One area that bothers me is my upper arms. On the average man, ARM hair is acceptable from the elbow down to the forearm. And from my observations ARM hair is suppose to naturally taper into non noticable vellus hair past the elbow up the ARM. On me however, my hairs remain thick and terminal all the way up the arms to the shoulder and down the back. Needless to say I am not pleased with this look. Is it common practice to create a natural taper from lower ARM to upper arm? The problem with being so hairy is that I don’t know where to accept it and where to have it removed without looking odd. Also, how would you create a break from the lower back and below the waiste/ buttocks area if there’s a full coat of hair?
Subjecting the area to 1, 2, or 3 full clearances, according to the look you want to offer:
Appearance before Electrolysis: (July 2011)
A little hairy guy. Only 1 (November 2011)
A very little hairy guy. Only 2 (March 2012)
No hair at all. 3 or more. (September 2012)
The same person:
Before Electrolysis: (July 2011)
1 full clearance later: (November 2011)
2 full clearance later: (March 2012)
3 full clearance later: (September 2012)
Do not worry tr3, with the strategy “wait and clear” each new clearance reduces the density of the hairs in the area, but with enough uniformity so you can leave the treatments without looks strange or unnatural.
The same person in lower back:
Before:
After 1 clearance 6 months later.
wow, very nice work! do you, (or anyone for that matter) have photo examples of how you faded upper arm hair into a natural look?
I’m actually working on my arms right now, because I practice electrolysis on myself I actually posed this question in the home electro forum but got no response. I’m taking this very slowly to say the least.
Unlike you I’m not doing the whole arm (I assume we are talking about below the elbow). The upper part of my arm near my hands has thicker and darker hair then the lower part of my arm (again, below the elbow) and I’m trying to situate the hair so that the amount of hair is reduced and it maintains a natural in appearance. I’m finding that doing it slowly allows me to find the hairs that have been treated and still grow back and I can evenly space the hairs out accordingly. Sound complicated? It absolutely is.
My current method is destroy anything that does not reflect blonde when hit with light.
by upper arms I am referring to the bicep portion connecting to the shoulder, above the elbow
AFTER (Today)
BEFORE ( July 2011):
To the ^above^ pictures,
Nice work and great precision! I’m sure that client is happy!