What is causing little red pinprick marks?

Hair Removal Methods Professional Electrolysis
#21

Vickie, Shaving can result in those little whiteheads. I don’t know what causes them to happen…a little nick of the skin on a hair that’s growing 45 degrees (or less) out of the skin, maybe? I also don’t know why they sometimes occur with electrolysis…my guess would be several things. Too much current on moist skin; skin wasn’t clean enough; introduction of bacteria immediately after treatment - there could be other reasons.

Regarding: Prestige Electrolysis and Texas Electrolysis - I have had excellent experiences with both. Most (but not all) of my Texas purchases have been at conventions, but I order from Prestige almost monthly, and my one return was no problem - it was taken care of immediately.

#22

I have had a few minor problems with Prestige at the beginning of the 21st century, but it’s been smooth sailing since then. I just received supplies from Prestige today and everything was in order and wrapped so very carefully. In fact, employee Sue, called me to check on something I ordered that didn’t jive with my last order just to make sure she got things right. I think their customer service has improved greatly since my first encounter with them years ago when I was sent a sterizer without a gasket, the wrong probes and a bent laminated hair poster. They are doing great today and they now carry Thayers Witch Hazel in lavender, peach, lemon, medicated and rose!!! That get’s my thumbs up :slight_smile:

Dee

#23

Although it is controversial to some, the 64 ounce figure is actually a MINIMUM. Asians drink 2 and 3 gallons of water a day without problem. A person should attempt to get an amount of water that is equal to the number of pounds in ounces to have good hydration. (a 128 pound person would drink 128 ounces of water before the day was over, or 8 ounces per hour. That would equal a gallon by day’s end. Put in this framework, one can easily see why a 250 pound person would be drinking about 2 gallons a day.) Of course, in order to do this, one must also make sure that the water is of good quality, ideally free from impurities like chlorine and fluoride (which compromise the immune system) and the electrolytes are balanced with proper injestion of fruits and vegetables, and a proper amount of salt.

I put my clients on a hydration scale in early appointments, and I find that most of them score an average of 40 out of a possible 70 when we start. Later after nagging from me, and an extra painful treatment when they score 32 out of 70, they get on the program and score in the 50’s and 60’s and all is well. We can even turn the power down on the machine, as their internal hydration is so much better that we can get more treatment from lower inputs.

#24

James, speaking of hydration meters, how accurate is the skin moisture test built into some of the Apilus machines (the SM-500 specifically)? It gives me a fairly consistent reading (“moist”, almost all of the way to the right) each time I use it, and it with bars doesn’t seem to matter which area on the body I use it on. I am sure there are times I am more hydrated than others when I use it.

#25

In my years of working, I have had only two people who were so dehydrated that the electrolysis machine said send them home.

On the other hand, my trusty hydration scale tells the difference between, “You can work on them, but the settings will be higher than they could be otherwise” and “WOW, such moist skin! We can use the lowest possible setting and still get great epilations”

Does that answer your question?

#26

James, it does, thanks. I kind of suspected that was the case.

Speaking of the tests, is the self diagnosis program very exact? I mean I have a needleholder I tested that passes but I am beginning to wonder if I am getting the full amount of energy out that I set the machine to. The sensation is the same at a given setting, but the performance at removing hair seems to be decreasing. I suspected there is something wrong with the wire (frayed or splitting) inside the rubber jacket and resistance has been increased. Can the machine say, ok, the operator set the dc to 0.90mA and I am getting 0.90mA back, or can it just say whether or not current is returning and completing a simple circuit?

#27

The best case situation is with you holding the inactive pole with a sponge soaked in salty water, or an electrode gel (like an EKG gel) applied to the contact.

The wires can, and do fray, and break and that causes the power to be unreliable. A new set of cords may be in order.

The Apilus machines and the Silhouet Tone VMC do have some power correction built in, but they don’t overcome broken contact cords.