I've been getting electrolysis for around 2 months now, 1 hour each week. My electrologist has been using the galvanic method and the regrowth rate has been little to none. However, the process has been incredibly slow so I asked if she could try thermolysis on my face. It was unbelievable how much hair was cleared compared to the galvanic method. She did say that the regrowth rate would be much higher, though, so I am a bit afraid of that.

I've been on this sub for a while and there's been good and bad opinions about thermolysis in the past. Has anyone here used the thermolysis method to get rid of facial hair? What was the regrowth rate like? Did all hairs grow back or just a few? How long did it take you to clear your entire face?

I had one session of electrolysis done (upper lip and chin) and it never occurred to me that there were different types. My tech used thermolysis and it gave me a burning sensation on my upper lip that’s lasted more than a day, line scabs, and whiteheads. I started reading up on electrolysis after my treatment and it seems like the general consensus is the heat from thermolysis has the potential to cause pitted scarring, but others don’t? Why don’t more electrologists use galvanic if there isn’t such a risk for skin damage from heat? I live in Florida and all of the electrologists near me only use thermolysis. I understand scarring is mostly up to the skill of the electrologist, but figuring out current power without damaging skin seems like it would be really different. Also, heat plus skin just doesn’t seem like a good combo. Can anyone fill me in on all this? Im getting too much anxiety thinking about scarring happening months from now :/

I want the entire large swath of my lower body, hips down, obliterated, and I'm told that laser is the most cost-effective way to do this, following by electrolysis after several treatments if there are still stubborn hairs. I'm currently in the process of trying to get Bay Area recommendations for queer-friendly clinics, and some of the recommendations I've gotten are not for laser but for "thermolysis" which I've never heard of before; what is this?? And is it something I should seriously consider for such a large area of body?

Hi. I haven't lived in the Ottawa area since 2013, but I'll be moving back in the spring.

I used to see Veronica Allenger at Time for You and I saw that on her site her prices may have doubled (50/hr then to 100 now).

I'm going to contact her but I wanted to know if there were any other reputable electrologists in the area, preferably near Chinatown but I'll travel if I must. I only do thermolysis, if that's important.

Thanks!

I've been having 60 minute sessions for a few weeks now and my local girl is using flash thermolysis. Although it's not too bad at the end of the session, the next day I have a series of red welts on my face some of which form whiteheads by 24h. They usually subside within 5 days though. I have to run a work meeting every week the morning after treatment, so it's hard to hide even though it's just the one work day where I have obvious welts. (Treatment Thurs, Work Fri) Also I'm pre-HRT, have quite coarse facial hair and am still presenting as male.

I've had a few "what's happened to your face?" questions now which I pass off as shaving rash, but am starting to consider getting a series of widely-spaced intensive sessions using pain relief as an alternative strategy. I notice that a few places like 2pass Clinic use flash thermolysis for their treatments, but the only viable clinic which offers an intensive (i.e. full day) session uses multi-probe galvanic and is a plane flight away from where I live. This has left me with a few questions:

- How differently have other peoples skins responded if they've had treatments using both approaches?

- Have others used galvanic for their intensive treatments?

- For others whose skin has reacted like mine (or have very coarse hair?), how long have you needed to sequester yourself away after an intensive treatment?

- Did people with similar experiences to mine hold off for a while and wait for HRT to make their hairs finer & less traumatic to remove?

I’m finding the middle 20mm of my upper lip too painful to bear, even with painkillers and 30% BLT gel. Does anybody have experience with using anything stronger like, I dunno, oxycodone?

While searching for solutions to my sweating problem, I came across this link: http://tatsuju.pixnet.net/blog/post/42644417-compensatory-sweating-treatment--after-endoscopic-thoracic-s

It seems like you can get heat thermolysis (similar to MiraDry) for chest and back in Taiwan. Does anyone know if there is a doctor that performs this in North America?

There is a lot of information about how the various electrolysis techniques work from a technical point of view and lots of resources on numbing and where to go, but I wanted to share other things I've learned in my 140 combined hours of electrolysis all over my body (I'm still not done!).

The success of electrolysis on a single follicle depends on a whole host of factors. It's important to be aware of these factors to make sure you're not wasting time and money.

The modalities - six in one hand

There's a lot of info out there on the different modalities but not much beyond how they work.

Pure Galvanic

This is the original modality, the most rare, and the least painful. An electric current is passed through the follicle, which causes moist hair to turn to lye, which damages the follicle. It takes a long time, like 30 seconds or more to treat a single hair. In the old days they would stick several probes in at once to treat large areas. An analogy of how this modality works is like dumping poison in a flower pot and then pulling out the stalk. It slowly damages or kills the flower -- it makes the flower grow back much weaker or just die.

Pure Thermolysis

This modality uses pulses of radio waves to try and heat up the follicle enough to kill parts of it or destroy it entirely. It can be the most painful, depending what settings/equipment are used. Hairs are treated in just a few seconds. An analogy for this method is like stabbing at the flower pot with a trowel and then plucking the stalk of the flower out, hoping you damaged enough of the root to kill or weaken the flower.

The power of the pulses can be customized. For instance cis women with vellus hair only need lower power blasts. More coarse hairs may need several lower-powered pulses that, combined, more gradually heat up the follicle. Alternatively, the electrologist may deliver fewer higher-powered pulses.

The size of the probe can be adjusted as well as the amount of insulation around the outside of the probe. Bigger probes offer a wider blast radius but can be more painful on insertion or cause more indiscriminate heating and thus more discomfort. Insulated probes help focus the energy to reduce pain but need to be aimed more accurately.

This method covers more area per session, but several passes have to be done over the same area to get hairs that were only weakened, or those that were missed as they weren't grown out at the time of the last treatment.

Blend

Blend combi

Hi everyone,

Hope this post is an OK thing to share! I recently have been doing electrolysis, and I remember before I started I wanted to hear some first-hand accounts of the process but couldn't find much besides the marketing done by actual clinics. I am posting to share my experience so far with electrolysis as someone who grows dark, Coarse hairs on my face and neck due to PCOS.

I was diagnosed with PCOS in 2020, but I suspect that I have had some hormone imbalance since at least 2010 when I was in college. At that point, I had started seeing hairs growing on my neck and chin, and my boyfriend at the time would even pluck them for me because of how bad they were. It got to the point where earlier this year, I felt like tweezers were permanently in my hand. I had a pair in my purse,, my car, at work, in every bathroom. I would take tweezers into the fitting rooms in stores because the lighting helped me see the little hairs and pluck better. Finally this year, I said enough is enough and started doing electrolysis mid January.

I went in for a consult with a clinic that I found on Google after doing some research on a good office to go to. A great tip that I found was to check out the testimonials and see if the clinic has experience doing transgender (male to female) clients as their results and experience would be helpful. If the clinic is able to effectively remove the amount of hair on a previously-male client's face, then it's likely you will have a good experience. My clinic did this, so I felt comfortable going in for a consult. They told me first off, to STOP plucking and just start shaving my face. This would help bring the hairs to the surface so they could be treated. They also explained the treatment in detail (I recommend googling and reading to get a base understanding). They mentioned most people take a few months of treatments before seeing real results, as some hairs have to be treated more than once, especially if they've been plucked for 10 years and have had the opportunity to get stronger over time. And lastly, she mentioned I might have some regrowth due to hormone imbalances, but it should not be as severe as what I had accumulated over the years.

I have done 5 sessions now, approx usually 45 minutes each but did have one hour long session. I feel that my hair is SO much less now, and the hairs that do grow in are much softer and lighter than before. I included a link below of my face in Jan versus today. The January picture

I can’t stress this enough ! The blended method is 95-100% effective per hair. If it’s just the thermolysis method it very likely wont get rid of any hair permanently and you will be wasting your money.

Try to find an experienced technician. If you feel the plucking sensation in the hair during your session chances are your technician isn't doing a very good job.

If you're thinking about getting it done but havent gone yet, switch from plucking to shaving only so as much can grow in a possible for your first and second appointment.

Don't get any work done while PMSing, it hurts 100 times more.

Hair has 6-8 week cycles so if you've been plucking consistently it will take a few sessions before you see a "life changing" difference.

I plan on getting electrolysis, and am currently living in Houston. Problem is I have no idea whom I can trust. Do any of you have any recs? I'm willing to drive out to Austin, San Antonio, Galveston, Dallas, etc. if need be. Galvanic electrolysis preferred, but I'm willing to make exceptions. Thanks in advance!

The funeral director was asking us what we think Mum should wear in her casket.

Mum always loved to wear sarongs (fabric wraps that go around the torso and drape downward a bit like a long skirt would), so my uncle suggested that she wear a sarong in there.

The funeral director looked a bit confused, as did some of our family members, to which my uncle added:

"What's sarong with that?"

I started laughing like an idiot. He was proud of it too. The funeral director was rather shocked. We assured her, and our more proper relatives, that Mum would've absolutely loved the joke (which is very true).

His delivery was perfect. I'll never forget the risk he took. We sometimes recall the moment as a way help cushion the blows of the grieving process.

--Edit-- I appreciate the condolences. I'm doing well and the worst is behind me and my family. But thanks :)

--Edit-- Massive thanks for all the awards and kind words. And the puns! Love 'em.

I would have a daughter

Capital of Ireland

It's Dublin everyday

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But Bill kept the Windows

True story; it even happened last night. My 5-year-old son walks up behind me and out of the blue says, "hey."

I turn to him and say, "yeah, kiddo? What's up?"

He responds, "it's dead grass."

I'm really confused and trying to figure out what's wrong and what he wants from me. "What? There's dead grass? What's wrong with that?"

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He says, totally straight-faced, "hay is dead grass," and runs off.

I've lurked this and PCOS subs for a while. I always read that electrolysis works better than LHR. I also read that LHR can trigger worse hair growth, if I understand correctly, but I want to learn more. I have severe hirsutism. The kind that I have to shave daily all over my face. Plus, it's on every inch of my body, it seems. I want to do electrolysis on my face. I also want to get rid of a lot of my body hair. Realistically, though, I don't see electrolysis being an option for my body for as much body hair as I have. It makes me want to do LHR because I am so desperate to be rid of it. I have some questions if y'all would be willing to help me better understand some things.

What is it that causes LHR to trigger worse hair growth? Is it hormones alone? Are there other contributing factors, and if so, what?

IF my hormones were within normal limits, would LHR be successful? Is it only successful and lasting as long as my hormones are balanced?

What would it take for LHR to work well? What is it that I need to do or what state does my body need to be in for it to be successful?

My life feels stuck. Hirsutism seems to have its grubby hands in ALL parts of my life and has since I was about 12. I'm 28 now. I don't know how to move past it. I know others have accepted it, but I'm not there. I am in a constant state of sadness and anger that I hide along with my hirsutism. You probably know what I'm talking about. I need change. I've been terrified to address it because it means I have to face myself - and right now I HATE myself.

I appreciate anybody who would be willing to help me understand the questions that I have. If there are resources that might be helpful, I would love to read them, too.

You officially hit rock bottom

And then you will all be sorry.

No it doesn't.

Now it’s syncing.

He replied, "Well, stop going to those places then!"

She said how do you know he was headed to work?

I will find you. You have my Word.

“thank you for your cervix.”

...sails are going through the roof.

I had one session of electrolysis done (upper lip and chin) and it never occurred to me that there were different types. My tech used thermolysis and it gave me a burning sensation on my upper lip that’s lasted more than a day, line scabs, and whiteheads. I started reading up on electrolysis after my treatment and it seems like the general consensus is the heat from thermolysis has the potential to cause pitted scarring, but others don’t? Why don’t more electrologists use galvanic if there isn’t such a risk for skin damage from heat? I live in Florida and all of the electrologists near me only use thermolysis. I understand scarring is mostly up to the skill of the electrologist, but figuring out current power without damaging skin seems like it would be really difficult. Also, heat plus skin just doesn’t seem like a good combo. Can anyone fill me in on all this? Im getting too much anxiety thinking about scarring happening months from now :/

I had one session of electrolysis done (upper lip and chin) and it never occurred to me that there were different types. My tech used thermolysis and it gave me a burning sensation on my upper lip that’s lasted more than a day, line scabs, and whiteheads. I started reading up on electrolysis after my treatment and it seems like the general consensus is the heat from thermolysis has the potential to cause pitted scarring, but others don’t? Why don’t more electrologists use galvanic if there isn’t such a risk for skin damage from heat? I live in Florida and all of the electrologists near me only use thermolysis. I understand scarring is mostly up to the skill of the electrologist, but figuring out current power without damaging skin seems like it would be really difficult. Also, heat plus skin just doesn’t seem like a good combo. Can anyone fill me in on all this? Im getting too much anxiety thinking about scarring happening months from now :/

I had one session of electrolysis done (upper lip and chin) and it never occurred to me that there were different types. My tech used thermolysis and it gave me a burning sensation on my upper lip that’s lasted more than a day, line scabs, and whiteheads. I started reading up on electrolysis after my treatment and it seems like the general consensus is the heat from thermolysis has the potential to cause pitted scarring, but others don’t? Why don’t more electrologists use galvanic if there isn’t such a risk for skin damage from heat? I live in Florida and all of the electrologists near me only use thermolysis. I understand scarring is mostly up to the skill of the electrologist, but figuring out current power without damaging skin seems like it would be really difficult. Also, heat plus skin just doesn’t seem like a good combo. Can anyone fill me in on all this? Im getting too much anxiety thinking about scarring happening months from now :/