Four years is unacceptable. I'm sorry you had to go through that.

WTF is with all of the wires??? I have never had any kind of hair removal that used something like that. Electrolysis is done hair by hair - not with a contraption that looks like someone was attempting to perform electrical reinforcement training.

So sorry you went through this and basically have nothing to show. Might want to contact the BBB as well (and possibly the state licensing board), since they don't seem to know even remotely what they are doing.

Hang in there! 💜💜

This is multi probe Galvanic electrolysis. I get the same thing here in Oz. It’s slower than thermo or blend but is more effective with basically a 100% kill rate as it converts water in the hair follicle to Lye which kills it for good. Where I get my treatment there are 16 probes which are left on for a period of about five minutes. Each one has a very fine needle inserted right beside the hair down into the follicle - the fact that the wires dangle has no effect on this as they are very light weight and don’t really pull on the electrode once it has been inserted. You wear an earth band on your arm to complete the electrical circuit. The machine is computer controlled and cycles the electrical current. Yes it’s slower, but it’s actually better.

I like how everyone is automatically downvoting anyone who has had a positive experience with Beverly Hair Free without knowing anything about it. I went there for electrolysis for bottom surgery and it took five sessions over three years. That’s right -five four hour sessions and I was done. I felt no pain doing it even with 24 hairs being zapped at a time because I went and got lidocaine shots before. I literally fell asleep one time. The hours spent getting electrolysis at a multi node place like this are a fraction of others. And I have not found a single hair in my canal or the other places they worked. I would recommend them to anyone. I’m sorry this person had a bad experience but electrolysis takes years and it’s normal to have to book four months out for a place as busy as this.

That’s multi-probe galvanic. I can’t speak to anything about their services, but it’s not “Frankenstein” or anything for people to get hysterical about. It’s the original form of electrolysis and very effective if done right but very few people do it now and it’s “an art form” I was told. True galvanic takes a long time per hair so they found a way to do many probes at once, hence the many wires. There’s nothing unprofessional or weird about it. I can’t speak to how good THEY are at it, just that the technique itself it sound and is the “real” electrolysis that predates thermolysis and blend by decades.

So I go to BHHF, and wish to provide a different view on them, without undermining OPs experience.

I go to New Age Electrolysis (NAE) for my facial electro (Lancaster), and they do thermolysis. I’ve had close to 20 hours now and I still have a significant amount of regrowth, but it is not super painful and Jeanette & Jennifer are incredibly supportive and polite. While the process is slow as hell, my experience with them has been “friendly to everyone and trans affirming”. I say all that, to give preface to my experience with electrolysis as a trans woman.

Onto BHHF, where I am going for bottom surgery preparation - The technician has a personality that vibes with me. Our conversations were great, and she was reassuring that my rambling was OK. The pain was much worse than therm at NAE, for the nerve endings that didn’t get the lidocaine, but it was bearable. As for results, I’ve had ONE treatment and I have very little regrowth. It’s extremely effective, at least for my bottom area. My experience has been “busy place with a different treatment method, but extremely effective and very affirming treatment by the staff”. YMMV.

I’m against statements like “Do not go here”. While OP’s experience is valid, everyone’s experience is different. I think statements like that need to be reserved for places that are transphobic, dangerous, or traumatizing. BHHF may fall short of some people’s expectations, but they are NOT a dangerous or traumatizing clinic to work with. Remember - WE are the customers. Insurance or not. If they aren’t meeting your expectations as a customer, it’s time to go elsewhere.

As for their method - There is an upvoted comment here explaining what the process is and how effective it is. I can’t explain it any better than they did and it’s a great explanation. It’s different for sure, but it’s also extremely effective. If I had to GUESS at what happened for the OP, their treatments were so far spread out that they didn’t catch the hair in the anagen phase and didn’t effectively stop the regrowth.

I denounce the “pretending to be allies of the LGBTW community”. The technician and the assistant were both incredibly affirming, didn’t mess up once, and did a lot of work with me on trying to work out the insurance and the scheduling. All things they didn’t have to do. It’s easy to tell when people are putting on a face. I did not get that impression here.

Go to BHHF with the expectation that they are a very busy clinic, and be humble with the technician and her administrative assistant. What we have to go through sucks, but remember that they are people too, doing a service that takes a lot of patience and sees a lot of clients from all kinds of different backgrounds. To do what she does you have to be effective, efficient, polite, knowledgeable, licensed, patient, communicative, committed, delicate, supportive, assertive, and so many other things. You have to be very careful with the various experiences of people coming in having VERY sensitive and dysphoric work done on them in a very delicate time of their lives, and you have to care for them for four hours or more and then move onto the next client right afterwards who is going to be a complete 180 from the last client you saw…. It’s not something I’d be willing to do.

If she isn’t butchering people, I would suggest trying to find other terms to use.

That is really awful. Even more so because they advertise 30x speed removing hair permanently vs other procedures. Also, what are they doing in that photo? Electrolysis?

Wow, I went there years ago but I had regular intervals, I think 1x/month. I still have some chin hairs tho :( if you find a better place please post where, I need touch ups.

I go to New Age Electrolysis in Lancaster. It's a drive, but it's worth it.

I have friends who did galvanic and had a lot of discoloration and scaring. I go to Layla in west LA. She’s simply the best. I did laser at marina med spa 4 sessions then electrolysis. 2yrs and haven’t shaved since. Highly recommend. https://www.laylas-electrolysis.com/

What kind of Frankenstein electrolysis place is that?

Never seen anything like this I've completed electrolysis one probe can hurt enough but all these have to be torture. I hope this works for you.

I went to Beverly Hills hair free and my experience was superb but I also paid out of pocket for services so that might be why.

Have you ever gone to Mary’s Aesthetica near orange st in LA?

is this the place?

https://www.yelp.com/biz/beverly-hills-hair-free-beverly-hills-2

How frequently during the 4 years on average?

Damn, I've only been going for 3 weeks and they already cleared most of my upper lip and chin. 4 years sounds expensive :(

Wtf is that thing sorry they did that to you.

I went there for 3 or 4 sessions overcharged, Overhyped, overdamaged, Over it!

This looks crazy. I get a lot of electrolysis every week and I've never seen a crazy setup like this.