Severe scarring post electrolysis

Hair Removal Methods Professional Electrolysis
#1

Hello everyone!
I really need your opinion regarding the scars I’ve got post electrolysis and also reason I’m not seeing any effect after going for electrolysis regularly for 8 months now.
Sorry for long post ahead.
Here’s my story
I’m a 26 yr old Indian suffering from hirsutism and PCOS since last 10 yrs… I’ve had 16 sittings of laser 8 years back for a period of 2 yrs which resulted in paradoxical hair growth after 3 yrs of laser treatment.
I used to tweeze hair before I decided to go for electrolysis.
8 months back I started my journey of electrolysis…went every 15 days for 5 hrs without missing a single appointment.
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I went there for 6 months she was using thermolysis… didn’t see any results so decided to go to a different place.
Found a place where they were using blend method first session was okay but after second session I had terrible swelling all over my face for 5 days and scabbing…also I noticed horrible scarring over my face on the treated areas… here’s the picture of post electrolysis scarring
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I went to a dermatologist and she said these are icepick scars that are extremely difficult or rather impossible to treat.
Listening to this I’m completely devastated.
Please help and opine regarding scarring and whether I should continue electrolysis.

#2

May I ask what country you received electrolysis in and what is the recommended training for practitioners there?

You have bad scarring. No more treatments in my opinion. Do what you can with a dermatologists advice.

#3

I received electrolysis in India and from a clinic who claim to be a former member of American Association of Electrolysis.

#4

Thermolysis is a terrible method of hair removal, the removal efficiency of 1 hair is about 5-10% maximum. Thermolysis creates a flash of heat that roasts your colagen and fried colagen is gelatin that resolves after 1-6 months and leaves behind terrible scars, standard treatment methods that stupid dermatologists or masters of electroepilation will not help you. The blend in the hands of the masters of electroepilation is no different from thermolysis , since electrologists set the AC parameter too high, which causes the Blend to turn into slow thermolysis because the water simply evaporates. The best and 10 times safer and 10 times more efficient is classical Electrolysis. Almost no one does electrolysis now, and if they do, they do not know how to calculate the amount of produced silk to kill the hair and easily give too much silk , which damages the skin . The best electroepilation is DIY, using a spoon, a multimeter, a crown battery and a special needle for electroepilation from Ballet. I am very sorry for what happened to you. If you want, I can help you, just write to me. No longer go to more than one master of electroepilation, you will get 100% new terrible scars. If you want electroepilation, then do it the right way yourself.

#5

The last photos after blend, how long after your 2nd treatment are these photos? You should definitely stop all treatments and allow this to continue healing. This type of over-treatment should never occur. Did you see any leaking fluids several days after it happened? How long did scabs last and how did you treat scabs?

#6

I would urge you to be very careful with your comments about thermolysis. They are grossly untrue. In the hands of an unskilled, ill-trained, or self-trained practitioner, slow Blend, slower Galvanic or thermolysis may cause severe scarring. Hairtell reader please be aware of the above comments. They are false and are a disservice to the neophyte consumer. Thermolysis is a fabulous modality. We do not like the modality wars here on Hairtell. We respect ALL modalities under the umbrella of ‘Electrolysis’ and we respect all practitioners using their well-honed talents, hard earned talents to perform any or all them well. The person in India doing this does not embrace the tried and true principles of performing the electrolysis process with high skill. It is not the modality or the epilator used. It comes down to the human performing the modality and hopefully they have a brain.

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