (cramps in my lower back and shoulders), and then I’d have to stop after every hair to stretch. Needless to say, we didn’t get a lot done. We also don’t have the most ergonomically correct workspace.

But yay, blend! So far her skin is reacting well. I was nervous about trying thermolysis on her face after she showed me the Hairzapper horror story page, but in short bursts I don’t think it can do that much damage? I worry about scarring. My insertions get better each time I work on her though, and she gives good feedback and lets me know when something doesn’t feel right.

#8

So, ya, Nightfrost is my partner in crime. He tends to work on me more than him, for some strange reason he likes to keep his hair:)

His insertions are really very good.Having the settings to more reasonable levels has helped as he mentioned, no more scabbing. I still have a spot on my chin that got too much, I’m concerned but hopeful I didnt do any damage with the overambitious settings I tried earlier in the week.

To anyone reading this, while I DO do alot of work onmyself, it is definitely far easier for nightfrost to do them. Doing it on your own is a challenge but not completely un-doable with practise. Having a partner , is definitely recommended. It’s one reason I’ll often take on the courser hairs myself, and leave the fine hair cleanup to Nightfrost, he can just see and get the angles better. Plus I will bend an F2 probe in an instant, whereas he doesn’t seem to have that issue. The difference between an F2 and F3 is night and day in terms of how easily they bend.

Seana