Want to try out that One Touch

Hair Removal Methods Do-It-Yourself Electrolysis
#1

Hello! I’ve been browsing everyone’s posts on this machine and I’m curious to try it on the extremely thick hair on my legs :]

It seems like a good deal, 27.99 and you can do it in the privacy of your home. But I’ve heard that many people fail with it, and it is very easy to permanently damage skin. Is the failure rate really that high? Should I just look for a electrologist in my area?

Oh, very inmportant, which drugstores is it sold at? I don’t want to tell my mum to use her credit card online because she’ll freak out about it.

#2

Hi! I’ve used the OneTouch extensively and it’s pretty tough to use. Most people do fail at it. You’d be looking at many hundreds of hours to finish your lower legs with the OneTouch, so it’s more practical for small areas or as a training tool before buying a real electrolysis machine.

That being said, I doubt you’d permanently damage your skin, as long as you stay away from your face. Legs are the perfect place to practice self-electrolysis because they are kind of hard to mess up. They may be more difficult for you if you wax your legs, because that causes the follicles to be distorted instead of straight. But if you only shave, then it should be the easiest area for a newbie.

Since OneTouch is so cheap (mine was like $9 online), I always say that there’s no harm in giving it a try. But if you are serious about clearing your legs, you will want to invest in professional electrolysis (or laser) at some point in the future.

If you get good with a OneTouch, and have the patience for it and you are opposed to seeing a pro, then you can always take $500 and buy a real electrolysis machine which will be faster and easier. That’s what I did and it ended up costing less than my pro treatments, and I can do many more areas.

#3

One touch works and is good but is completely impractical for legs. It takes forever and is painful its only for small areas no matter how patient you are. Just do laser to get rid of the dark coarse hair. You’d only need one or two treatments for that.

#4

I agree with M-P-Kitty. first day electrolysis students are given a machine and told to practice on their own legs to get the feedback on their insertions. They can feel both what the practitioner and the client feels and sync up their work by getting the feel of what the practitioner should feel on a good insertion and on the bad ones. It also helps that since this makes you feel your own mistakes, it makes you more diligent on learning how to do it correctly.

In short, getting a pro machine and starting in galvanic, and moving up to blend, and then thermolysis is a good plan for someone wanting to economize. If two people are working together and can do each other, the work will go by even faster, and the results will be better.

#5

If you have dark dense coarse hair and can save up $600-1000 or so, you can kill most of it with only 3-4 good laser treatments. Legs respond very well. Half legs cost around $150-250 per treatment and you only need treatments once every 3 months.

#6

Can you tell me how many treatments are needed for female back, if the hair is fine and light, but there is many? How much could it cost?

#7

This device treats hair one by one. Number of treatments depend on number of hairs you’re treating. Also, I’m not sure how you’re planning to do your back yourself. You need to be able to reach the area to make proper insertions.

#8

Only 3-4 treatments?! Wow. Ok I am definitely not buying this contraption, thanks guys :]

#9

Smart decision on your part.

#10

Read our laser FAQs - link below. It’s important to have GOOD treatments to get good results.

#11

OneTouch does work but I was only able to manage to do my right side upper lip. I couldn’t contort to do my chin or left side upper lip.

The hairs I removed on my right side upper lip have not grown back after more than a year.

#12

My first machine was a one touch it did work very well but it takes alot of trial and error as well as patience id say it saved me alot off money but takes time!

#13

HELP PLEASE!
I have had been fortunate enough to be 45 and have about 20-25 serious hair that need removal on my lip, chin and side facial area, so I purchased the “One Touch”, on Ebay. It came yesterday, and it has the directions in French. Now, I don’t speak a word of french, so it is totally just a piece of paper with letters on it to me.
Can SOMEBODY be kind enough to point me in the right direction as to HOW to use this machine?
I have managed to get the probe into the follicle, but I wait, and get no tone. I just feel like thru the french translation that I attempted, I’m totally missing something.
I also managed to find one of those machines that send a current down the hair shaft - called a One Touch Perma-Tweeze, for a SUPER price, so I just went ahead and purchased both for a really great price.But, the question is, does it/will it work, permanently? As stated before, I only have a few “Hormonal Hag Hairs”, that need to be dealt with, and I would appreciate ANY help in this area, from a group of people that obviously KNOW what they are doing and the machines that work the best.

Thanks SO VERY MUCH!
JeepGurl

#14

I think I may know the problem. Even though the One Touch comes with a battery inside, the battery is wrapped in a sheer piece of plastic and not attached to the electrodes basically. You need to get a coin or something, pry open the battery case, and connect the battery.

The first day I got my One Touch, I spent a good twenty minutes treating my hairs and wondering why they never came out, before figuring that out.

If the battery isn’t the problem, then make sure your fingers are damp and that you remain in contact with the metal plate on the device. One Touch is galvanic so if you are not completing the circuit, nothing will happen.

The tweezer device DOES NOT WORK. It’s a known scam. It sounds all scientific, but it’s actually not scientific at all. Hair doesn’t conduct electricity, simple as that, so no tweezer devices have ever worked. In fact, by tweezing the hairs you can even make them WORSE (tweezing hairs in certain areas like the face is a really bad idea for that reason and we always advise against it).

If you really only have a handful of hairs, then I’d just get a pro treatment. It would take about 15 minutes or less and you’d probably get charged around $25.

Good luck either way!

#15

hi magical
i just wanted to say that when i bought my one touch (i bought 2 one for my mum and one for me)mine never beebed or made any kind of sound,even on the metal plate,i changed the batery and nothing happened,but in fact it works well,the hair removed never grew back
so i think it isnt a problem

#16

The beep itself doesn’t matter. You should just count to the time you need. But I was under the impression that her One Touch wasn’t working at ALL. If it still worked perfectly, why would she be asking for help? Who cares if it beeps as long as the hairs slide out perfectly? So I assumed she meant that it’s not working in general.

#17

you are right
i just wanted to point out that some beeps and some dont
i want to ask sth,i am in a challange to finish half of a leg in 30 days with my one touch,evey day i treat a 100 hair
is that enough??

#18

The permatweeze won’t work - don’t waste your time trying.

One Touch:

wash face

Sterilize needle & tweezer (the tweezers that come with the One Touch are useless)ends in alcohol & use alcohol wipes on your face

you will need one tsp salt to one cup water

connect machine to 9v battery & turn dial to where you want it (I use no 4 setting on upper lip, 6 on chin)

Insert needle into hair follicle & use slide button to slide needle so it is in contact with hair base (the needles bend very easily - I have given up with the slide button & now use the needle without the pen tip)

wet one finger and place it on the metal stylet/pen touch plate - this should complete the circuit and a loud whining/beeping noise should be heard

lye will weep from the follicle

count 15 seconds and remove wet finger from touch plate before removing needle

the hair should slide out without resistance, do not tug - if it does not slide out, repeat above (instructions say don’t do more than twice)

treated hairs have a sort of clear jelly looking substance around the root

clean treated area with alchohol wipe

apply witch hazel or tea tree oil

disconnect battery between treatments

the main problem I have found with the treatment, apart from the huge needle, is that the connection of the needle in the holder is poor, and it often needs pushing back in

new needles are available on ebay

(you would be much better having professional electrolysis)

#19

zeinab- According to a quick google search, the average woman’s leg has 40,000- 50,000 hairs on it. Another link says about 17,000 hairs are active at any given time. That’s for a whole leg, I think, not just a lower leg. Whatever the case, removing 100 hairs per day for 30 days (3,000 hairs total) will probably not get you close to your first clearance, let alone finish the leg for good (which takes a year due to hair cycles).

My answer is just based on google though, so the pros here will have a better idea of how many hairs they go through when they clear a leg for the first time.

#20

:open_mouth:
oh my god
i think i will smash my one touch
thank you for letting me know :frowning: