Choosing an Electrologist


If you are at this page, you are probably in the most trouble that your face can ever be in. The decisions you make will be with you for life.

I am often queried from all over the U.S. If I have any recommendations that I might make for the kind of work that I do. There are two reasons that this not possible.

No one that I am aware of, uses the techniques that I am currently employing. I have not learned these ideas from anyone. I have arrived at their use by careful study and technical wizardry over the years of practice. I have always had an interest in moving the technology towards a greater outcome. I have moved beyond traditional thinking in this arena and with the help of some devoted friends and more-than-willing victims, I can say only that I am having an impact on the business.

My second reason for no referrals, is that I have routinely seen clients from all over the country (and Europe) who have had skin damaged by others. I cannot be there to see them work, nor would I dare impose such a thing. I would not countenance this, myself.

Over the years, I have noticed a tendency for a lot of transgendered clients to go for quick and painless and hang the consequences. More so the case these days, making Laser Electrolysis an even greater threat to quality work than ever.

Since I began doing electrolysis in 1994, hardly a week has gone by that I haven't had to look at the results of the bad work of others. With the magnifiers that I use, I don't miss much, in spite of what the operator (or doctor) has told the client. I have seen work from all over the world and all over the U.S. as well. I would love to engage some operators "out there" who have been selling clients questionable goods. However, I promised myself that I would make some serious changes in the outlook of this site.

So what do I recommend? First I would be EXTREMELY careful when it comes to recommendations from others. If possible, check the results that friends are getting. If they friends, they are close friends and by that, I do NOT mean online friends. If you can see their faces and see what they have gone through, make your decision on that. Be your own person and be discerning! Second, I would recommend that you forget everything that your friends have told you and fly to San Jose and let me work on you!!!. Well, I had to get commercial, somewhere. (sorry :-)
Second (the REAL second) I would seriously advise against taking for granted that your operator is doing good for you. This is a very sad and sorrowful thing to say, but lately there has been so much pressure on operators out there to keep up with Lasers and other purveyors of speed, speed, speed, that they have been forced to take chances. If the skin seems to need longer than three days to heal, there may be excessive use of thermal power. This is the most common result of a zapper trying to keep up with demand. What is by far the most important issue is to remain aware that killing the hair permanently is the fastest way to be hair-free. 10 good kills per minute without skin damage is FAR better for you than 50 "zap and plucks" that will be back in 6-8 weeks.

Whenever I am doing a session for the first time on a client, I always take the time to show them what a proper removal looks like. In some of the photos on this web site, you will notice the clear white sheath and black bulb at the end of some of the hairs. If you are in doubt about your operator's work, ask them to show you the results of the work they are doing. Is this sheath present? It is not absolute in all cases to have this sheath on the hair, but if the power settings are correct, 75% of the hairs removed should have the root as well.

What I can recommend is that you find a "blend" operator who will work with you and ask that she be conservative on the thermolysis settings. Finding someone who does blend is not easy and finding someone who will work with you can also be a bit daunting. Perservere!!!

For goodness sake, apply some common sense. Electrolysis is not something that is best done in a very short period of time. If you are contemplating an MTF transition, this should be the first step concurrent with therapy. If at some point, you should change your mind.....well, at least, you can have a very finely trimmed beard. I have done this a couple times. I also have a couple of clients that are still "stealth male" and very slowly, the beard is fading away and so far, no one has noticed a thing. It can be done quite easily, in fact. The tendency for cycles of hair to take their time coming out of dormancy is a real problem. No matter how fast an operator is, there is going to be more hair coming back. So planning is the key to this process in the overall. If you are going to do this with ANY class at all, you will have a lot of other things to work on as well, and electrolysis will proceeed along with the other work you are doing.

I was at a gathering one night in Walnut Creek, Calif. where I met many new "T's" I hadn't seen before. One very nice older lady came up to me and we talked briefly. What astounded me was that her complexion at the age of 67 was flawless. She looked absolutely radiant and there wasn't a single mark on her fine skin. I couldn't help myself, I had to ask her how she had done her electrolysis. She smiled and told me that I was talking to probably the only "T" in the room who had her facial hair removed with straight galvanic electrolysis. It was slow, but she would not have done it any other way. It was wonderful to meet someone else who had forgone the "flash parlors". And it was plain to see what it had gotten her.

On the other hand, I was watching a television special about transgendered people. I never saw a finer collection of 80 year-old faces perched on top of 30-40 year-old bodies. Premature aging at work, there.