Treating an area that's still red?

Hair Removal Methods Professional Electrolysis
#1

Hi everyone,

Would it be ill-advised to have areas treated that are still red from a previous treatment (going on a month now)? I have an appointment tomorrow morning and I don’t know if I should tell her to leave those areas alone. They’re the corners of my lower lips and have a number of moderately coarse hairs that I would like to have taken care of, but the persistent redness there has me worried and, to be honest, embarrassed. As a male, I don’t wear make-up, so concealing it isn’t exactly easy.

Chris

#2

Erythema (redness) shouldn’t last more than a day or two ordinarily. More usually, it lasts just an hour or two.
Persistent erythema could be due to irritation (dermatitis) set off by sensitivity to something your electrolysist used on your skin, over-treatment or infection.
Let your practitioner see the area and assess the skin and possible causes.

#3

My practitioner always tells me she doesn’t see any problems. I’m beginning to wonder.

Will this fade in time? If it’s an infection, do I need an antibiotic?

#4

Every person and situation is different. Some people spend a week healing up from some treatments. There are many variables. I know people who regularly have a week’s worth of healing from their treatments. Due to the techniques, and amount of treatment they are getting, this is in fact normal in their case.

Pictures would be helpful here.

#5

Here are a few pics:

I don’t know. Maybe it’s just PIH, but it looks a lot redder than that to me when I look in the mirror.

#6

I see no problem here with proceeding. She is doing a fabulous job.

#7

This is über-PERFECT!

Now, stop “Kvetching!” ha ha ha (Just kidding you a bit.)

All seriousness aside: Remember that electrolysis is essentially a “full skin-depth” BURN! In nearly all cases, what the patient is experiencing is simply the NORMAL healing process.

I LIKE the lower lip “tuft thing,” by the say. Looks like the sax player in my Dad’s band: VERY “Progressive Jazz.”

#8

The only treatment tip I have for what I see in these pictures is that I suggest you use Burt’s Bees Lip Balm and avoid Chapstick (the phenols cause your lips to actually become more chapped in the long run). :slight_smile: