The best thing you can do for determining where the bottom of the follicle is, is to read in your book about how to gauge the depth of the follicle. You need a light touch when probing a follicle. You may feel the anchor of the hair and when you do, you need to push a little pass that blockage. If you puncture the wall, then you will see a little bleeding.
Hair needs to be in the growing stage, although there is a technique called the S.I.M.P.L.E. technique that claims to affect any stage of hair. Do a search here on hairtell, if you are curious, as we have already discussed S.I.M.P.L.E in good depth.
I like shaving three days before a treatment, although I ask my “arm” clients to wax one time only and then commence treatments around week three when new, fragile hair starts to emerge. From that point on, we go at any new groups of hair that come forth over the next 6-9 months and they are usually completed around month 12 if they stick to a proper schedule.
I’d like to follow your progress, so come on back. I really wish you luck with this endeavor because electrolysis is technically very difficult to master, especially if you do it on yourself.
Dee