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A reader
asks...
A couple of questions have come up
while chatting with one of my other pre-op friends. Did the
electrolysis unit you purchased at K-Mart actually work, or did you
have to return to regular electrolysis?
Melanie
replies...
It did indeed work very well. In fact, I burned
out five of them by the time I stopped using them. For the record, the
machine in question is the "Inverness" home electrolysis
unit. It sells for about thirty dollars and runs off a single nine
volt battery. It is much less painlful than regular electrolysis, but
requires many more treatments to do the same job. For me, It took
forty hours EACH WEEKEND for a year to keep my face cleared. What a
pain that was, sitting in front of a make-up mirror for FORTY HOURS
once a week!!!
I used the machine for two or three years, and
by that time I was down to a couple hours a weekend, and only had the
clear hairs left. After that, I decided to go back to regular
electrolysis (actually "thermolysis") and have been doing
that for about 18 months as of this posting. I go in once a month or
so for about an hour. That keeps everything absolutely fine for the
next four weeks, and I will probably be more or less done in another
year. (This stuff takes forever!!!) Of course, for the whole month, I
don't have to worry at all, so I have no more concerns in that area,
even under the most intimate conditions.
A word of warning though... The home unit IS
very powerful. It has power settings from 1 to 10. I did all of my
work at 1 or 1.5. I tried 10 once and a piece of my skin just baked
and dropped out on the spot!!! Fortunately, that healed, but I suspect
if you go higher than 1.5 you are going to get some eventual scarring,
and if it is high enough the scarring will be immediate AND PERMANENT!
Another
question...
Can you tell me more about what the
"Biber Button" does. You only speak about it briefly in
your diary. Are parts of the abdomen actually pulled down
permanently to help give you a more female shape? If so, how does
this work? If not, just what is its purpose? I'm just trying to
learn as much a I can as I move on to my future womanhood.
Melanie
replies...
Yes, that is part of it's job. The other part is
to hold everything in place internally for the first week until enough
healing sets in. The way it works is this: a wire is inserted into the
abdomen, passed through the new internal surgical work, looped around
the pubic bone, and back out the abdomen right next to the other side
of the wire. The two wire ends are tied to what looks like an
upholstery button on a sofa, and twisted so the whole thing pulls
tight to the abdomen, flattening it.
After a week, they come in and snip one side of
the wire and then use the button to pull the wire through and out. Now
that is a weird feeling, I can tell you! It doesn't exactly hurt, but
it feels like some little thing is crawling around inside you.
Fortunately, they do it with one quick pull, so the sensation only
lasts for a second, but it is so odd I'm sure I'll always remember it.
Thanks for sharing and caring.
No prob.
Melanie
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