On my right shoulder where I have been having electrolysis consistently for about 7 months I am maintaining a good level of clearance, and now even a lot of the scabs and red bumps are starting to ameliorate. What’s left are a lot, and I mean a LOT of these little white bumps that look like scars. I am writing to ask what the pros here think.
I guess if it comes down to little scars vs. the thick black hair that was there, I’m okay with the tradeoff. But it would be nice to think I’ll have great-looking skin, too.
Bryce
P.S. Again the camera phone, forgive the blur. The macro mode is good but hard to keep it steady shooting my own arm.
This is HYPOpigmentation as oppossed to HYPERpigmentation.
Inflammation that occurs naturally with electrolysis stunts melanin production to cause these white spots. It rarely occurs, but these pigments cells recuperate within several months and the skin wil return to normal.
What does your electrologist say about this? Discuss it with her if you haven’t done so yet.
She says that it will heal over time and that a microdermabrasion (which she also sells) should help stimulate the skin and smooth out the irregularities. But I always do my due diligence.
Based on the recommendation of smooth_vs_hairy (William) on this board, I have been visiting Mary Albrecht in Riverside, CA. It’s near my in-laws and we visit frequently enough that she’s a good solution for me. Mary works out of a home office and charges me less than half of the rate of many practitioners I considered in LA. I have already spent nearly $3000 with her, and am starting to see significant results on my right back/shoulder.
Less overhead = better possibility for passing the savings on to the customers.
It is a shame that more customers are not willing to see electrologists who work out of a “home-office” as the average cost of treatment would go down if that were the norm. Most of us, however feel pressured into getting a high rent place in a medical building if possible just to meet average expectations.
I can still hear the one guy 19 years ago, before I rented a former dentist’s office, who would not even let me do a sample treatment on him even though I was recommended by a local radio personality. As he walked out only to find that most other practitioners in my area would greet him with “I don’t treat men! <click>”, he said with a condescending air, “I’m just not comfortable with the residential nature of your business location.”
Joke was on him, as the radio on air person who sent him, got finished, and he never got his problem worked on, as he did not find anyone to work on him. Although I imagine that by now he either learned to live with it, or has tried LASER (that is if his hair did not turn white previous to the wide availability of LASER.)
