“The electrologist explained to me that the redness was increased blood flow from the trauma of the plucking. She said it was going to take TIME for this to reverse itself.I had been plucking for years.She explained that as the hair is removed and eliminated the blood supply will diminish and thus take away the redness with it, but not over-nite.”
This was a post I found here about pigmentation/redness after years of tweezing.
I am curious. Do you all believe this statement?
For me this explanation makes sense.
When the problematic follicles stop producing hairs, skin regains its color and original texture. The size of the mouth of a follicle is proportional to the hair which should appear for it, how much thicker and deep is the root of the hair, most obvious will be the opening, so when the follicle is successfully treated, the “mouth” is sealed forever.
Sorry Barbara, I have not found translation for this word: “[color:#990000]over-nite[/color]”
Hello Josefa! Internet abbreviations interfere, sometimes!!! Nite = night. Over-nite means overnight or “by tomorrow.”
I’m thinking that I did not clear state my question. It is not about size or depth of follicle (before or after tx)… It is about the pigment changes that we all see when a client has tweezed for years, or sometimes after electrolysis. It seems that it has been blamed on increased blood flow. I just can’t grasp this as a fact. It’s almost as if we blame everything on “increased blood flow” from tweezing/tx. While I believe that “irritation” can go with “increased blood flow” I still suspect that there are other factors that occur with the “irritation” that cause pigment changes.
Thank you Barbara.
Yes, I have understood where you want to go, and I agree. The irritation is directly caused by continuous friction exerted by the tweezers on the skin. Our skin protects itself forming an abnormal thickening of the outermost layer which is composed of natural protein and keratin. They are calluses, and they can be recognized by their symptoms:
This is a similar alteration to the corns on feet, but unlike them, the calluses in these areas are painless. In fact, Electrolysis in these areas is less painful. Since the cause of this disorder are the hairs, and the frequency of the friction of the tweezers is directly related to the thickness of hairs, my previous comment was justified.
No, I’m not talking about callouses. I’ve only seen one client who had a callous on her chin. She was a multiple-daily tweezer and now that she has stopped tweezing at home, her chin is becoming soft.
I am talking about blaming PIH on increased blood flow. I don’t believe PIH has anything to do with callouses on the skin or inside a follicle. (Actually, I don’t believe that a callous could develop inside a follicle, either.)
My original post was to see how many colleagues believe that increased blood flow equals long lasting redness/PIH on the skin. I don’t. I may very well be alone on this belief. I believe that certain skins (and sometimes various levels of health) will result in long lasting redness and/or PIH from injury. Yes, I know that injured skin results in more blood to the area, but perhaps some chemical the blood brings, and/or reaction of melanocytes to the injury, and/or loss of opaqueness (related to melanocytes?), and/or the products applied after the injury are the CAUSE of the long term redness/PIH.