I understand that people’s skin will react differently, but usually how red is the skin after electrolysis, and how long might it stay red, also are there any other effects that usually happen? I am mostly interested in the upper lip. Any photos would be appreciated. Also do you think that electrolysis or laser causes more noticible temporary effects such as redness?
The redness after electrolysis will vary depending on your skin.
The reaction can range from no change in appearance to slightly pink to bright red. The reaction can be compared to a mosquito bite, which might be pink and puffy for a short period of time.
Often, the pinkness/redness is subsiding before you even walk out of the office door.
The electrologist might send you home with a little package of ice, a cotton square with witch hazel, or nothing!
I can only speak of electrolysis and I haven’t taken any pictures, but that is a good idea!
Wait so best case scenario you leave the clinic smooth with no hair(as it was treated during the treatment) and your skin looks fine as well? Basicely you won’t have to worry about being hair in between treatments or do i have this wrong
Yes, exactly as Barbara said. If you get the noticeable hairs cleared asap and keep clearing noticeable hairs each and every visit, you will look like you never grew hair there and will get at least 3 weeks of looking smooth in between treatments. Several months later, there will be little, if nothing to treat, because electrolysis is PERMANENT!
I treated a 26 year olds virgin upper lip vellus hairs yesterday for 68 minutes. She is 85% cleared with the remaining hair being in the middle under the nose area. The area was slightly swollen and slightly pink. I used an Apilus Platinum, PicoFlash thermolysis and a size 2 probe. Totally and amazingly awesome. She walk out the door with a skin reaction that will barely be noticeable in an hour to as long as a day. Speed can be deadly with some of the newer modern epilators in 2011 and this litte girl appreciates the relief of getting the hair off asap.
I agree, I have had people who have done the full first clearance, and from there come in every 3 to 4 weeks and simply stop all other hair removal methods from that point forward.
I have heard that some people get scabbing after electrolysis. Is this very rare or common?
^I’d say it’s more common than not (not every electrologist is as skilled as our HairTell ones) but it really depends.
I have blend performed on my face and don’t experience scabbing. But blend or thermolysis on the body does result in scabs.
But they are usually (or, should be) very tiny and drop of fairly quickly without leaving any kind of mark.
So is it bad if you have to come in every week or is that normal?
No, it’s not bad to have weekly treatments.
Frequent tweezing cases often need weekly appointments to start out.
Here’s my upper lip after being treated weekly for two weeks. I have pale, sensitive Irish skin, and we’re removing a male mustache using an Apilus Senior II machine and flash thermolysis. This picture was taken two and a half days after treatment last week, with flash at a distance of about six inches, so it’s definitely “warts and all”. It’s important to understand that I value this as an exceptionally good result, despite there still being some residual swelling and minor redness beneath my nose. When washing my face later that night, at a distance of two feet from the mirror, all of this was not really visible.
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I have to say I’m a bit concerned if redness/swelling lasts several days. Especially since I’m gonna treat my face so it will be visible the whole time.
As I previously mentioned, I have extremely tender and sensitive skin, and none of the redness you see in that picture was visible at a distance of 2 feet. The redness and swelling immediately following treatment resolved in less than an hour. It would have resolved even quicker had I kept an ice pack against the skin after treatment.
Then have your electrologist scatter the work and go in weekly for shorter appointments. Even then, if the skill factor isn’t there, short appointments doesn’t mean no temporary skin side effects. We like full clearances, but if your electrologist can’t do it, then she/he can’t do it. There are many paths to success and she has here own path to success which should be respected. I worked on James’ beard last weekend for 7.5 hours. He got cleared and I assume his swelling is down and he’s back to normal by now. His hair structure is the final exam (His words.) Macumba!! (My words) Or, Madonna Mia Pizzarea (Bono’s words) Or, #%$@^@*!!!tiger&$%$^ (Charlie Sheens words).
Yes, my dearest “Dee-Fahita”, all swelling is gone, and other than the stray pigment spot here or there (which would have been worse had I shaved) my skin looks perfect.
I wish we were not so busy that we can’t keep on schedule, because I would have been finished a LONG time ago, and could model our product so much better.
Of course, as all good hair removers know, our clients all look better than us, quicker than we can achieve those results, because they have one thing we don’t have… US to do their hair removal work!