I am having trouble with my insertions when it comes to very fine white regrowth hairs, Other than having good lighting and good magnification does anyone have any tips to being able to see where opening of the follicle to the white hairs are? Eg like maybe a good way to place lighting Etc
If you have good magnification and lighting this is not a question. Without those things, you can only trace the hair down the shaft with the probe/needle, and hope for the best.
I am experimenting with strong medical lamps; often from a an angle of 45° from the opposite side give good results. Strong magnification is also helpful, although it also increases the demands on good lighting technique. Whe working in the face, some means to protect the eyes of the customer ist also necessary.
During my trainings i always felt completly lost with the light of the loupe lamps.
The only acceptable way to figure out the details is to be fully transparent to the customer and not counting the time while the lamps are adjusted.
This is why I like the Zeiss Stereo Microscopes, they have the light box built in, and via fiber optics, the halogen light source is focused on the treatment area only, and the client doesn’t have any bright as the sun bean blinding them unless they wear blinders.
Using Zeiss binoculars and a halogen light here. The binoculars are on my face, so no adjustment there, and the halogen light is very easily and quickly moved, so time should not be an issue.
Have you tried using a finger from your non-needle hand to give a shadow to the fine light colored hairs? Sometimes the light is too close, and the tip Beate gave - of having the light at a 45° angle from the opposite side - only needs the addition of using a finger to shadow the area. This will bounce the light off the skin surrounding the hair - so you can see the follicle opening! Hope it works for you!
Those fine light colored hairs can be difficult.
Yes I have tried the placing my halogen light at a 45 degree angle. I will try using my finger to give a shadow. I have a silly question, would i place my finger on the side the light is shinning or the opposite side?
I know those fine light coloured hairs can be difficult, but I will not give up till I get those insertions perfect.
Yes I have tried the placing my halogen light at a 45 degree angle. I will try using my finger to give a shadow. I have a silly question, would i place my finger on the side the light is shinning or the opposite side?
I know those fine light coloured hairs can be difficult, but I will not give up till I get those insertions perfect.
I’m not sure what you mean with the finger. I use my finger at times too, but it is hard to explain over the internet. Just fiddle around with this on your own until you see those hairs better. Also, it is very important to position the client properly. No matter how you use a finger and light, hairs may not show up until the client is turned at a certain angle. When you are successful, you will certainly understand what the client is seeing in their 12x magnification mirrors. That leads me to the subject of, “Is this really necessary to remove those thousands and thousands of light colored hairs”? Well, if the clients wants it thinned and thinned and thinned and thinned some more and they are willing to pay for the service, then I will do what they ask because I can see the hair.
Use your finger between the light and the skin. You might have to move it around a bit, too, to get the light to bounce from the surrounding skin just right. This tip really helps me on those little upper lip hairs around the filtrum. The nose can give you the shadow for those right at the edge of the nostril. For those tiny clear hairs on the side of the face I back off the light and place it at a very low degree angle. (Think sunrise - but from the north!)
What I love about my current halogen light is the fact that I could place it at any angle and can move it to almost a full circle around the client - if only I weren’t in the way!
Yes, often enough this is the main problem, especially if You work two handed. The probablility increases that the hand holding the tweezers is just in the way of the light of the lamp (for me also two halogen lamps). The other difficulty arises when the client “flutters” (i hope i got the wording correct): a really slight movement is sufficiant to let the follicle openings become invisible, and the lamps or the customer’s position need to be readjusted 
Well, all these things can be handled, but of course it slows down epilation speed noticeably.
Beate
In the book Electrolysis, Thermolysis and Blend by Arthur J hinkle it does mention, if you are having difficulty to find opening of a follicle, moisten a ball of cotton with alcohol and apply a touch up or eyebrow pencil( dark brown) to cotton and dab it on the skin. This will serve as a pore marker and a hair darkener.
I hope this helps.
Good tip!