They told me 80.00usd/hour for certified professional or student work for 40.00 usd a hour. They told me laser is charged per pulse I am not familiar with that? Any thoughts or cautions or does that sound normal?
Quote from: Coffeedrew on June 28, 2018, 08:05:10 PM
They told me 80.00usd/hour for certified professional or student work for 40.00 usd a hour. They told me laser is charged per pulse I am not familiar with that? Any thoughts or cautions or does that sound normal?
That sounds normal for my area.
It depends on your area. I am paying $50 an hour here in Richmond Virginia, which is a pretty great price. (low)
Don't forget you need many hours. I am probably half way at 150 hours.
As far as laser... I had to sign a contract for 9 sessions, which took one and a half year (8weeks apart) and it cost me $4200.
I started laser in Dec. 2014 and it took care of at least half my facial hair... the dark hairs. I am now on 150 hours electrolysis at $7500 for the light hairs.
That sounds about right I forget how much I paid for electrolysis laser was $80/hr.
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Normally my electrologist charges £70 ($92) per hour but if I pre-pay for a block of 10 hours, it's £50 ($66) per hour.
Student work any good? I heard if it's done wrong it can cause scarring? Thanks for replys.
Quote from: Coffeedrew on June 29, 2018, 10:06:17 AM
Student work any good? I heard if it's done wrong it can cause scarring? Thanks for replys.
I think it depends on the student, which reminds of the old joke "what do you call a Doctor who finished at the bottom of their class?".........Doctor!
Anyway, we have enough challenges, so I wouldn't let a student do laser or electrolysis on my face, but that's my personal opinion, because I wouldn't want to take the risk.
I feel the same way about not taking risks. I remember a teacher from trade school told me something like this.Who would you rather have repair your stuff a person who is competent or qualified? In that case he was meaning to say people can pay to get certified vs people who have years experience in doing the trade and know their job.
Quote from: Coffeedrew on June 29, 2018, 10:06:17 AM
Student work any good? I heard if it's done wrong it can cause scarring? Thanks for replys.
If they are being trained by a professional I wouldn't worry about any scarring. What you can expect is that they will be slower. As electrolysis is by the hour the best deal comes down to how many hairs/hr can be covered and the kill rate for the hair. Students are going to be slower for many reasons including the need to reinsert the needle into the follicle, technique of insertion, knowledge of what levels and types of current to use, etc.
It really comes down to math, can you come out ahead even if the student is less efficient and thus require more hours.
Your time of course is also important. Unlike a lot of projects that you can shop around for you have to be there for every single appointment and every single hour.
As for the hourly rate that seems reasonable and is on par for what I am paying. I would ask about multi hour discounts.
Laser is often per pulse. My med spa will either charge by the area or by the pulse, whichever is cheaper.
Wow, congratulations on the deals you all have been getting! I'd be thrilled with $80/hour. Here in central Florida I've been paying a discounted price of $120/hour for electrolysis. I tried someone new this week to see if their technique or equipment was less painful (it was, slightly) and she charged $150/hour.
I just picked up a Groupon for yet another place that will get me two one-hour sessions for $55. If it's even close to the efficiency of the places I've been to already it will be a fantastic deal, and I'll be hunting for more.
Stephanie
When I did laser, it was $350 for three sessions. The rate was calculated by facial areas (lip, chin, etc), not by pulse.
My electrologist is giving me a special rate at $65/hr. She knew when I started that she would have me as a regular weekly client for a couple of years. On the other hand, she could have charged me more if she'd wanted, since she is the only one within a hundred kilometres.
It's worth checking your insurance. I am covered under my wife's pension plan for facial hair removal because I was able to give them a letter from my therapist saying that I would suffer "extreme emotional trauma" if I didn't have it.
Got a great deal on laser. Face to bottom of belly all inclusive for one year and the total was $1200.00 Canadian.
Just had an electrolysis assessment yesterday and her rates are fantastic. $45.00 per session and she is going to do all my face.
My laser lady will fransfer what I paid for the face portion to below the belt for me, so great all around.
So on electrolysis what is the treatment plan for a full face/neck of hair? I'd assume dark hairs first? Is the clearing pattern random or do they start at a specific place like lower neck and then go up?Thanks for replies this is a big help :).
Treatment plans with electrolysis will vary with what you need and the electrolyst's suggestions.
In my case, the electrolyst suggested working on the chin area first. She wanted to clear a small area for me, with a good bit of psychology in mind. The idea was that I could touch that area, feel how smooth it was, and try to visualize that change over my whole face.
Once a quarter-sized area was clear there, she started to work on the upper lip and to expand that cleared area on the chin every session. The upper lip takes the longest to clear on most of us, so starting early there actually helps toward the end of the process, with the upper lip being 'done' more or less at the same time as the rest of the face.
Once the chin was cleared we continued to hit the upper lip regularly, and moved down to clear the neck. Finally, the cheek areas were cleared working bottom to top.
As the area to be cleared progressed, the electrolyst went back over previously cleared areas and zapped new hairs as the follicles woke to their active growth phase. These tend to be smaller, shallower follicles, and she could use a shorter probe and less energy in re-clearing.
At around 160-180 hours in, effectively the entire face had been cleared and each visit was dealing with hairs that had just started to emerge in the previous few weeks. The entire face could be re-cleared in a few sessions. I stopped shaving almost completely at this point.
I was completely re-cleared in one two hour session last week, what we called a 'fuzz hunt', and there's nothing to clear for this week on the beard. We're going to tidy up my eyebrows Monday. 😇
Thanks for taking the time to post that.
80/hour sounds about average for certified professional. The big question you need to ask is how many hairs they zap in that time. I'm paying $74 an hour for certified professional electrologyst. She's "FAST". The next thing I found is that the price goes up depending on the area they're zapping. Some of the electrologysts charge $75 an hour for face and chest, but $150 an hour for genitals. Others $90 an hour flat rate.
Laser varies a lot more. Some per pulse, some per session, some per area... I got a package for my face and neck. It had 6 treatments and 1 year of touchups on that area. Sometimes I think an hourly rate would have been the best bet. I may do hourly when I do my legs... shaving is getting tough as transition continues.
In my area there is only two options went with the $90.00 Hr first but she burned and infected my face so I went to the other place that is very professional and everything is sterile its $110 hr . im at around 60 hours now long long way to go
My first section was all black hair around my mouth, upper lip, lower lip and chin and lower jaw line. She also got a bunch of whites and reds at the same time. The reds took major pulses to get them. What a difference in my face today. It looks amazing and I'm looking forward to the whites being gone as well. Cost me $84.00 for almost 1.5 hrs of work and she is fast. She also used max setting for everything. Dialed it back a bit under the nose as it was curling my toes.