I've been wondering this for some time now, and since my rearrival at the forum I saw this board and figured I would ask.

I always say that I "finished" electrolysis several years ago, but truth be told I still have tiny, little, blonde hairs that I have to trim or it will grow out and look a little weird.  Not enough that I really worry it about it too much, and I am stealth, so it obviously isn't very obvious, but it bugs me and I feel that a significant other would be bothered by it to (they being at a very close proximity to my face, otherwise they wouldn't be significant).  I had a couple hundred hours of electrolysis, and then I got fed up with it and stopped.  And it became obvious that the lady that was doing it was having a much harder time SEEING the hair that was left, and I didn't think we had made any progress in quite a while because they were so hard to see.

Anybody else have problems like this?

My electro has a very hard time seeing some of my hairs for similar reasons... I'm presuming your electrologist uses some sort of intense light near your face to see -- rather than having it directly above you, position it off to the side a little.  It won't help a lot, but it should cause the hairs to cast a little more of a shadow and make them a tad easier to find.

Sadly it's a patience thing with the light, thin ones.

Quote from: amy2003 on August 16, 2010, 07:28:01 PM
I've been wondering this for some time now, and since my rearrival at the forum I saw this board and figured I would ask.

I always say that I "finished" electrolysis several years ago, but truth be told I still have tiny, little, blonde hairs that I have to trim or it will grow out and look a little weird.  Not enough that I really worry it about it too much, and I am stealth, so it obviously isn't very obvious, but it bugs me and I feel that a significant other would be bothered by it to (they being at a very close proximity to my face, otherwise they wouldn't be significant).  I had a couple hundred hours of electrolysis, and then I got fed up with it and stopped.  And it became obvious that the lady that was doing it was having a much harder time SEEING the hair that was left, and I didn't think we had made any progress in quite a while because they were so hard to see.

Anybody else have problems like this?

Yes.

My electro even uses on of those big lighted magnifying glasses, and she still misses a few. If you feel any resistance when she is pulling out the hair, she's doing it wrong. Ultimately time will time. If it keeps coming back, find a new electrologist.