Hello!

My second post is going to be about electrolysis hair removal, a quite unknown method. In fact, I did not know it existed until I found some information by chance on the Internet. I was already 25 years old and I had been suffering with hirsutism since childhood…

First: do not be fooled. Laser (no matter which type of laser) only works (and not totally) for black and thick hair, i.e.: legs, armpits. In fact, on thighs (where hairs are weaker than in the rest of the leg) laser does not have very good results. I’ll talk more about laser in another post.

Those who have hirsutism know that hair in the places I have just mentioned may be the least worrisome, after all those are places where having hair is normal. The misfortune of hirsutism is that hair grows on your face, your neck, your belly, your back … With hormonal hair, the more you touch the worse it gets (waxing, tweezing, shaving to have laser…).

Today, and after years and years of trying it ALL: Diane 35 for nine years, Androcur, bleaching creams, tweezers, wax, laser … I can firmly state that the only thing that works in this type of hair is electrolysis. It is a type of hair removal in which a fine needle is inserted through the hair pore, a small electric shock is applied, and the hair gets “loose”, coming out alone. Some hairs never grow again, others do grow again and require more sessions. In the most hormonal area (chin), hair always comes back with time, but much softer. In the eyebrows, for example, the results are perfect (I have not tweezed my eyebrows again for years, and I used to tweeze my eyebrows daily).

This type of hair removal does not have as much publicity or is as well-known as laser, and I do not understand why. Maybe the technique is more complicated, and less people apply it. In addition, as it goes hair by hair, it is better for small areas, otherwise it can be quite expensive (but it also works very well to achieve definitive results in legs / groins / armpits after finishing with laser).

But what happens if we have a belly or a back full of hair of with that type of fine fuzz that is also annoying?

* First option: we spent lot of money in electrolysis sessions. If you find a good and honest electrologist, it may worth it. My first experience was bad because after a 30 minutes session during which the electrologist took all the hair out of my jaw, in the following she did very little and I realized she was doing it to lengthen the sessions. Anyway, even if the electrologist is honest, cleaning large areas is expensive.

* Second option: we become electrologists ourselves. I found an esthetician who was selling her old electrolysis machine. It cost me 1200 euros, but I think it has been one of my best investments. It took me a while to learn the technique, but I ended up epilating my own eyebrows, face (with a 7x magnifying mirror) and now the hairs left on legs, armpits and groins (after having done 5 laser sessions, which as I said never give perfect results). The needles I use are called Velona (since I only use them for myself I can reuse them). Magnifying glasses for electric hair removal can be at: http://www.productosdeesteticaypeluqueriaprofesional.com/

The frame of my first magnifying glasses did not work out very well and I had to buy new glasses in an optical shop. Normally there are 3 options: 1’5x, 2’5x and 3’5x. The more you magnify, the closer you must be.

Now I have begun to epilate my arms and belly and for the moment I am happy with the results. I do it during the day to take advantage of natural light, next to the window. Although of course, I’m better and faster on the right arm (I’m left handed) than on the left arm. Every time I insert the needle and push the pedal (the machine comes with a pedal that must be pushed on to activate the current) I must take the tweezers (that I hold with the mouth) and remove the hair. Obviously, a person who uses both hands (like when you epilate someone else) would go much faster.

I guess electrology professionals would not agree with what I say, but I think this type of hair removal is like sewing: it requires a lot of patience, practice and good eyesight to insert the needle into each pore. That’s why I think buying a machine, needles and glasses is a good investment to make as a family (between mothers and sisters, for example) to have the machine to help each other. If you decide to do so, it may also be a good idea to invest in a magnifying lamp like the ones that estheticians have. For now, I’ve only epilated myself, but I’m trying to convince to my sister so that she can learn and help me with difficult access areas.

Here I put some pictures of the machine, the glasses and the first results on my arms (for the square that you see it took an hour on the right and hour and a half on the left). Afterwards some scabs will appear, you should not touch them, they will fall alone. It is best not to sunbathe in the areas where we have epilated, at least until the area is well healed (it is not like laser, nothing happens if you have sunbathed or you are tanned BEFORE epilating).

A renowned professional electrologist in Spain is Josefa Reina, from Málaga. Here you have the link of her YouTube channel, where he posts videos of the wonders that she achieves. You can also look at the professional forums in this regard on Hairtell.com

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