Transcript Blend Epilator Test

Blend Epilator Test
From “the Blend Method” by Michael
Bono
Presented by: Vickie Mickey
High Frequency Test
• Starting point is lowest point of output for face
• Select proper needle to fit medium-size hair
• Hold the inactive sponged electrode – testing with
electrode gives duplicate working conditions.
• Set HF dial to 0
• Insert into your follicle and turn on HR – there should be no
current at all!
• If you do the epilator may be calibrated to high, so be wary
of the next step
• With current, needle in follicle, slowly advance the HF
• When you begin to feel current, turn off HF and try another
hair
High Frequency Test
• For each insertion, use a new follicle that
hasn’t been numbered by the HF.
• Increase HF until you reach the “feeling point”,
mild current in 1-2 seconds
• Keep HF on for a count of 20 seconds – hair
should epilate easily with no overtreatment
• If hair doesn’t release gradually increase HF
until it does.
HF Test Results
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Feel HF in 1-2 seconds
Current is mild not painful
Hair epilates in 20 seconds
No overtreatment
With these results you have found the starting
point of face-technique
• Write starting point down for future use
Test #2 Working Range
• With starting point you can now find the entire
face-technique working range
• By finding the working range, it enables you to
find entire face-technique range
• Advance HF dial from the starting point to the
next smallest mark on HF dial
• Insert into a new follicle and turn on HF for 2
seconds – if setting feels about the same as the
starting point, or a little stronger, continue
applying HF for 12 seconds
Test # 2 Working Range
• If hair doesn’t epilate in 12 seconds advance the
HF and try another hair
• Advance HF a small amount for each try until the
hair epilates in 12 seconds.
• At this 12 second setting you are in the middlerange of face-technique. Note settings.
• Now use same procedure above however
achieve epilation in 6 seconds. When you achieve
epilation in 6 seconds you have your high range
setting. Note settings
Test #2 Working Range Results
• Each epilator is different
• Do not expect HF numbers to match any
other epilator.
• Finding the face technique setting range
affords you to know the working range, thus
you will know if it is narrow or wide
Observations of test 1 & 2
• Did the DC meter react to the HF?
• Did the meter move a little or jump when you
turned on the HF?
• If so the current may not be properly isolated
thus interfering with each other.
• Interference can disturb the current.
• HF can cause inaccurate DC reading
• DC can increase or decrease the HF output
Fading HF
• Was the pain constant or did it fade?
• Did hair epilate at greatly varying times or at the same
settings?
• Fading is symptomatic of an epilator that does not have
enough power to maintain a constant HF output.
• Endless grief can result from improper settings.
• HF that is too strong or the working range is too
narrow, the epilator is unusable.
• Common problem with HF epilators is the
manufacturers just add DC to blend machine without
turning down the HF.
Test #3 Finding Body Technique
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HF is administered in 1 second pulses
Little margin for error, this is tricky
Watch the HF and don’t get burnt
Test a 30-45 unit hair ( side of face, chin or arm
hair)
• Next test – note face range (3-5 seconds) now
double for the body-technique
• Check range of HF on meter
• Is the setting in the 6-7 range or shadow zone?
Test # 3 Cont.
• Now turn the dial back ½ half the distance of the
Shadow Zone
• This step is for safety
• Insert need into follicle and turn on HF for one second
• If skin blisters and hair releases without effort the
current is to high
• Reduce current until you can use 1 second of current
without over treatment.
• It should be in the (6-7) range or the Shadow zone
Test # 3 Cont.
• Insert needle into follicle, turn on HF for 1 second
• You should feel the current almost immediately
• If hair release is effortless or skin blanches the
current is too high
• Reduce current until you can give yourself 1
second of current
• You should be in Shadow Zone, skin will not over
treat and hair will epilate easily after a 1 second
pulse
Test #3 Cont.
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Gradually increase HF
Again, you may end in the range of 7
Advance beyond 7 if necessary
Continue until hair releases in 1 second without
over treatment
• Is you epilator weak?
• Some epilators are too strong to work with in this
range
• Avoid epilators that are too strong
Direct Current Tests
• Most epilators are capable of producing
proper DC
• Epilator must produce between 2-15 tenths
mA (milliamperes)
• Connect the inactive electrode to positive
outlet
• Needle cord to blend outlet and hold the
sponge electrode
Direct Current Tests
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Faradic effect- burst of DC
Muscles twitch
Establish a reference point of 10 tenths mA
Hold needle-holder to the wet sponge electrode
Turn DC on with footswitch –advance dial until
the meter reads 10 tenths MA setting
• Turn off DC keeping needle holder on the sponge
• The meter should return to the 10tenths mA
setting
DC Current Tests
• Keep needle cord tip on sponge – turn DC on
• Observe how fast the meter indicator rises
• Does it take ½ - 1 second to reach 10 tenths or
does it jump to the setting
• Does it shoot beyond the setting, then sink
back
• Repeat this step several times
DC Tests
• Keep DC current on, lift needle-holder tip off the
sponge electrode
• Quickly put it back on the sponge for ½ seconds,
then 1 second, then 5 seconds
• Observe the meter behavior for jumping or
shooting beyond 10 tenths
• Should this occur there may be a poorly designed
DC circuit
• Erratic behavior of the meter may result in shock
• Test on yourself to make sure this is not the case.
DC Current Test
• Note that the meter may be slow or fast in
response to the current flow, not actually
representing the DC
• DC meter may not be connected to the DC
circuit
• Touching the needle cord tip to the inactive
sponge electrode can cause needle to rise
faster than it would with patient load
DC Current Tests
• Faradic shock sensation is caused by sudden flow or stop of DC
current
• Nearly all modern epilators have a delay function in the DC circuit
• Insert needle into follicle
• Have assistant turn DC control dial to the point of 3 tenths mA on
meter reading
• Turn DC off and on with footswitch
• Do you feel a shock?
• This shock may not feel severe on a upper lip
• Next turn your DC intensity to 6 tenths mA and repeat the steps
above
• Note any shock or electrical surge
DC Current Tests
• Higher DC setting – greater potential shock
• Low setting may only produce a tingle
DC Current Tests
• Delay function can be controlled only by the
footswitch on certain units
• Delay function should be used anywhere the DC
circuit can be broken
• If patient drops sponge (breaks circuit) when they
grab it they may get a shock
• Likewise, it you accidentally slip the needle out of
the follicle without turning off the footswitch the
patient may get a shock when you reinsert the
needle
DC Current Tests
• Warning! This next test may result in a nasty
shock if the epilator is malfunctioning!!!
DC Current DC Tests
• Ways to confirm potential shock:
• Place sponge electrode under your hand of the arm
you are going to treat
• Insert into follicle –have assistant quickly set the DC
meter to 6 tenths mA
• Keep DC on and lift hand completely off sponge to
break DC circuit- keep off for 3 seconds
• Keep DC current on and place hand back on the sponge
electrode
• No shock or surge this epilator has the delay function.
• If you felt a shock this epilator is not recommended
DC Current Tests
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Most epilators have a constant current feature
Place needle holder on sponge electrode
Turn on DC (with footswitch) and turn intensity to 10 tenths
Lift needle holder tip off sponge
Keep DC on, place tip directly on bare metal shaft of sponge
holder
• Observe DC meter, if the meter returns to 10 tenths when
you touch the metal shaft, you have a constant current
feature
• DC increases greatly when the epilator does not have
constant current
DC Current Tests
• HF interference affects DC
• With HF only, achieve an epilation time of 10-12
seconds on your arm hair
• Have assistant turn DC output to 5 tenths mA
• Apply both currents to area in normal blend manner
• During the 10-12 seconds epilation period, turn HF
current off and on with footswitch
• Do for several seconds and observe DC meter
• HF interference will cause the DC meter to fluctuate
when the HF is turned off and on
DC Current Tests
• If there is only a slight change or 1-2 tenths
mA do not be concerned about the
interference
• 3-6 tenths mA the epilator is not acceptable
DC Current Tests
• Body-technique the epilator must attain 15 tenths mA to
perform body-technique test
• If you cannot tolerate this amount of current do not use
this
• Plug the cataphoresis roller into the negative outlet
• If your epilator does not permit connection to the negative
outlet you cannot perform this test
• Hold sponge electrode (connected to the positive outlet) in
you hand
• Connect the cataphoresis roller to the negative outlet
• Place roller on your skin, turn DC on, make sure the roller
has wet cotton at the point of contact
DC Current Tests
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Turn DC current to 15 tenths
Don’t be concerned about “prickly” sensation
If epilator attains 15 tenths ms it has passed
The next test must be performed if you did
not pass this test.
• Some epilators will only test on the next test
DC Current Tests
• Set HF to body-technique output
• Treat your arm hair with one 1-second pulse
of HF current, leave needle in follicle, turn on
DC with output at zero mA
• Turn DC up to 15 tenths mA very quickly
• If the epilator achieves 15 tenths mA on your
arm it has passed
• Unable to achieve this setting, the epilator is
not recommended
Conclusion
• Shocks from an epilator is a no–no!
• Too low or too high of HF current output cannot
obtain the 15 tenths millamperes
• Current interference
• All reflect failure in the function of the epilator
• Slight design variations will not create major
problems
• Just be sure the epilator tests well in these areas