Last week I went in for a 2 hour treatment on my lower back. My substitute electrologist (my regular electrologist is still on vacation) used an Elite Spectrum. I applied numbing cream and outlined the area that I wanted her to treat
(a rectangle about 2 inches high and about 12 inches across my back). She started working on my left side and worked her way to the middle and then continued on the right side and worked inward. She works a lot slower than my regular electrologist. I held up a mirror and watched as she worked on one hair for about 4-5 seconds. I heard about 4 beeps and then the hair was removed. I asked her what the beeps meant and she replied that the hair didn’t want to slide out easily.
When the 2 hours were up she had removed most of the hair from the left and right sides but there was a tiny patch in the middle of my back that she wasn’t able to get to. I was really disappointed because she works much slower than my regular electrologist who can treat a much larger area and remove all of the hairs in a 2 hour session. I can’t wait till she gets back in 2 weeks woohoo 
I wanted to ask what is the average number of seconds that it should take to treat a hair? and approximately how many hairs should be treated in a 2 hour session? I tried counting the tiny scabs and I counted about 200 give or take. Is this normal? or does she work super slow?
Your question really can’t be answered.
Electrologist speed is based on modality being used, the equipment being used, the skill of the electrologist, and the client being worked on.
The only thing I can say here is that some machines easily make it possible to work faster than the elite spectrum, but that doesn’t mean that anyone who has one of those machines is actually faster than someone working with the Elite Spectrum.
If it sounds like I am talking in circles, I apologize.
Plus, counting scabs probably won’t give you an accurate count. Who is to say that every hair removed will produce a scab? Ask your two electrologists what their “average” is. They should be able to give you a ballpark if their machine does not keep track for them.
Just a question regarding treatment on the lower back. My electrologist told me that she couldn’t treat the area (after a consult) because hair there is located to close to nerve endings!!! Is this true? I don’t know how else to treat this area since I don’t want to wax it!
And since you had the area treated, how painful was it? Worse than the face?
ThankGod4Electro - I am in LA also, would you mind sharing who you usually see? Where they are at / what part of town and what she charges? I started electro about a month ago and am pretty happy with it so far, but I will also want to do my lower back and she said there was too much hair - so I would love to find out your info. Thanks!!!
The person you consulted with is in error. I have cleared full backs, that have, of course, included the lower back. Work on the spinal area is more sensitive than other places (just ask anyone with a tattoo in that area) but it is easily possible to treat.
The practitioner you spoke to may have no experience in that area, and may not even know how to go about doing work there in the first place. Just search out some more consultations and sample treatments.
Thanks
Lgrl sorry for the late reply but I haven’t logged in a long time.
I go to Loving Electrolysis by Diane in Beverly Hills she’s the best! my lower back is soft as a baby’s bottom right now 