Quote from: girl you look fierce on April 29, 2013, 12:30:28 PM
What kind of female hair are they used to removing? Like legs or arms and stuff? And yeah I understand about the skill thing. That is why electro kind of scares me. What if they are bad and like, ruin your skin??

Female facial hair, legs, arms, bikini area. But female hair is much thinner, softer, and easier to kill with electro. You need less power (current + heat) and it takes much less tim per hair to achieve permanent results. For example most women only book 15-30 min. electro session... MTF trans will be the ones booking 60 min or longer sessions. Also if you start going every week, once a week, the electrologist should cut you some sort of discount... as most of their clients are more random and sporadic as to bookings.

If performed incorrectly scarring is the most major issue to worry about. That's why you need to find someone who knows what they are doing. Most techs today want to use a flash-thermolysis machine, with high temps and short times to cover the most area, which if done correctly works... but it relies more on the skill of tech. I overall prefer a blend machine which combines dc current + HF radio waves (galvanic electrolysis + thermolysis) and gives a higher kill rate compared to thermolysis alone. Basically do your home work before just randomly walking in to an electro office and let them start jamming a needle that conducts high heat and electricity in to your face. 

Quote from: Tesla on April 29, 2013, 01:22:17 PM
Exactly. Damage has to be done to kill the follicle. If you have thousands to do then you may get some damage no matter what. I had the UK's best and renowned electrologist do my upper lip. I had to quit after a few months after I started to notice damage, which she could not detect herself  . The few hairs left eventually thinned out themselves after years of HRT and is now vellus.

It takes true talent to successfully and properly remove male facial hair. I know. I'd dare say 70% of all electrologists (no matter how long the've been in business, and no matter how many cis-females they've worked on) are not trained, experience, nor educated enough to do it right. When done properly, I have no bleeding, no scabbing, no welts, no bumps, no nothing 15-20 mins. after the session... and I have super sensitive skin. If any of the former are present for more than 24 hrs. find another electro. Technique and skill are everything when it comes to electro.

Quote from: JennX on April 29, 2013, 01:31:25 PM
It takes true talent to successfully and properly remove male facial hair. I know. I'd dare say 70% of all electrologists (no matter how long the've been in business, and no matter how many cis-females they've worked on) are not trained, experience, nor educated enough to do it right. When done properly, I have no bleeding, no scabbing, no welts, no bumps, no nothing 15-20 mins. after the session... and I have super sensitive skin. If any of the former are present for more than 24 hrs. find another electro. Technique and skill are everything when it comes to electro.

Seriously, I had one of the best who still works on trans women. And they still love her! I simply had fine, super sensitive and flawless skin to start with which could not take the hard process.

Quote from: JennX on April 29, 2013, 09:53:21 AM
The thinnest hairs their eyes and skill allow them to remove. The big thing you are overlooking here is the human skill factor. Not all electrologists are of the same skill and training level. Furthermore, most electrologists have never removed male facial hair... their clients are cis-females. Nor do many want to learn how. Male facial hair takes more time and skill to remove. Generally you have to use a larger needle and more power, which if done improperly will cause scarring and the hair may also regrow.

I've been thru lots of different electrologists in different cities over the years. Some great and some horrible. Find an electrologist with previous experience removing male facial hair. This is key.

Yes, and this is important.   I found one recommended by many others in the trans community.  She has been doing electro for over 30 years and is amazing.  She knows the innuendos of how you are affected by hormone levels, etc.  She is like an encyclopedia. She has hour packages designed for the trans community.   And I like the fact that she uses different sized needles on different parts of my face, because even on the same person, not all follicles are created equal.  Using the correct needle size (sort of) reduces the pain.  But mainly it increases effectiveness and minimizes the collateral damage.  All of which means you heal up faster.  I have to hand it to her, she hunts so hard for those small white ones!

Sigh, I wish we had such things as electrologists who are used to trans people here. Trans people usually flee to Montréal before caring about that. Actually, my psychiatrist who pretty much sees every trans in the area raised eyebrows when I mentionned electro to him. Gotta do the lottery and hope that one just so happens to be good at removing male facial hair.

By the way, 1$ a minute. Does that sound like a good fee for electrolysis ? Bad ? Average ?