The previous post above by James specifically addresses your concern.
You can’t afford slow (galvanic) as you have already stated. I don’t know too many people that can and so they lose hope.
You can take a jet to your destination or you can ride a bike. Microflash thermolysis, flash thermolysis, manual which is slower thermolysis is very effective and will get you cleared and keep you clear until there is nothing left to clear. You will still get there either way, but what you were offered, galvanic, is the hardest and most expensive. The reason I poo-poo those practitioners that say galvanic is the best and only way to kill a hair is because I know how to perform and have performed all three modalities of electrolysis (galvanic, blend and thermolysis with all it’s variations) on real paying clients. Microflash wins hands down for kill rates and client preference, so I deliver the product people want. Microflash is harder to master. Accurate insertions are a must. Good vision equipment and quality lighting is a must. If a client demands that I do galvanic, I will do galvanic, but I guarantee that those are the ones that will whine to me after 5 treatments that this is too slow and it is costing too much money.
All three modalities kill hair. So the question is, do you want the hair off fast - permanently treated with thermolysis, microflash specifically - or do you want to fiddle around, hum a little tune and still get the hair off permanently, but at a much higher price and much more time invested (galvanic)? This is something one doesn’t have to think about too long. With the better engineered computerized epilators, electrologists have the means to get the hair off permanently and FAST as we work with those hair growth cycles. Those electrologist that are stuck in the mud with the only method they know and trust don’t realize what they are missing out on. They would rather defend what they know best and not even try to understand something they would surely like better for their good and the good of their clients.
I see successes everyday in my practice and I primarily use microflash thermolysis. I routinely say to people “I’m going to miss you” because when we finish an area and they no longer need my services - that’s it - it’s over, unless they want to go onto another area or if there is a need for cleanups on the hormonal face a couple times a year. I can no longer depend on that scheduled income anymore. Success has taken that away, which is the intention after all. I have to hustle at times because I need to keep new people coming in because I might have a group of people finish all around the same time. It’s a problem for me to successfully finish a client because I lose a client, but that’s the way it is suppose to be!
This is really not hard to grasp, but I understand your question and I’m glad you are thinking deeply about this. If Kimberly is a skilled electrologist and she does microflash or even blend, you will understand even more as you see faster progress with your upper lip.
I really hope I have been clear enough in trying to explain this. Ask away if you still don’t understand all this.
sanny, just FYI, the majority of posters here get thermolysis and possibly blend on some hairs that are deeper and curlier. and we’re all very happy with our results. i am
Ok, I’ve done a lot of searches and reading to try and understand all the modalities. What is the difference between flash and microflash thermolysis and under what circumstances would it be more beneficial to settle upon regular, slow thermolyis?
Would microflash still work for me if in some areas the hairs I want to get are spread out and not all right next to each other, specifically the darkest and thickest hairs in places where I want to get some of the hair, but not ALL of the surrounding hair like on my cheeks/sideburns and under my chin? I say this b/c I read that the concept of flash is that the hits are spaced closely to utilize the other’s heat energy as you move to the next close-by target area.
Or is it better and/or even possible to treat an area like my chin, where I want to get every hair, with microflash, and do the cheeks and under the chin with blend or regular thermolysis in the same session?
In my humble opinion, there is no hair one can’t treat with microflash that can be treated with slow thermolysis. The only time to chose one over the other is when the practitioner you are utilizing has more skill using one over the other.
The benefit of microflash over slow thermolysis is the ability to treat more hairs in a smaller ares with less irritation.
If you find a good electrologist they should be able to tell you which modality will work best on each section of hair. It often has to do with how your skin reacts to one over the other as well. Each modality has drawbacks and each modality has positive aspects. Some form of diathermy is best for most hair though.
Agree with jes. Find a good electrologist that offers all modalities and have them choose based on your hair type in various places. They would know what works best on what type of hair they see on you.
Thanks for all those responses! The thing is that some of the ppl I have contacted do not offer all of the modalities so I sort of have to do some of the deciding myself. Rita doesn’t do blend but I’m sure she is very skilled at microflash since James recommended her. She told me blend doesn’t work and she could give me phone numbers of ppl it didn’t work on. I’m sure she meant that it just wasn’t fast enough to get quick results and probably she has more demand for microflash so she just decided not to offer it anymore.
Fortunately I’m lucky enough to have gotten the recommendation so trust is not an issue, which is one huge relief marked off the list, as far as practitioner skill using the microflash modality goes.
Microflash sounds perfect for my chin. My only concern is for the places where some of the darker and/or thicker hairs are sporadic and not super close together like my cheeks and under my chin/throat. Will the practioner be able to skip around and still have success killing the hairs even when the hits aren’t so close together regarding utilizing the surrounding heat energy?
Psst, Rita knows how to do blend, and can even teach it. If she thought one hair here or there were best suited to it, she would use it on those hairs.
You are correct, most people would quit before getting anywhere if they had to do their whole treatment area from start to finish in blend.
Electrologists have to cut corners when talking to customers, as one really can’t try to teach a customer what it has taken you years to learn, just to explain why one does a certain thing a certain way.
I completely understand the corner cutting deal. I was lucky to have her be willing to treat me since she is so busy. I have convinced my family to help me on this endevear and give me a chance with her even though she is an hour away (I don’t have a car here so they will have to be involved every week with scheduling since I will need it).
I don’t mean to be annoying with this same Q, but can someone address the last part of my question with reference to microflash hits needing to be close together? I just want to make sure it will be ok to skip around since I don’t want to get rid of all the surrounding hair on some areas like my cheeks where some of the dark hairs are more sparse and not side by side.
Is it your belief that MicroFlash treatment requires the hairs to be very close? That would be a misunderstanding, it is the application of the treatment energy that is close, as in rapid pulses going down the probe and into the follicle.
Oh, ok. Thank you so much. I definitely misunderstood. So as long as you are working on an area not that huge, like the face, you can get to the next target hair, even if its on the other side of the face , quick enough to utilize the energy and be effective?
