Question about potential over treatment

Hair Removal Methods Professional Electrolysis
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Hello everyone, I’m new here!

I recently went to an electrogist for the first time, because I got a ton of beard hear (trans MtF) and while laser removed about half of it, there’s still a huge amount left that no longer responds to laser and is fairly dark. We worked on the chin, for now.

My experience was mixed. A few smaller bits worked out without much issue or bad reactions, but the main area had tons of leakage and traces of blood afterward, and looks like it might have some scarring resulting from it. I can send photos as private message to some experts who might be interested.

Now it seems like this only happened in areas with dense hair, where the electrologist removed all of the dense hair next to each other. I didn’t tell them to do so, I went in there with basically no instructions.

  • Does this indicate over-treatment by working on too many hairs too close to each other? Would the issue therefore likely be resolved by simply insisting next time they only work on spaced out hair?

  • Or do I need to assume they’re doing something else wrong too, that would really require a switch? I would prefer not to switch providers, since there are barely any available in the region, so even if this may have been a bigger mistake to make of the electrologist, I hope to get them to learn rather than immediately dump them.

  • They’ve been using “Microflash”, not “Blend” which I understand is stronger. When they pluck the hair afterward, there seems to be some resistance which makes me wonder if it’s not killing the root well. However, more than half the hair came out well with the root, as they’ve shown me afterward, so perhaps I’m overthinking this part. And I guess if over-treatment is the issue it might be best to not ask them to switch this for now, although I’m curious in some input on this point as well. (I don’t mind at all if the overall process takes longer. I’m patient. Pain or discomfort probably wouldn’t be much of a decisive factor for me ether.)

Thanks so much for your input!

PS: my region is Freiburg im Breisgau in Germany, if anybody wants to suggest other providers in that region after all. I’ve only seen one other listed nearby however, and their website seems like they potentially use outdated tech, so I’m not sure that’s a good idea to switch to.

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I forgot to mention, they used microflash but with a stronger setting, three pulses I believe. It didn’t feel particularly painful but it definitely had some palpable effect when applied, but I can’t really tell if that means it’s likely a sufficient setting or not.

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Sadly, it seems like after the second session I’ve been left with a pit that has been deep enough that it doesn’t seem like it will heal. If somebody has aftercare ideas, I would be interested. I can send photos if needed (I’m a little reluctant to post them publicly). Also, I’m of course looking to change providers now. I’d be happy for any advice.

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Hi, I’d be happy to take a look at your images privately if you want to send me a message.

Reading your first post, there are a few red flags. What your described sounds like plasma leaking out of the treated follicle, which tends to dry into a clear or yellow crust. This can happen when the electrologist uses settings that are too high or for too long and typically when treating follicles too close together (dense hair, as you described).

Treating follicles further apart would lessen the overtreatment, but it’s very likely the settings are still far too high. In other words, yes, this sounds like overtreatment but it does not necessarily mean you will be scarred.

Plucking is also a concern, and both a plucked hair and treated hair could have a visible root attached. This is dependent on the growth cycle of that particular hair rather than a successful or failed treatment.

I think you need to find a new electrologist. Focus your search on electrologists who do electrolysis as a bulk of their work, and in particular with experience working on transgender clients. I usually recommend avoiding those who work across multiple areas in cosmetics and beauty as they only tend to know how to treat middle-aged women with a few chin hairs. If you can, ask for a trial treatment, ask for photos of prior work, ask if you can be put in contact with a past client.

I’ll be happy to suggest some aftercare if you can send me an image of the treated area.

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