hey yall

I just found out that the electrolygist I am thinking about going to is using the "Hietland" machine... any comments?

Thanks

Has anyone even heard of this machine? Doesn't seem so... now I am not sure if I should go to this person?

It would help if you had filled out your profile information to include your location. After all, None of us had heard of a Sterex machine here in the States, but they are made in the UK and not sold here.

But if you mean this machine:



Then I can tell you that it is a relatively inexpensive unit that is ok for a start up, but one would hope that one would upgrade from there in the first couple of years of business.

Hi I live in good, old Canada .

So, in short, this is a not so good machine to recieve THEROMOLYSIS with? :S

Thanks

Keep looking and let us know what else is in your locale. I'm not impressed with this machine, but if it's all that you have available, then you'll have to consider it.

Thanks James and Dee! I really value your advice. The person who uses this hietland machine told me to consider laser today, with knowledge of my east indian skin tone. She has 25 years of experience and was telling me laser was permanent... I did not want to argue with her... but I was taken aback by her suggestion... She said they do blend and thermolysis but that if there is alot of hair on the upper lip, then they do thermolysis... Is it true that in many cases, blend may be a
"safer" option? I do understand that it is difficult to find a skilled electrolgyist who performs thermolysis

The "Safer" part is all in the fact that the skill of the practitioner must be higher as you move up the ladder from galvanic to blend to thermolysis. Don't misunderstand, this is not to say that a practitioner who does only thermolysis and doesn't know blend or galvanic is actually better than one who knows either galvanic, blend, or all three. What I am saying is a person learns addition before they learn subtraction, and subtraction before they learn multipication, and multipication before they learn division, and if they are really good at all that, they give algebra a try.

Now if your skin depended on the least number of mistakes someone made doing math, would you seek out someone who was doing addition, subtraction, multipication, division or algebra? Keep in mind, the algebra person removes more hairs per hour than the addition person, but if they make a mistake, depending on the magnitude of the mistake, you either have a hair you need to treat again at a lower setting next year (forgot the negative number sign), or a hole in your face(used the wrong formula or axiom to try and get the answer).

Better understanding now?

Luckily, I enjoy math and caught everything you said there, James! lol, very witty and I totally get the point!