Electrolysis: How many hrs/ wk?

[missjanealice]

I am curious to know what all the other ladies are doing for time on their electrolysis every week. I just started 2hr sessions 3 times a week, so 6hrs a week. I must admit I am very happy with the total lack of facial hair atm. 

[missjanealice]

First of all, welcome! 
About your post, there is no way I could afford 6 hours of electro per week, as much as I'd love to. I'm lucky to get 2hrs/wk at this point. Do you have a lot of facial hair to begin with?

My electrologist said that I have the sparsest beard she has worked on. but it is red. I'm just one of those people who has that "get it done and stop having to deal with it" mentality, just giving it my all.

And thank you for the warm welcome

[Karynm8621]

Had a very thick beard that was dark with gray in it. 12 laser sessions took care of the dark. So far 50 hours electro for the gray and still going

[Caith]

I've gone for one two-hour session each week for the last three months, and we've pretty much cleared the front of my face to just below the jaw/chin line.  At $75/hour, that's the equivalent of a decent car payment.  I have to remind myself it's worth it, every single darned zap, every time there's a nerve directly beneath the follicle being treated, that hurts like hell. 

If the time and expense of six hours each week is not an inconvenience for you, that's great.  You'll be cleared in no time, and maintenance of cleared areas is so much faster and easier.

[Susan Kay]

I am curious, those that have or are having elctrolysis, where is it in your transition schedule?
As for me, I began therapy 15 months ago, hormone therapy 13 months ago, have genital reassignment surgery in a few weeks. I started electrolysis 7 months ago, but paying for every thing else is holding me to 2 hours once a month. The past 3 months we have been doing 50/50, genital vs facial electrolysis, so the facial is moving even more slowly. But as Caith says, every single @#$% zap is felt! That schedule has not reduced the growth as quickly as I would like, but other things were of a higher priority, none higher then receiving correct genitals. Five weeks!!!
Susan Kay

[missjanealice]

I am curious, those that have or are having elctrolysis, where is it in your transition schedule?
As for me, I began therapy 15 months ago, hormone therapy 13 months ago, have genital reassignment surgery in a few weeks. I started electrolysis 7 months ago, but paying for every thing else is holding me to 2 hours once a month. The past 3 months we have been doing 50/50, genital vs facial electrolysis, so the facial is moving even more slowly. But as Caith says, every single @#$% zap is felt! That schedule has not reduced the growth as quickly as I would like, but other things were of a higher priority, none higher then receiving correct genitals. Five weeks!!!
Susan Kay

I started electro before I had started therapy but at a much more laid back scheduled that what I am at now.
so 6 months ago started electro, 5 months ago started therapy, 2 months ago started HRT

[Caith]

There are several good reasons to seriously start regular electrolysis treatment long before therapy and HRT.

• It's slow, and requires a minimum of one year to treat a full beard.
• Two hours per week is the absolute minimum required to see results in a timely manner.
• It's relatively expensive, averaging $75/hour.
• HRT begins showing results in just 3 to 6 months.
• While HRT helps relieve dysphoria, having whiskers and breasts can cause more dysphoria.
• After a year or two of HRT, you'll have more seriously feminine desires. It's tough to live them out when you're still shaving every day or have the shadow of a beard.

[barbie]

I have infrequently used the Tria Home laser-treatment system since I purchased it at ca. $500 last October in the US. So far I am satisfied with its effects. I no longer pluck hairs in my beard area. Hairs in my legs were greatly reduced, but I will apply the Tria more as the surface area of my legs is far larger than the beard area. Next target will be armpits.

As the battery of the Tria runs for ca. 30 min., the maximum session duration is 30 min. per day. And I do it only when I am rather free from my work.

Barbie~~

[Rachel Bellefountaine]

I used to do an hour a week, but at the moment I'm facing financial difficulties, so I'm cutting down my sessions to a half hour a week until I can afford full hour sessions again.

[Susan Kay]

YMMV.

Being female to me means having a vagina. Being female means having some breast development, which is sparked by hormone therapy but controlled by heredity. Being female means stealing the Army slogan "Be all that you can be!" Delaying outward appearing characteristics (facial hair removal, voice, complete wardrobe) to me is delaying becoming all the female I can be. It is not a problem, just an irratation, to have to shave daily. I am lucky to not have a heavy beard, but my priorities will not call for delaying actual feminization for superficial feminization. As my Electrolygist tells me, "many genetic females have unwanted hair growth." It keeps her in business. Not a one of them defers being a woman because of it.  I will not either. Two hours a month is what I can afford -two hours a month is what I will get. For now.

But it is a personal priority; all of Our Mileages Do Vary. Mine did.

Susan Kay

[mementomori]

ive been getting 2 hours a week for a while , and im going up to 3 hours a week now . i have cleared mosto f my fave except the the middkle of the upper lip and now am only left with a very fine layer of white hairs all over my face that im trying to clear , a lot of genetic woman also have these hairs but the problem is that mine grow longer than a " genetic womans " would . 

i cant wait to be finished its such a finacial burdan , considering i als really want to save for some ffs / facial plastic surgery and at $240 of electroylises a week on a 600 a week wage thats complicated . luckily i still live at home would love to move out but at the moment that just insnt finacially feasable

[Dana Lane]

If you have dark/non-gray hairs doing laser (a good laser not the crappy ones at American laser, or whatever it is called) can help immensely.  I did 6 sessions of laser with a total cost of $1250 and am doing electrolysis one hour a week. My neck was cleared in 3 hours and have a couple of dozen hairs coming out of dormant stage. The sides of my face are pretty much done (about 3 hours) and now for the goatee area...ugh..going to take a while for that area. Very dense and stubborn gray hairs. My guess is I will spend 50 hours total on electrolysis at $80 per hour.

[JungianZoe]

Wow... Denver seems to be a good competitive market given the prices I'm seeing posted here. 

So far, I've only had one electrolysis session, but have to hold off on more until I find a new job (current job ends next Friday).  I've had 10 laser treatments that have done a good job at clearing up the hairs on my face that aren't white or red.  Just my upper lip is being stubborn, and she blasted it twice in my last session for no extra charge.

Only problem is that almost my entire chin is white, along with stray whites all over the rest of my face and neck.  Luckily I never had any facial hair from the outer points of my eyes all the way back (including having no sideburns).  My mom's family's genes are good to the XY-chromosome types.  No hair loss, but it starts going white around age 15.  Not gray, just shock white.

[Padma]

Yup, pretty much all my black facial hair came out after the first laser session. I've just had my 2nd, but I have a face full of white hair to deal with now. I'm hoping the laser zapped some of those, since it works if the root bulbs still have some pigment in them. But for the rest, I'm going to have to make a deal with the local electrolysis centre. I want them out as fast as possible - it's an investment in my calm.

[Tamaki]

Yup, pretty much all my black facial hair came out after the first laser session. I've just had my 2nd, but I have a face full of white hair to deal with now. I'm hoping the laser zapped some of those, since it works if the root bulbs still have some pigment in them. But for the rest, I'm going to have to make a deal with the local electrolysis centre. I want them out as fast as possible - it's an investment in my calm.

I had similar results with laser but by my third laser treatment my hair seemed to come back quite a lot. The technician told me that this was typical of the halfway point. No effect on the gray hair though.

I'm doing electrolysis 2 hours a week and I think I'm going to increase that amount. I agree that it's a huge investment in my calm too. Everything that I want purchase I compare the cost of to hour of electrolysis and which would I rather have. Very few things are winning over the electrolysis.