There are not a lot of electrolysis places to choose from in Anchorage. I had found great reviews on this place and tried it out for the course of almost a year to a year.
It's done out of a townhouse in a residential neighborhood. I do not know if Sue owns both sides, I never asked.
I went here about once a month, maybe a little longer in between visits as I was told just come when I can after asking frequency. I now know with my new electrolysis person that you should be coming every 2-3 weeks to get the job done and to keep up with hair growth during active cycles.
When you enter there is typically classical music playing and a couch for you to sit on and wait. If she is with someone upstairs she will come get you when she's done. It did seem odd it was out of a house, but there are a lot of home businesses. It did not seem unclean to me.
Upstairs you go in a room and it looks like a lawn chair covered in blankets and a towel. I felt a little odd about this, but still proceeded since I was so desperate for hair removal.
On my first consult Sue did let me feel what it was like just so I got an idea. That was nice, since it was an unknown.
She was always friendly and chatty with me, which was nice. My only complaint was she would drink coffee during the sessions so I had to deal with coffee breath.
I now know that you should let the hair grow 4-6 days before electrolysis to actually see the root and how the probe needs to go in. With Sue I would just let it grow for a day and go and I don't know if that was the problem or not, but she never said anything about it. I felt the probe go in, but then it felt like she was plucking them out. A properly treated follicle should just have the hair slide out and no tugging from plucking.
All in all I never saw results.
The plus was she was friendly, the cheapest in town, open Saturday and always could squeeze you in, but I just didn't have results. read more
