I have been getting professional electrolysis treatments and will continue to do so for the majority of the work that needs to be done. I would like, however, to purchase a professional epilator that I can use whenever a few stray hairs need to be treated and I cannot make it to the electrologist.
I am looking at the epilators on the Texas Electrology website. They range in price from about $1,000 to over $3,000. I really don’t want to spend more than $2,000 and even prefer to spend around $1,000.
The Fischer TS-1 ProTherm goes for a little over $1,000. The Fischer CB-X goes for about $2,295, which is the machine that my electrologist uses.
For somebody like me that will not be using the machine every day, all day, but more seldom on stray growth, which machine (not necessarily just these two) is a good tradeoff for price and also quality?
I don’t mind buying a used machine but don’t see any on EBay right now.
For touch up’s, DIY is a great way to go. But since you’re only doing a stray hair or so, rather than hundreds of hours of treatment, I’d suggest you save the thousands of dollars that a pro machine costs and get a One Touch or build your own ( http://www.geocities.com/hairfreethere ) for under $100. The results will be permanent and no tougher than using a pro machine. Pretty much the only difference is that instead of keeping the probe in for 1 to 5 seconds, you keep the probe in for 15 to 60 seconds (it’s galvanic electrolysis, which is a tad slower, but very reliable).
So if it took 30 seconds longer per hair longer and you saved $900 and you treated 200 hairs over the lifetime of the unit, you’ve just saved yourself $540 per hour. And the results will be equal.
themolysis - heat coagulates and ‘cooks’ the follicle
galvanic - current creating lye that dissolves the follicle
blend - a bit of both ideal for awkward follicles or curly ones <img src=“/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif” alt=“” />
and lastly flash thermolysis this is a very hi speed heat burst like laser via a needle if you see what i mean
flash is pricey but its bloody quick and really good
I only use flash - Apilus SM-500 - and its brilliant and more reliable than laser as one you are removing the pigment variable associated with laser and two removing the time and skin damage risks associated with galvanic
slide it into the follicle set the computer to what you want see this page
idiot proof guidance <img src=“/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif” alt=“” /> x
then depress the foot pedal beep tug the hair no beep and this time it slide out with a little black dot on the end of the bulbs root there it is done.
