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Saprano and IPL
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Soprano is a diode Laser. If used well by the operator, you should hopefully get shedding and hair free periods but I'm not so sure about permanency. It doesn't have great reviews.
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It's a good job I barely paid anything for this deal then. I will tell them laser my full legs and see how it goes.
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I've been doing laser for a while now, its been working pretty well for me. my only question is that when i'm done with my treatments and two or three months later I have hair growth, will i be able to wax it instead of shaving it? because I know during the laser treatment time I am not allowed to wax or use tweezers..
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Once you have stopped your treatments for sure, you can go back to waxing.
I would wait 6 months after you stop treatments though. It will be good to see if the laser has given you a permanent reduction before you start waxing again.
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I booked a consultation appointment with an electrologist for next week…so excited. I had to go through this thread again to note some tips. Great posts stoppit. :k: I will keep you updated inshallah.
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Just back from the session…my electroligist is probably 50 years old with 30 years of experience. I liked her and she did a little test on me, it hurts a bit but still bearable. She explained everything nicely and refused to take any consultation fee and I had to give her the money by force. She has a really cute cat btw who loves sitting in your lap. 
My skin became bumpy after the test but went back to normal within an hour. @stoppit, is that a good sign?
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Sounds good.
I always strongly suggest that people go for at least two consultations before making up their mind. It can seem like a hassle but electrologist skill is so important, it's good to be more confident that the person you decide to go with is going to give you results. There is no point paying someone who is not killing follicles.
The reaction sounds fine too. In reality, it depends on so many things - the client's skin, the type of hair being removed, the modality (even the probe) and how many hairs in an area are being treated. Minimally, redness and some localised swelling (the bumpiness) is normal.
I'm sure she has told you, but you absolutely have to stop any root hair removal. I would advise trimming, leaving a few mm of hair so the electrologist can remove it. You will need to start going regularly to remove the hair that will constantly keep emerging. For 3 months, you will just be getting one lot of hair come through - so let's say you go every week and she clears up whatever is there, the next week more will have appeared - different hair.
The way I had my friends do it was that I asked them to leave the area alone for 3 months before starting, with just trimming. This allowed them and the electrologist to have an idea of the full extent of the hair problem. Clients always underestimate the actual amount of hair they have. Then once all this hair was cleared, they were able to take a break for at least 4 weeks as not much 'new growth' was emerging.
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I had stubborn hair all over my face and chin (hormonal) and I've done both IPL and Soprano. With IPL I had like 8 treatments on my full face and some of the hair fell out, probably 40%, and then the rest remained patchy. I was done with IPL because it wasn't getting me anywhere so I tried Soprano. I've had 2 sessions and the hair from my face is COMPLETELY gone. I started in April and then had an appointment in May and whatever hair was left on my face is gone. I have another session in June but I'm thinking of moving it to later. Soprano is definitely a harsher laser. I can literally smell the hair being burned off and after the treatment I'm left with a few red bumps, mostly around my jawline but they disappear in 24-48 hours. The lady who does the laser explained the difference saying that IPL damages the follicle and that's why the hair can go back if the follicle repairs itself, while Soprano kills the follicle all together so the hair won't go grow back (I hope). So far I'm happy with Soprano.
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terebina,
all this means is that you had good/complete shedding with the soprano. this is a minimum requirement for LHR - complete shedding of the treated area. i would never be treated or advise anyone to have treatment at a place where they were not experiencing complete shedding of hair. whether the follicles are actually disabled or not is another question.
you will only know the answer to this at least 6 months after stopping treatments completely.
go back through the thread and read my posts. and i do hope you let us know your results 6-12 months after stopping treatments.
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terebina,
all this means is that you had good/complete shedding with the soprano. this is a minimum requirement for LHR - complete shedding of the treated area. i would never be treated or advise anyone to have treatment at a place where they were not experiencing complete shedding of hair. whether the follicles are actually disabled or not is another question.
you will only know the answer to this at least 6 months after stopping treatments completely.
go back through the thread and read my posts. and i do hope you let us know your results 6-12 months after stopping treatments.
Yeah this is what the esthetician told me. She's going to move my appointments further and further apart. I'll probably need all 8 treatments. I'd rather do them then be sorry later. I just had a way better experience with Soprano than I did with IPL.
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Proper treatment does not require 8 sessions.
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Yeah I bought 8 because it came in the package, I doubt I'll need them so I'll use them elsewhere.
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Read the opening post.
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Thanks to this post and stoppit's recommendations and advices, I have started my electrolysis treatments.
I just wanted to add my experience here.
I had 3 consultations, all of them were using thermolysis but using different machines. The were all good but I went with the one using Apilus platinum senior machine.
I have been waxing my face and neck which made the hair problem worse for me. I have few ingrown hair because of that and many hair got thicker and the number of hair increased.
I work and I do not want to face people with thick noticeable hair. So waiting for all the hair to come out and then go for longer treatment was not an option I wanted. Besides with 2 young kids I do not go for longer treatments either.
After waxing my hair came out at random times so some hair become visible by 3rd week of waxing. I had my first session after 4 weeks of my last waxing. I do not wax or thread anymore. There is no need to either.
In my first treatment she removed all the thick visible hair. Since then I had about 3 more sessions. I go in when a few thick hair have grown and are very visible. So far I am very happy as I think the same hair have not come out again and even if it had, it is much lighter.
Also since the sessions were spread apart, it does not feel very expensive as I have hardly had 2 sessions in a month.
I do feel the current but do not feel insertion of the needle and hair sliding out. The area has small swollen spots where the hair was removed but it hardly lasts half an hour.
Last time I went in there were not many thick visible hair so I had her remove some of my brow hair as well.
Again thanks a lot stoppit for this informative post and all your helpfl advices.
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stoppit (and others) - what do you think about those electrolysis and laser-hair removal machines you can buy to use in your own home? are they any good? do they work? does anyone have any experience of using them?
e.g: Home electrolysis hair removal for safe, permanent hair reduction from Rio
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I think I’d feel a bit awkward going to a hair removal clinic…would rather do it myself if possible. But then again I don’t want to waste my money if it’s not gonna work.
Any thoughts?
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Stoppit, problem. Small blisters have appeared after last week's treatment. She told me take a week off. I haven't talked to her about the blisters because they appeared after I reached home. They are getting better each day but is this normal?
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Hareem - can you get hubby to take a pic? Also, can you pm me who you are seeing. Skin reaction can vary even from session to session because of a number of reasons. If I show you some of my post session pics from the long sessions, you'd run a mile because I had extensive scabbing and then post inflammatory pigmentation which lasted a while (I knew to expect this) but I'm sure Milly can testify that my skin looks better than ever once it healed up.
The fact they are getting better each day, makes me feel that this is nothing to worry about.
Obviously, we want to avoid overtreating the skin but if she is not over-treating but making sure she is fully treating the follicles, that is positive. It is better that what she is doing is actually resulting in permanent hair removal and than undertreating and having you pay for basically glorified plucking.
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nnbaid - I have written about these before. To sum it up, they don't work and you would just be throwing your time and money away. It's not even a case of there is perhaps a small chance that they can work and it's therefore worth a try.
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nnbaid - I have written about these before. To sum it up, they don't work and you would just be throwing your time and money away. It's not even a case of there is perhaps a small chance that they can work and it's therefore worth a try.
sorry i missed why dont they work?