Successful kill indicators.

Hair Removal Methods Do-It-Yourself Electrolysis
#1

I am using the one touch on coarse hairs on myself. I seem to have varied success although I just started so I don’t know how they are going to grow back. I know a professional unit would be ideal but I don’t want to invest in one at the moment as the area I am treating isn’t that large.

I have read nearly every thread on this forum and I didn’t find an answer to my question.

Sometimes when I remove a hair that went well I get a clear sheath around the base of the hair. Aside from this being morbidly satisfying I understand that this is a good thing and means that it probably won’t grow back. However this happens pretty rarely.

Is it absolutely necessary for you to see this clear sheath every time? If you don’t, is there still a chance that the hair was successfully treated? Sometimes all I get is a dark ball of pigment on the end of the hair, or nothing at all even though it slides out easily.

TIA.

#2

well?

#3

Short answer is that the best result is beautiful, full, clear-to cloudy, milky gel-like sheath. Anything else can either be undertreatment, or overtreatment. In the case of over treatment, the hair won’t come back, but you have exposed yourself to unneeded tissue injury.

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I tell them to be my guest and answer as many questions as they have time and willingness to do so.
Then I find myself away, and unable to help out around here, and you know what? None of those whining complainers offers a single answer to any of your questions.

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#4

There is a picture of a good kill and what it looks like on James’ site, though it is hard to see the bulb on the end. It is under the step-by-step page

I really wish that there was a textbook or such out there with pictures of what various kills look like and what can cause them and if possible how to correct them. Without hands-on training, it is sometimes hard to figure out if a hair is overtreated, undertreated, there is only a little sheath because the follicle is distorted or if it was just a poor insertion, if the opening of the follicle is smaller than the bulb and it is ok that it gets left behind, etc. It is especially frustrating when I am not sure if I am getting a good kill or not, then start making adjustments and then end up getting no good kills at all.