I am out of town now and super happy to see the one best electrolysists I have ever seen. Ive only seen him once but everything about it was top notch. He is expensive (for me) but it is worth it , and I have a one hour appointment coming soon! 
Last time i saw him i talked and tryed to be entertaining as i could be as I have compassion for how tedious it can be to do such focused work and he had had a long day. He laughed alot and told me really enjoyed our time together and appreciated our talk.
However this one chance is so precious to me so i have a question for the pros. Does the patient talking slow down work or do you appreciate the distraction? Can it improve, slow down, or affect the work in any way?
If more can get done if i talk less, than i will button it up !
I’m accustomed to talking with my electrologist more at the start of a session, in a more social manner, then going quiet for most of the remainder of the session. We still talk a little, but not so much. I think it varies by the individual, much like other personal professions.
Conversation during a treatment distracts the electrologist and can severely degrade insertion accuracy.
It depends on the area. If it is your chin, jawline or upper lip - it’s difficult to make a perfect insertion on a moving target. If it is any other area, talking is fine…but watch the talking with your hands thing…
[color:#990000]Hi All 
This is a good thread because I remember wrestling with this.
I’m a talker like you wouldn’t believe. This reputation has gotten me invited on plenty of road trips and cell phone calls from friends that say, ‘Talk to me. I’m on a long drive and I need to stay awake.’ -Hey, no problem. You called the right person.
Anyway, I say talk. Because, if you want to ask questions, it’s going to be funny if you only ask sporadically. To me it’s more polite to ‘pay’ for your questions by entertaining the electrologist with all the worldly minutiae you know. Now, if you’re not going to ask questions then maybe talk in the beginning, and then at the end. You know, polite small talk.
I got to know my ‘main’ pro pretty well. She’s rolling over if she’s reading this, saying ‘You left me you pig!’ --juuust joking . Anyway, yeah, sometimes she did pause to process a thought or look at me to answer (although I was laying on my stomach), but I didn’t mind. Talking greatly took an edge off the pain. That was kind of an unspoken between us; I get to talk my head off, but I allowed her times to pause and answer with meaning, not just ‘uh-huh uh-huh’. I liked that.
What I thought was really cool is we had very similar movie tastes and we would talk about movies and exchange DVDs weekly.
Did it affect the amount and quality of work done? I don’t think so. My pro does that day in day out, all day, every day. She is one of the very best in San Diego. If anything, it uplifted her day having me come in, allowed her to monitor my pain levels, and established good relations that let me know inside electrology stuff. Basically what training was like, what was discussed at the latest conference, and small talk. I was amused learning that all the San Diego electrologists go to these conferences and sit together and yak. I learned to to keep some things to myself ~LOL!
Mantaray
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[color:#33CC00]…You know that’s true Barbara
If she’s working on the chin, yeah, I would guess then talking’s gonna be an issue.
Visuallizing this is just so funny. Could you imagine the look on the electrologist’s face when the client is yapping and she’s trying to insert the needle on the chin? 
Like, ‘Could this wait?’ LOL.
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The area I will be doing is sideburns and a bit of the eyebrow. I cant get here often so I really want him to do as much as possible in that precious hour. I tend to have compassion for the long , sometimes dull work hours that they put in so I talk to brighten theri day and entertain! He did tell me last time that he really enjoyed the conversation but then again I dont in anyway want to slow him down. Thanks for all your input , its been an interesting read!
[color:#993300]Hmm… Okay, that area, I wouldn’t talk. People almost always move their eyebrows when talking unconsciously. As a matter of fact, lots of facial muscles are even used when listening to someone talk. I kind of answered based on me getting body work, not face.
Unless you bring in a handpuppet and use ventriloquist skills, best keep mum.
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OK THEN I will bring the puppet 