*Sigh* my neck still looks like hell

Hair Removal Methods Professional Electrolysis
#141

I first started around the end of september/beginning of october last year and would try to go every week, but it usually ended up about three times a month due to my work schedule. Each time would average about 40 minutes per session. Maybe a bit longer.

That went on for about 3 1/2 to 4 months and then I stopped treatment for about 4 months due to over treatment.

Started back up in may, so I’ve been going at it for about another three months. For the past three months I’ve maintained weekly to biweekly treatments until just recently, which I’ve decided to go every three weeks to allow my skin a break. Each session about 40 minutes as well.

I’ve maybe noticed a small difference and some hairs are finer, but I’m still getting a lot of hair. I’m getting completely cleared with each session. I assume a lot of hairs aren’t straight because I’ve been getting a lot of ingrown hairs.

Overall, I’ve received about 7 months worth of treatment over the course of a year. From what I’ve read, this is the point where people are suppose to see a turning point. I really hope that I can see that within the next couple of months, but I’m feeling really discouraged.

Also, since I started treatment last year around this time, should I see less hair soon? I’ve read a lot about people getting treated only certain months out of the year and hair would show up less each year around that time. Would that case apply with facial hair too? Or is this an area too hormonally stimulated to notice a difference?

I will update my treatment information soon in my signature. I’ve been meaning to put it there for a while, but I have been slacking.

#142

Is there any possibility of being able to post a photograph?

#143

Hi Chewbacca, one thing has not been clear to me, what did you do during those months of interruption? Were the hairs removed with tweezers?

#144

A photograph of the skin reaction or a photograph of the hair growth? I don’t have a before picture if that is what you mean.

During the months of interruption, I mostly shaved, although I would tweeze the darker ones. Would that effect the progress I should be seeing now that I started back up?

#145

^Yes definitely. I’m sure you know you’re not supposed to tweeze at all once you start electrolysis.

#146

I tweezed during the three month period break. I haven’t tweezed since I started back up. Would that three month break that I tweezed still put me behind?

#147

Yes of course. I assume the darker ones are the ones you are most concerned about removing permanently as well. Tweezing them is just undoing any work you had done on them previously.

Once you start electrolysis you need to stop root removal, even during any break periods, otherwise you set yourself back when you start back up.

#148

Well we have an explanation now. Did you not realise that tweezing between treatments will not lead to permanent hair removal. Did your practitioner not notice that something was amiss?

#149

No, I’m not plucking in between treatments now and I didn’t when I started my first round of treatments. When I had to take the 3-4 month break for my skin to heal, I would pluck some of the dark ones that came through, otherwise I’ve stuck to shaving.

#150

3-4 months of plucking the hairs that are the strongest is setting you back.

#151

Michael, did you get the severe PIH from the Blend method? I’m getting big patches of PIH from Blend, but when I switched over to Thermo, the PIH no longer occurs.

And what kind of lotions/creams, if any, did you apply on the PIH for it to disappear faster?

#152

What is the rationale behind this? Why would tweezing a hair bring you back to square one?

#153

Tweezing has the opposite effect of electrolysis, it strenthens the root structure, wheras the aim of electrolysis is to weaken/ eliminate it. Anyone who continues to tweeze while undergoing electrolysis, is wasting their time and money, and can not expect permanent hair removal. Most experienced practitioners will recognize if this is occuring,and advise their clients accordingly.

#154

Absolutely agree with Christine, a professional well trained knows to recognize when the client uses the tweezers between sessions. There are clear indications that this is happening, for example, the presence of black spots.

In fact, you do not return to the starting point. The follicles that have been deleted disappear for the rest of your life. This is very evident in the body areas where the development of new hairs is finished. However, in areas like the face of the woman, where new hairs are developed in the future things change. If you add up the hairs that have been left to remove, due to the interruption, plus new hair, the look is that you’re back to square one.

#155

(I know I’m a little late to the discussion and apologize.) This is so true. And I wanted to add that if the follicles are distorted, even an effectively treated hair can “feel” like a pluck, especially in those first few treatments.