Barbara's Electrology Works

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR THAT FIRST APPOINTMENT

Every person with unwanted hair is different, yet there are many others just like you with hair growth very similar to yours.  Please read and follow these instructions for that first appointment.  Barbara's goal is to help you get rid of that unwanted hair AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!!!!

CURRENTLY TWEEZING DAILY?

All tweezing and other mechanical epilation such as threading and waxing must stop.  When a hair is pulled out by the root, four things can occur:
  1. The hair enlarges over time to become coarser (larger in diameter). 
  2. The hair breaks off to become ingrown or to appear again within a day or so.
  3. Remnants of the root sheath remain in the skin and cause a pimple.
  4. The electrologist cannot see the hair until it does reappear several weeks to months later and you will think it's a previously TREATED hair regrowing.  (IT IS NOT A PREVIOUSLY TREATED HAIR.)
Here is what you can expect with previously tweezed areas:
  1. THE NUMBER OF MINUTES YOU SPEND ON DAILY TWEEZING:  Take this times 7.  This is the number of minutes that will be needed for the electrologist to treat the area one week after you have stopped tweezing.
  2. You can expect to have 2 months of weekly treatments for this many minutes before reducing the length of your treatment. 
  3. Consistent treatments will hasten the completion of your treatments.  Hair follicles are best treated when the hair is in the early growing stage.
For less frequent tweezing (i.e. weekly tweezing that clears all hair in 5 or 10 minutes) you can determine that your first appointment will take 5 or 10 minutes times the number of weeks since all tweezing stopped.

The time spent for Barbara's electrolysis treatments will take approximately the same length of time as you currently spend tweezing at home.  The treatments will progressively diminish the hair you grow as long as you are consistent with your treatments.  Even women with hormonal imbalances can get results.

CURRENTLY SHAVING?

Shaving is totally acceptable.  Shaving only removes hair from the surface of the skin - it DOES NOT cause more hair to grow - nor does it cause hair to coarsen.  The feeling of more hair or coarsened hair is simply from the fact that all hairs in the area have a blunt end and are the same length.  PLEASE ALLOW AT LEAST 24 HOURS GROWTH PRIOR TO EACH ELECTROLYSIS TREATMENT.


INVEST IN YOU 

Electrolysis treatments are a long-term investment in you.  These treatments help you to have more time for other interests and help you to be more confident in your appearance.  Barbara will do her best to help you accomplish your goal.