Electrolosis In Vancouver, Bc

[Guest meagan]

I am hoping that there are a few Vancouverites here who are or have done electrolosis and may have any places they prefer. I tried looking places up on google and found quite a few actually, but not much in the way of reviews good or bad.

The Gentle Touch Hair Removal Salon was the only one that had any write up i could find. It was positive and talked about the pro staff, certified, clean warm and friendly atmosphere. Cost off their site is about 66/hr.

Other places i looked at post their own customer reviews, but i feel they are purposefully chosen to reflect a good image and great service in promotion of their spas/clinics and may not be a complete reflection of the truth.

Also, i know that total hours to do a face differs with people, but i would love some examples of total time taken to finish a face, or get close to finished. That way i could try grasp a median time frame in hours and start a spending plan of my own.

Any other tips or advice is also appreciated, thanks!

[JenniferB]

I'm betting Vancouver has a trans woman support group. You might try to see who they go to for electrolysis. It's very hard to estimate the number of hours it takes to complete facial hair removal. Everyone is different and has a different thickness in their facial hair. My electrologist does about 400 hairs/hour and guess it will take between 200-300 hours to complete the process. That's because I have so much facial hair I could be mistaken for a gorilla if I didn't shave.

Jenny

[Paula ult]

Megan,

I had a year of laser (10 sessions) and so far 16 months electrolysis to get the white/grey hairs (around 100 hours), i can definitely can see the light at the end of the tunnel, the cost to remove facial and neck hair can be as much as SRS, i have spent over 10k between laser and electrolysis sessions so far, YMMV.

Most electrolysis and laser techs do not care if you are trans or not, you are just another face to work on and money in their pocket, my tech says lots of men get laser or electrolysis to remove facial hair because they hate shaving, if there is a local trans group in your area the members usually know the most friendly, accepting, and cheapest places to go to.

Paula

[Guest sarah f]

Speaking from experience, I would do laser first to get rid of most of the hair. Then you can do electrolysis to get rid of the light hairs.

If you still want electrolysis then you could ask if they could do a test spot to see if your face is sensitive and how red it will be afterwards.

Good Luck

[Guest Donna Jean]

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Well, I can't do Laser...

My facial hair is white/gray...

So, it's electrolysis all the way...

I've had about 65 hours so far and my electrologist says that she's past 1/3 done...

Huggs

Donna Jean

[Guest meagan]

Jennifer, i always seem to over look the most obvious things. Trans support groups, great idea. Sarah, i was thinking along the laser idea as a first step too. i know that i will have to do electrologist as well. Way too much grey going on these days. Thanks for the tips