https://lambdaelectrolysis.com Lambda Electrolysis Sun, 21 Apr 2024 05:28:56 +0000 https://lambdaelectrolysis.com en http://lambdaelectrolysis.com/About-Me Sun, 21 Apr 2024 05:28:56 +0000 Lambda Electrolysis 452722 About Your Technician  Return to Main PageAs a trans person of color who has spent more than 40 hours under the needle myself, I know intimately how exposed and vulnerable that chair can feel. Over the years, I kept encountering practitioners who were politically conservative, dismissive of my pain, invested in normative beauty standards, or too quick to project their own ideas about gender onto me. Eventually, it became clear that there was a real gap in my city—a lack of spaces grounded in care, self-determination, and bodily autonomy. So I chose to fill that gap by building the kind of environment I once needed. I first received my initial certifications in electrolysis while training at the Berkowits School in NYC. I started a private practice where I worked on hundreds of different queer clients across thousands of sessions over the course of three years. During my time studying various forms of epilation, I was trained and licensed in laser hair removal as well. After moving to Los Angeles, I became fully state-licensed in electrolysis by the Cosmetology Board of California, and was&nbsp;additionally endorsed by The Society for Clinical &amp; Medical Hair Removal as a Certified Medical Electrologist and Clinical Electrologist. These SCMHR titles are supplementary national certifications I’ve pursued beyond state licensure that are intended to demonstrate knowledge and adherence to the highest industry standards.&nbsp;This wide training offers me a broad understanding of the intricacies of hair removal in each stage from beginning to completion.&nbsp; About Your Technician  Return to Main PageAs a trans person of color who has spent more than 40 hours under the needle myself, I know intimately how exposed and... http://lambdaelectrolysis.com/Lambda-FAQ Sun, 23 Jan 2022 00:51:41 +0000 Lambda Electrolysis 418258 Lambda Electrolysis FAQ  Return to Main PageQ: Do you take insurance? Yes, I am currently an in-network specialist with Kaiser for providing trans clients with gender-affirming hair removal. You will have to get pre-authorization from your Primary Care Physician before I can work with your insurance. After that, please include the front and back of your Healthcare ID Card in your initial message to me so I can verify eligibility. I am also in the process of becoming contracted with LA Care. For other insurances, you may be able to apply for reimbursements from your insurance company. Q: How do I schedule a session with you? I don’t see any open appointments on your calendar?A: Please message me directly via email or Instagram. Almost all my clients return weekly for a regular one-hour session. If you’d like to become a regular client or schedule a consultation, I input all bookings personally by-hand into my online calendar, which will send reminder emails before your next session. Please only use the online scheduling system as advised when advised. On our first consultation session, we’ll talk through any questions or concerns you might have before we get started. Q: Did you cancel some of my sessions?&nbsp;What upcoming appointments do I have scheduled? A: Sometimes I will have to cancel sessions due to being out-of-town, so please check regularly and make sure to keep note of any email updates.&nbsp;You can log on to the Simplybook portal in order to view or cancel any upcoming sessions. If you forgot your portal password, let me know, and I can reset it for you.Q: What if I have to cancel? Do you have a cancellation policy?A: If you cancel less than 72 hours in advance, I charge the whole session fee. Please message me (and log onto the portal and cancel) if you know you’ll have to miss an upcoming session. Q: What are your out-of-pocket rates?My current out-of-pocket rate is $80–$120/hour sliding scale. I ask that client’s choose a rate within that range that best fits their financial capacity and income. The more my higher-income clients choose a higher rate, the greater capacity I have to take on lower-income clients.Q: How long a session should I book? A: If you’re new to hair removal, at least an hour. Electrolysis is a precise process and takes time to see results. I only recommend someone book a 15 or 30 min appointment if they can easily count the number of hairs that need to be removed. Q: Do you do electrolysis for bottom surgery prep, or work on the genital/anal area in general?A: Unfortunately, I do not, but am working on finding good queer-friendly tech’s I could refer you to Lambda Electrolysis FAQ  Return to Main PageQ: Do you take insurance? Yes, I am currently an in-network specialist with Kaiser for providing trans clients with... http://lambdaelectrolysis.com/Before-and-After-Care Wed, 03 Mar 2021 03:52:26 +0000 Lambda Electrolysis 399696 Before/Aftercare  Return to Main Page Before Care Grow your hair out for a couple days, just long enough that I can grab it with a tweezer. A millimeter or two is usually sufficient I recommend getting a lidocaine (numbing cream) prescription from your Primary Care Physician. Apply this 30 min beforehand VERY heavily (glob it on!) and cover with Saran Wrap so it absorbs fully. If done correctly, you should be able to brush the skin with an object and feel no sensation in the area from it. Scarves or masks are helpful if you feel self-conscious about walking to your session with the plastic wrap. After CareDO Apply an ice pack to reduce swelling and redness Use witch hazel, tea tree oil, and/or aloe vera to promote healing the following couple daysUse sunscreen to protect your skin if you go out in the sun DON’T Use heavy lotions or moisturizers that will clog the poresUse retinol or exfoliating products — this will further irritate and inflame the skin Itch or pick at your skinExpose your skin to heavy UV without SPF protection Use heavy cosmetics that can clog the pores&nbsp; Engage in heavy physical activity where you’ll be sweating profuselyIntroduce your skin to a potentially septic environment like a public hot tub(All of the above can cause pimples or infection and slow your skin’s healing!)Q: Does electrolysis leave scars?Electrolysis usually does not leave permanent “scars,” but will leave a range of temporary marks. Immediately after the session, electrolysis will leave inflammation and redness that should go down in a few days. You can also expect some small scabs to form in the shape of red dots the size of the needle. As these scabs shed, you are left with red or brown dots known as “hyper-pigmentation.” These marks are temporary, and once the skin renews itself, the area will heal to reveal smooth, hair-free skin. Post inflammatory hyperpigmentation after electrolysis needs anywhere from 3 months to 2 years to heal following the last treatment in the area.“Pitting” is possible in a minority of clients, in which wound collagen fills in the empty space created by the hair removal. The&nbsp; collagen needs about one year to “mature” into smooth tissue. Q: Is my skin healing right?Everyone’s skin has a different sensitivity to treatment, and ultimately you are the best judge of how your skin is healing from electrolysis. If your skin has many pigmented patches, then you will want to proceed more slowly with the process so your skin heals after each appointment. Let me know clearly at every session how your skin has been healing in previous weeks and whether you have any concerns, so we can decide how to approach the timeline of your treatment. Q: How can I improve my skin’s healing?You can use products to help the process along, but ultimately time is the best healer. Some clients find success improving longer-lasting hyperpigmentation using products like Lac-hydrin, Retin A (tretinoin), hydraquinone, and glycolic acid, all of which&nbsp; stimulate an exfoliating effect on the skin.However, clients must be very careful to only use such products weeks AFTER the scabs have shed. Using such products too soon during the healing process while the skin is still wounded/broken can be very damaging to your skin. Before/Aftercare  Return to Main Page Before Care Grow your hair out for a couple days, just long enough that I can grab it with a tweezer. A millimeter or two... http://lambdaelectrolysis.com/General-Electrolysis-Info Mon, 22 Feb 2021 03:03:34 +0000 Lambda Electrolysis 398953 General Electrolysis Info  Return to Main Page Q: How does electrolysis work? A: The electrologist inserts a metal filament into each hair follicle, uses electricity to heat up the tissue, and permanently kills the hair. I then tweeze the hair out. Q: How should I prepare for a session? A: Let the hair grow out long enough that it can be plucked with a tweezer. A couple millimeters / a couple days of growth is usually enough. Check out my&nbsp;Before / After Care page for more details! Q: Is it painful? If so, how can I ease the pain?A: Almost all of my clients express after their first session that it’s far from being as painful as they had imagined. You can expect some pain, but it varies vastly based on client’s pain tolerance, area of treatment, length of treatment, and so on.&nbsp; In order to make treatments as easeful as possible, I usually advise getting prescription-strength prilocaine-lidocaine (numbing ointment) from your primary care physician or elsewhere online. I recommend putting the numbing cream on about 30 min prior to the session and covering the skin in Saran wrap so it absorbs fully. Applied correctly, you should feel essentially no sensation in the area during treatment. Q: How many sessions will it take electrolysis take to clear my hair? A: Everyone has a different number of hair follicles, so it varies vastly person-to-person, and depends on what area we’re treating. We’ll discuss on our introductory session the time-scale for your personal goals.Keep in mind, permanent hair removal does not happen overnight. It takes years of committment to remove all of a trans woman’s facial hair, and it is an investment. Think of it more as therapy—a weekly&nbsp; process that only yields results over the course of a long period time. But with weekly one-hour sessions, you can expect a noticeable decrease in hair density within a few months. For a trans woman, clearing one’s facial hair generally takes between 30–100 hours over the course of years, but some people require as long as 150 hours. This depends on the density of the follicles, whether/when you started HRT, etc. Q: What’s the difference between laser and electrolysis? A: Laser and electrolysis can both be used as tools in a trans woman’s transition timeline to remove her hair, but it depends person-to-person what the most effective strategy might be.&nbsp;Schedule a consultation to discuss how to best achieve your own goals. Electrolysis is the only FDA-approved “permanent” hair removal method—all other hair removal methods, including laser, are legally considered temporary “hair reduction.” Because electrolysis physically accesses the root of each single hair, it delivers heat more directly to provide a higher follicle kill-rate than other methods. It is equally effective on all skin and hair types.Laser was created to be less invasive and treat wide patches of skin far more efficiently than electrolysis.&nbsp; However, the tradeoff is that its efficacy varies depending on skin tone and hair color and it provides a lower follicle kill-rate (some of the hair is only made dormant and will return later on). In short, you can think of laser as a bigger, weaker, faster brush and of electrolysis as a smaller, stronger, and more meticulous brush. Both of these methods can potentially have a place in your hair removal journey. Q: I thought electrolysis was permanent, but the hair grew back?A: This is a misconception. Hair grows in cycles. The hair visible on your face at any one time is only a small fraction of the follicles in the area. Even when you kill all the visible hair in an area of skin, just as many dormant follicles will go into an active phase and start growing in over the following weeks / months. So yes, the longer you go without your next electrolysis session, the more dormant hairs there will be activating and growing in. These are new hairs that haven’t been treated yet. Q: Where can I learn more? A: For some general advice on transgender electrolysis, try this: &nbsp; Transgender Map Electrolysis Info For general info: Hair Free Life Guide Q: Do I have any health conditions that might be an issue for electrolysis?If you have hemophilia, diabetes, a heart condition, pace-maker, high blood pressure, take blood-thinning medication, or are pregnant, you should talk to your primary care physician before starting electrolysis treatment General Electrolysis Info  Return to Main Page Q: How does electrolysis work? A: The electrologist inserts a metal filament into each hair follicle, uses... http://lambdaelectrolysis.com/Home-Page Mon, 17 Aug 2015 23:34:03 +0000 Lambda Electrolysis 398951 <img width="1198" height="522" width_o="1198" height_o="522" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/177a811f39d2de98e194c2e7d777ee48a5f8228cae9ee30397456db30143292b/Screen-Shot-2021-02-28-at-11.09.32-AM.png" data-mid="1058688" border="0" />Welcome ! Lambda Electrolysis is a queer &amp; trans-centered electrolysis hair removal practice located in Los Angeles, California.I prioritize scheduling clients who return on a weekly basis for a recurring time slot, but often have space for one-off sessions and am continually reorganizing my schedule with new and departing clients. If you'd like to schedule a consultation or a session, please connect with me on Instagram or email me at lambdaelectrolysis@gmail.com.&nbsp;I am in-network provider with Kaiser, but also take clients out-of-pocket on a sliding scale basis. Please refer to my FAQ’s below for more info on my practice’s policies, my history as an electrolysis tech, and the wider process of hair removal! Frequently Asked Questions  Main FAQ&nbsp; Before and Aftercare Info  General Electrolysis Info&nbsp; About Me&nbsp; Contact  lambdaelectrolysis@gmail.com  Instagram  Welcome ! Lambda Electrolysis is a queer &amp; trans-centered electrolysis hair removal practice located in Los Angeles, California.I prioritize scheduling clients...