all i hear is people keep going in for session for YEARS. has anyone here had an area treated and got rid of the hair permanently?
i see people say their working on upper lips and theyve been going for over a year, why does such a small area take so long?
Takes so long, because THEY take so long to get to it.
I had my back and chest finished more than 30-years ago … and now … just WRINKLES; but no hair!
what you mean they take so long to get to it?
Yep! “Daß Schtimpt!”
… and then often months or years between appointments and intermittent “bouts” of waxing/tweezing and all those other naughty things girls do to their poor unsuspecting faces!
Yes, (Hairtell screwed me up again).
Often waiting long months or years between appointments … no following through with a real PLAN! You need a plan and then stick to it.
So, what can I do about the WRINKLES? Damn, I never saw this coming … maybe a nice thick coat of hair would hide this “prune-out” mess?
Why did I do this? Can I get a toupee for my back?
I might be making assumptions here, but I think Michael Bono is talking about the actual time spent ‘in the chair’ and regularity of appointments. He made this point about a week ago, one woman had been coming for ‘over 30 years’ but had not seen even an hour of electrolysis (meaning actually having the treatment itself).
Someone going, say an hour a week, getting the whole treatment area done (This is just an example, people do take different times for a ‘full clearance’ depending on how much hair they have) and doing this regularly until the electrologist tells them otherwise is going to get faster results than someone like me going only 45 mins every two weeks or so.
Really, the answer to your question could be many things. New haira making things harder, client not going often/for long enough or maybe even an incompetent electrologist has been at fault.
(Sigh). Give me strength.
Um… there are PLENTY of people who are done permanently! Look back and find their stories! (orangecode and karii are two who inspired me personally).
I have been going for about 1 year and 4-5 months. I am having my last treatment In a few weeks. And I had a straight up beard, dude.
Electrolysis works. End of.
Summercrush … my FAVORITE post in a long long long (did I say Long?") time!
Big smiley face.
electrolysis works different area’s take different amounts of time to clear.
I’ve been going 14 months around my nipples are done I have no more dark hairs on my chin although I do get her to remove a couple of longer blonde ones under the chin at my appointments to remove my upper lip hair I’ve been having for last 5 months.
I wasn’t so bothered about upper lip at first but since I was paying for 10 minute sessions and being eventually done in 5 I added the upper lip into the sessions and not want that complete.
If someone is going for more than 2 years for an average women not TG which I think in some cases may take up to 3 years.
I would be looking for a different electrolysis.
Don’t get me wrong I have been told and you should be area that cleared doesn’t mean not another hair for the rest of your life, I’ve learned this mean’s you either go in once or twice a year or once or twice every 2-3 years depending on your hormones, everyone is different but no routine appointments no daily hair blight.
I do worry as my electrolysis is in her 60’s that as I get older 31 now I will have to seek new electrolysis for life maintenance and what their skills will be.
One thing is for sure when you get a good electrolysis that shows you hair removal is permanent and possible the whole process becomes addictive, some people go for years because they simply move onto clearing a new area.
Like myself I’ve done nipples, chin moved onto upper lip considering eye brows then what lol.
Helen has that spot on. I’ve only just started- intending just to get some of the hairs that bothered me- but have decided to make is sort of a ‘long term’ procedure.
As you see the ‘big bads’ gone, you think how easy it would be to get A zapped. Then B zapped. Oh, and I want that zapped! Boy, eyebrows are a pain- let’s get them them after I’ve done the others. By that time, you have added onto the ‘treatment time’ by a fair bit.
There’s loads of people here who have been ‘done’ for a while, just search for success stories in the search bar.
Helen and Dragons hit my experience exactly! Its hard to stop. Its my “shock” therapy!
I’ve had an overall horrible experience with electrolysis.
After many treatments (at least 10-15), I saw little results and a lot of side effects.
I think whether electrolysis works for you is dependent on your electrologist and your skin tone and hair density.
I’m in a pretty bad circumstance where the next closest electrologist who is reputed (Dee Dee) is 3 hours away.
I guess what I’m wondering is what makes an electrologist better than the one I was seeing all this time.
My electrologist is a nice person and was very receptive to my side-effects. They were careful to adjust settings and all that. And still, no improvement really.
I think some people, like myself, are not predisposed to this treatment.
Which explains why I haven’t seen many dark skinned males getting body hair treatment.
I mostly see (all almost) light-skinned with medium to dark hair.
after 10 treatements I was getting worried I was getting little results that was about 4 months in for me and between 4-5 months I seemed to get more hairs coming in but at the 6 months point everything changed and I was glad I stuck with it.
I would be concerned though if you were being left with perm marks. I would say I did have little dots around my nipples for a while that concerned me, some where gone in no time and othes took a couple of months but you can’t tell a think now they do all clear eventually.
I get little scabs occasionally on my upper lip leave them be and they drop off.
There are some not so good electrolyisis out their, but I do think it took about 6 months for me to say yes this is working so glad I stuck with it.
Reading my diary on here, I have been in doubts many times its normal but as I say so glad I kept at it.
“I think whether electrolysis works for you is dependent on your electrologist and your skin tone and hair density.”
That’s not strictly correct - I think its ONLY dependent on your electrologist.
Electricity doesn’t see colour, density, root depth, diameter, skin tone.
Surgeons don’t change their electrocautery device depending on skin colour as it does the same bl**dy thing to all skin.
Laser is a different kettle of fish entirely as you have variability with wavelength, frequency and time, not mention the device generating it.
Black curly hair in black skin? James Walker and orangecode off the top of my head.
I’ve worked on both and both had the toughest hair possible. I did PicoFlash thermolysis and guess what! It worked on them, even though many are brainwashed that flash should not be done on curvy hair.
save me Dee!
LDLD: “I’m in a pretty bad circumstance where the next closest electrologist who is reputed (Dee Dee) is 3 hours away.”
If you find someone who works for you … do it and stop Kvetching already … for the love of Saint Papilla! (St. Papilla, by the way, is a well-known Italian saint!)
My last client came in from Virginia and my next long-distance person (January) is from NORWAY (above the Arctic Circle, yet)! It takes 3-hours just to fight off the Polar Bears to get to the Oslo airport!
Funny, I do sort of understand this 2 or 3-hour “difficulty.” I still have zero clients from Los Angeles or San Diego (a few hours away). But I have clients from the UK and other European countries. I have even fewer clients from Santa Barbara that can actually stick to the program.
Sometimes “convenient” means “no time to do it?” Ah, human nature; I’m glad I’m not one.
Um, I mentioned the time issue because a 3 hour drive is not going to fit in with my schedule.
I’m prepping for the MCAT, taking tough classes and I’m also an RA in two labs.
My last (and first) electrologist was 5 minutes away.