so, like many others who get electrolysis, i have PCOS/PMOS. i’m a red head so laser would be off the table for me either way but i have read that it’s not the best option for hormonal hair growth anyway.  
   
i have had 3 30 minute sessions of electrolysis so far. the first session was okay, very red and swollen with very minimal scabbing. the second session (28/06) truly fucked me - it was instantly weeping as per the first photo and it was so so swollen. it was rock hard and very painful, the whole area felt numb like i’d been to the dentist? i had to cover it as it would just drip off my face. it scabbed really badly as per the fourth photo, this was day 2/3 and it stayed like this for a week or so. it remained numb basically until the scabs came off. all of the photos attached after the scabs are what it looks like now (03/08). the skin is very sensitive, pitted, scarred. i still have to shave and it hurts that area when i do but i have no choice. 

i mentioned the weeping to my electrologist on the same day as my second appointment and she said its normal but the settings were clearly too high and we did it in too close of a cluster. also that my skin is dehydrated (i drink a lot of water due to a medication i take so i don’t think i was dehydrated). she said next time we would lower the settings and work in sparse areas and not in one concentrated area. the third session we did that, and i didn’t have such a reaction. 

i will add - my first session, i could feel each zap of the node but i could also feel every single pluck of the hairs. the second session however, i could feel each zap but i couldn’t feel the plucking of the hair, so did i have such a reaction because it was done correctly the second time? 

where i live, there is only one place i can get electrolysis and it’s this place. i feel so disheartened about the whole process. i have been saving money and working up the nerve to start it and i finally did and now this. i really dont know if this is a normal reaction or not. perhaps its just my skin? it’s expensive so i dont want to keep paying for this if my whole face is going to end up looking like this 🫩

any advice or tips would be incredibly appreciated. thank you so much 🫶🏻

do i continue?