If the hair is in the growing stage and being released easily, and the skin is reacting fine with no scarring…does it matter how low or high the zap is? Hope this make sense!
Intensity and timing, or zap as you call it, is determined by hair releasing and upper skin reacting without any tell tale signs that the recipe for intensity and timing is too much. If it slides out in the anagen phase (growing phase) then we sing “oh happy day” silently in our hearts.
Scarring is not a correct term to use. Scarring happens somewhere months from when electrolysis took place because of overtreatment or improper treatment. You will know not to continue treatments if you feel you cannot face people for a week or more because your skin will look like you have some mysterious disease. This shouldn’t happen for the face, but for body work is almost a given. We don’t fret about a little scabbing on the body.
When we talk about electrolysis after effects we are referring to temporary skin manifestations such as redness, swelling followed by tiny scabs that can occur about 48 hours after a session. All subsides and heals within a few hours to a few days.
The “zap” feels different from person to person. Epilator used, probe choice, skill demonstrated, your hydration level, rest,etc.
As long as the hair is not being plucked and the skin is healing well, you’re on the right track.
I hope I answered your question adequately.
Dee
Thanks Dee, you explained it perfectly…you so much better with words than I am. Looks like I’m having superb treatment then, hope to be silently singing “Oh happy days”…lol.
You are very welcome. I think you found a good electrologist. Can you share her information with hairtell when you think the time is right?
Of course I’ll share…I don’t think I’ll be able to contain myself! The relief of having a hair free chin will be immense…how could I denie someone in the same boat that relief!!!
Dee, your answer to this questions was pretty clear, but I just want to be 100% sure I understand - you’re saying that as long as the hair slides out easily, it doesn’t matter how high and long the “zap” is, correct?
I’m seeing two electrologists (for two areas) and both have said that higher settings, which cause more, larger, and longer-lasting scabs, are more effective. I’ve never felt plucking, even at lower settings. I’ve been enduring the unattractive side effects of using higher settings because it was my understanding that my treatments would be done quicker this way.
What ever it takes to get the hair to slide out. Intensity and timing recipes are determined by the hair not resisting. You don’t have to be overtreated and you shouldn’t be undertreated. With modern electrolysis computerized epilators, finding the right recipe and repeating that “recipe” for intensity and timing session after session is not only possible, but is desirable.
It does matter how high or low the setting is. If it is too high, then we are putting more energy into the follicle than is needed and thus, prolonging the healing process or maybe even damaging the skin. If it is too low, then there could be more regrowth, thus prolonging the time to completion. So, maybe, you don’t need to endure skin side effects as you described. I’m not afraid to use intensity on body work, but I will still fine-tune and play with the settings to see what happens if I go down a touch or go up a touch and soon I figure out where the edge of a good treamnet lies as oppossed to giving too little or too much energy to a follicle. This can vary from treatment session to treatment session, but ususally stays pretty close to what worked in past sessions.
It is always advised here, to talk this over with your electrologists,since they can see you. Ask if they can try to minimize the skin reaction by trying another approach if possible.
Dee