Home electrolysis kits?
Kathryn Quinn
I asked a friend of mine who is a trained beautician, and she said that no,
they usuaully don't.
Apparently in a salon, they insert a fine needle down the hair shaft, and
apply heat - and that kills the hair root.
The home kits just involve tweezers clamped onto the hair, which conduct
heat down the hair, which doesn't work very well, she said.
So from personal experience, has anyone had any luck with them - not
necessarily totally permanent removal, but hold-off-regrowth-for-a-few-
months?
I'm getting sick of waxing/plucking/shaving/nairing hairs that I wish
weren't there in areas where girls really shouldn't have them ;)
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Doktor Joy
>Home electrolysis kits - In short.. do they work?
<imho>
No, absolutely not.
The theory behind all semi-permanent or permanent hair removal is to damage
the hair follicle. This is done by burning it. Given that every hair follicle
has a nerve ending in it, it hurts.
The home kit I tried to use was too puny to ever work; in that, I could quite
easily cope with the pain level inflicted. I'd have had to expose every hair
for minutes. I'm of the humble opinion that treatment like this is never
going to work unless it really hurts. If you could get your hands on a pro
kit that delivered enough of a jolt to the follicle, you'd probably not have
the stomach to use it on yourself - it would just be too uninviting.
The best way it to let a pro give you a decent toasting. Once you're on the
table and getting zapped you're too humiliated to bottle out anyway ;o) So
the treatment is bound to be more effective. Don't forget you have to go back
several times.
But, my own recommendation, so long as you have pale skin and dark hair, is
to leave electrolysis alone entirely, and go for laser - it's far more
effective at delivering power to the follicle (so much so, that you hear and
feel the follicles explode when the laser fires). Stuff 100kilojoules into
your armpits and you'll be amazed at the results (you'll be quite amazed at
how much it hurts as well[1], but it only takes four sessions of 15 minutes
and you never have to shave again).
Shop around for laser prices - the place I go to will give you four armpit
sessions, say, for £220. 220 pounds to never have to shave your armpits
again[2].
I think I'll post here at some point my experiences of the treatment I've
had, and how effective it's been. Would others be interested in knowing what
to expect?
Dok
[1] Pain experienced varies from person to person, and on the area targeted.
Slender people get hurt more (bad for me), and guys get hurt more (less fatty
tissue, on the whole, under the skin, so the laser is more effective). But,
the more it hurts, the better the results.
[2] Although 'permanent' removal is claimed, it's not yet actually been
proven, because the technology isn't old enough. The other pain is that you
tend to get a few very resistant follicles, with the odd hair that needs more
treatment.
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"Kathryn Quinn" <kathry...@ucl.ac.uk> wrote in message
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> The home kits just involve tweezers clamped onto the hair, which
conduct
> heat down the hair, which doesn't work very well, she said.
>
> So from personal experience, has anyone had any luck with them - not
> necessarily totally permanent removal, but
hold-off-regrowth-for-a-few-
> months?
I tried two different types of at home electrolysis kits, the ones
with the tweezers like you mentioned, and also one more similar
to a salon which had a very fine needle/wire thing that you insert
into the follicle.
The tweezer based kit did absolutely nothing.
The other one I had with the wire worked very well!
It took a couple of zappings, but in the end the spots
where I used it have had virtually no hairs return.
I did tend to leave the needle in the follicle a little longer,
and yes it did burn, but I was pretty pleased overall since
the kit only cost like $15 at Walgreens.
I would never ever recommended electrolysis for any
areas of the body where you have a lot of hairs you
want to get rid of though. It hurts, and it would take years
to get rid of any substantial amount of hair.
Laser, though pricey, seems to be a quick and effective
way to get rid of larger patches of hair.
I despise shaving so I'm saving up to get my legs lasered! :)
I did have a test treatment which wasn't bad at all, it just
stings a bit, like a rubber band snapping against the skin.
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lady mystique
> Home electrolysis kits - In short.. do they work?
> I asked a friend of mine who is a trained beautician, and she said that no,
> they usuaully don't.
> Apparently in a salon, they insert a fine needle down the hair shaft, and
> apply heat - and that kills the hair root.
> The home kits just involve tweezers clamped onto the hair, which conduct
> heat down the hair, which doesn't work very well, she said.
>
> So from personal experience, has anyone had any luck with them - not
> necessarily totally permanent removal, but hold-off-regrowth-for-a-few-
> months?
>
> I'm getting sick of waxing/plucking/shaving/nairing hairs that I wish
> weren't there in areas where girls really shouldn't have them ;)
I tried one of the home electrolis with a needle, not the tweezers
kind. I only used it once and got these red dots that stayed for a
few days. You need a steady hand to get them right. Since I scar
easy and was afraid of permanent scars, I stopped using it then. In
my personal experience, I would rather get a pro to do it.
lady mystique
Lucy Bond
<kathry...@ucl.ac.uk> writes
>Home electrolysis kits - In short.. do they work?
>I asked a friend of mine who is a trained beautician, and she said that no,
>they usuaully don't.
>Apparently in a salon, they insert a fine needle down the hair shaft, and
>apply heat - and that kills the hair root.
>The home kits just involve tweezers clamped onto the hair, which conduct
>heat down the hair, which doesn't work very well, she said.
>
>So from personal experience, has anyone had any luck with them - not
>necessarily totally permanent removal, but hold-off-regrowth-for-a-few-
>months?
No.
I used both a needle home kit (briefly, youch!) & a tweezer one.
After many, many applications, the hair in my armpits *might* grow a
little less thickly, but I couldn't swear to it. I have sandy to red-
brown body hair & fair skin, & the laser thing looks very appealing
after years of electrolysis not working. Also, it has to be the most
arm-numbing & brain-numbingly boring thing I ever tried.
I really wouldn't bother, unless there's been some huge technological
advance since I bought my last kit four years ago.
Lucy
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