thanks.

i phoned her up and im going to try thermolysis tonight at my session.

i will let you know how it goes.
i think im going to try clear a side at a time rather than her removing hair from 1 side then going to the other cause it was too painful. i will just grit my teeth.

Avoid caffeine, take a painkiller and drink lots of water. It should help.

bout an hour since my last treatment, feeling good, thermolysis is alot better. just over 1/4 done now and i've had 4 sessions which have added up to an hour, going to be much faster with thermolysis now. i only had 20mins because she was shutting early because she is open up a new shop and going to sort out the alarm.

but thanks for all your advice. i'm excited about saying bye to this hair. bring on the year of electroysis.

Here's a hug for you scottish. Keep positive!

Dee

thanks dee,

the thing i like about electrolysis is that the hair is removed there and then and you dont have to walk around with stubble for 3 weeks waiting for it to shed, plus i was the finer hair didnt shed so therefore this is a better method for me, i'm not putting laser down it works on loads of people just not me.
i have to wait till monday for my next treatment as my electrologist is off this weekend. but i have appointments monday and tuesday so i'm hoping to be 3/4 done by this time

i pay £60 an hour for my sessions, but i only do about 40mins a time, and carry over the 20mins. would you say this is good value? what do other people pay for an hour?

thanks

That price sounds about right. Is there a reason you're not doing a 1 or 2 hour session to just get the clearance in one sitting?

It doesn't sound like you have a lot of hair if you can clear it all in such relatively short time, so laser is not a good solution anyway, especially since some of that hair is fine too.

she only does 40mins at the most, because shes pretty busy and i can only go night cause i work till like half 5.
but she says that if we are on a roll and i can take it she will keep going. i'm in at half 5 tomorrow and her next appointment isn't till 7:15 so should have a good time then.

when she pulls a hair out and its got a root she gets excited because she says this wont come back. is this true?

thanks

i have just been reading about thermolysis, it says its the fastest method of electrolysis but its the least effective, is this true?
would it be best to get a clearence with thermolysis and then use blend on the hairs that come back?
or is it ok to just keep going with the thermolysis?
the hair is not that thick, its not like stubble, but its not peach fuzz either.

thanks

The cunnard that thermolysis is the least effective form of "electrolysis" is born of a widespread misunderstanding and misapplication of the art and science of permanent hair removal.

The difference is that thermolysis is the most difficult of the three to master, and is the most dependent on proper treatment settings and placement of the treatment element inside the follicle.

What this means is that well performed thermolysis is exactly as effective as blend or galvanic, while being faster. It also means that when those who don't know how to do it well, attempt to experiment with it, their results are less than stellar, thus appearing to confirm their preconceived notion that it is a lesser modality.

Think of it as the difference between the hunt and peck typist and the touch typist. Someone who knows how to touch-type knows it is the way to type the fastest, but when you tell a hunt and pecker that touch typing is faster, they tend to type slower, when they try it, because they don't yet know how to do it. Of course, if they stuck to it, they would find that they quickly surpass their abysmal hunt and peck numbers and join the flying fingers club.

Hi:

My electrologist used mostly thermolysis since that was
the modality she was most comfortable with. I have had very
good results. One of the advantages to using this mode is
that you can clear an area in a shorter period of time.
Even if you have to clear the area more than once,
each time it is cleared there are less hairs coming back.

The beauty is that with regular appointments it is possible
to keep the face cleared and eventually to be rid of all
the hair.

I am really happy with my results and I did have
a lot of hair to start with. My face is now completely
hair free and I don't have to shave ever.

Alicia