I am curious if anybody has had any experience with any of these?

Thanks,

April

I bought one that used tweazers & it was a waste of money.

I've read in previous comments on this topic that the home kits only use a fraction of the current that proffesional units use, hence they are pretty much a waste of cash.
I know that electrolysis is expensive but if somethings worth doing then it's worth doing right first time

Like dentistry & tattooing leave it to the experts.There's a risk of scarring,ingrown hairs and all sorts of other problems

I have a galvanic probe type machine, in short it works, but it doesn't really matter. It can only do one hair at a time, and it is incredibly hard to do it on yourself for many areas. It is also the only thing I have that hurts worse than my epilator.....and that is saying something. If you turn it up too much you can even have some scarring, I have had results with Tria laser at home that were far better myself, but the Tria was much more expensive.

There are lots of types of electrolysis though, and galvanic probe is cheap, but I don't think it has much else going for it.

Quote from: big kim on January 28, 2014, 07:24:09 PM
Like dentistry & tattooing leave it to the experts.There's a risk of scarring,ingrown hairs and all sorts of other problems

And I was about to tattoo my own teeth...  Good call there.

Quote from: Jayne on January 28, 2014, 07:21:28 PM
I bought one that used tweazers & it was a waste of money.

I've read in previous comments on this topic that the home kits only use a fraction of the current that proffesional units use, hence they are pretty much a waste of cash.
I know that electrolysis is expensive but if somethings worth doing then it's worth doing right first time

If it used tweezers, then it wasn't actually electrolysis. Electrolysis uses a probe that penetrates into the hair follicle. Those tweezers that call themselves electrolysis are a sham.

Quote from: Hikari on January 28, 2014, 07:26:46 PM
I have a galvanic probe type machine, in short it works, but it doesn't really matter. It can only do one hair at a time, and it is incredibly hard to do it on yourself for many areas. It is also the only thing I have that hurts worse than my epilator.....and that is saying something. If you turn it up too much you can even have some scarring, I have had results with Tria laser at home that were far better myself, but the Tria was much more expensive.

There are lots of types of electrolysis though, and galvanic probe is cheap, but I don't think it has much else going for it.

I have both the Tria, and the One Touch home electrolysis unit (galavanic probe). I actually find the Tria almost unbearably painful, even with all kinds of attempts to numb the pain. The One Touch, however, only feels like a mild pinch.

My approach has been to thin out the hair with the one touch in an attempt to reduce the pain of the Tria. The one touch works, but, it's slow and tedious, so ultimately I'm hoping the Tria will really work on the bulk of my facial hair.

The main problems with the one touch - the probes it comes with suck. They're spring loaded, which makes them harder to push into follicles. I ended up crimping mine to defeat the spring. They also bend really easy. The instructions say to straighten them with tweezers, but, that never seems to work. And they're also really big. Granted, I don't know what size professional probes are, but I feel like they'd be smaller.

Also, the whole "wet your fingers with salt water to operate" is a nuisance, but, there are ways of modifying it so that you can use it by stepping on a wet sponge. I need to try that still. I also want to get some professional probes and see if I can't make them work in the one touch.

The main things to remember are, you need a lot of light, and you need a lot of magnification. I have an 8x magnifying mirror and a halogen spotlight, and I actually want to see if I can find some glasses mounted loupes.

Also, patience. You'll need lots of patience. It's slow tedious work. It probably takes me ~2 minutes to remove one hair when you include the time making sure its inserted correctly, and then plucking it afterwards. No need to rush here. Rushing causes mistakes which can cause scarring. And this is my face we're talking about.

If you go this route, good luck!

I bought the Remington iLight pro for $200. Its a hair removal system that uses flashes to kill hair at its root. I think it works, the only real complaint I have is how it takes FOREVER to do an entire area. It works by emitting a very highly bright flash into your skin which kills the hair roots. Because of this, it only works on one inch areas at a time . It did lighten my over all hair in the areas I used it. I'm not sure if its perminate work on not.

Thats all I can offer