I use Synchro thermolysis, best described as the rat-at-tat-tat machine gun modality found only on the Apilus Platinum and Pure (optional).
Synchro is multiple pico pulses at 2/1000 seconds of PicoFlash . Ideal and effortless to treat deep coarse hairs to destroy the lower 2/3 rds of the follicle. You have to do a slight movement of the probe from the papilla to the bulge to do this correctly. Insulated probes are recommended, but I occasionally will choose gold. Vision aid should be very good so you can always focus on the top layer of skin.
Here is a level I used on a woman’s eyebrows :
Only needed this for few tough ones and then I switched back to PicoFlash mode as this level would have been too high for most of her hairs.
Synchro is too risky for you to do at this point Seana. Not for DIY electrolysis. Blend is what you should stick to, but again, be very ,very careful or you may end up with scarring. What you are doing with your set up is very complicated.