Thinning out arm/leg hair. How to explain?

Hi all,

So I’ve been getting electrolysis for my upper arms. I’ve had 4 sessions I think, so far.

I like my electrologist too, and as far as I can tell, everything is going fine.

However, I have a couple of questions for you all regarding thinning hair out.

I want to explain to my electrologist how I’d like my arm hair/leg hair thinned out.

Are there techniques that electrologists use to achieve a natural look for thinning hair out?

I’m a guy if it wasn’t clear - so I want to keep some arm hair, but I want to be as thinned out as possible while still look natural.

Any ideas? For the electrologists, how do you guys thin these areas out and basically ‘sculpt’ a new hair pattern?

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I can only speak for myself. I tend to clear all the big thick anogen hairs first. The darker ones. ThenI work on finer fairs after. My goal is different than yours in that my objective is usually to clear but I could easily stop when just the thinner ones were left .

Seana (who’s liking this less hair thing)

Josefa just explained this somewhere else using a Michael Bono illustration. I will go on the hunt, but Jossie or Mike may be able to answer this before I find it.

Honestly, as much as you probably won’t like this answer, just tell your electrologist “I want to keep some arm hair, but I want to be as thinned out as possible while still look natural.” Most electrologists (especially those who have been in the business a long time) have probably done this before and thus would have a good idea how to get this – probably better than how you would think of directing them.

I agree^^

I spoke w/ my electrologist recently and she said that she goes for the darker hairs first.

I think that seems like a good strategy.

@Dee

Cool, thanks!

This is from a post that Josefa made about two weeks ago:

“A couple of months ago I had a similar case. The client does not want all the hair removed but its own natural effect of a little hairy male arm. This is the strategy I used (I was inspired by the suggestions recommended by M. Bono in his book). First step, remove all the hair above the elbow (2 or 3 clearances), then remove all the hairs on the inner forearm (this avoids the undesirable effect “wear a glove of hairs”, type “Gilda”). Third step, thin area where there should be hair, forming a triangle where the less dense part is closest to the elbow.”

Yes Dee, a graphic example here.

Wow, that’s an amazing pic(s). Very informative!

I’m going to bring it in for my next appt.

Thank you guys so much :slight_smile:

Can I ask how your treatments have gone? I have had a mishap with laser and now in need of clearing my whole upper arm which is leaving a hard line and am hoping to use electrolysis to fade the hair in, does it look natural?

Very informative! I’m looking to have lower arms reduced and the thinning diagram was interesting.

I have been looking at lots of arms lately, and one thing I did notice is that most men I’ve seen still have some hair on the inner forearm, even if they have very little hair overall. Before I started looking for it I just figured that the inner forearm was always “clean” on those with little hair but my experience has not been that. I still think that result pictured above looks great though, and I will consider clearing the inner forearm completely (but probably not at first).