News and Updates
Updates! Yes I am coming back to work!
Effective immediately, you now have the ability to book into either of Pascale or Seana's Schedules. I will be adding availability for Seana today, tomorrow and through the summer. as I ramp up to taking appointments again . Please understand that as you book, I will be limiting other bookings to provide for more time between. I am only able to accept sporadic appointments at this time. Over the next several weeks my schedule will return to normal slowly.
I first want to apologize to all my clientele who have waited for my return. For those who dont know, I was in an accident in the lst week of may with my e-bike and the resulting fall broke my right clavacle as well as cracking 2 ribs ( and leaving me in great pain) . I was not able to work through june. I am now, booking a few of my clients in over the next 2 weeks for sporadic appointments.Priority onthese appointments goes to those previously displaced, and to lighten the load the week of July 11 onwards.
Pascale will continue to have appointments in the system On Tues and Thurs this week and next . The week of the 11'th her bookings will be on the 10'th and 13'th ( mon and Thurs )should be distinct in the system after July 1. Right now Pascale is utilizing my schedule.
I need to re-enter slowly and carefully. This means taking sporadic or shorter-wide spread appointments to start with and not over-do it. The week of May 11 on wards I am fully booked, and I am moving many of the appointments for that week into this week and next instead. These cases, and those who earlier this month displaced, will take priority. I am aiming to reduce my workload the week of the 11'th to make my return more gradual.
Depending on the success of this process, and of my return , I will open up some periods for booking in early July for the week of the 11'th dependant on my ability to treat you. I cannot overwhelm myself, and you , my most loyal clients, definitely can over-whelm me.
I am now in the process of contacting my clients for the week of May 11-15 and will open up a FEW appointments this week and next, dependant on what I am able to move that week without overwhelming myself.
Watch this space in the booking system. I expect any openings to be few, and to fill almost instantly. If I need to contact you because an appointment is at issue, I will but I'm taking measures limit that need and not post availability unless I am certain I can fulfill your needs. If in doubt , email me and I will see what I can do for you.
I am going to be working one less evening shift per week, specifically, I will no longer be working on Thursday evenings for the foreseeable future. Instead On Mondays and Thursday Evenings, my Associate Pascale Legault will be accepting clients for treatment starting the 10'th and 13'th of July. These shifts will be available for booking for Pascale starting the end of June .She will be continuing to assist you into the future as she grows her career and practice. I want Pascale to succeed she is the next generation of Transgender Electrologists dedicated to your needs for years to come, and as I trend toward eventual retirement.
NOTE! There are shifts showing up for this week, I have availability fr 1 hour on thursday maybe a 30 minute tomorrow and some time ( 1-5 pm) on Saturday. THESE APPONTMENTS ARE WITH A NEW ELECTROLOGIST , named Pascale, and I will be supervising her. This is available at a lower than my usual rate. MAKE NOTE , I am only supervising, Pascale will be performing the treatments.
IMPORTANT! This month may 29-ju1 1 I am unavailable! I've been injured in an incident with my ebike and am nursing 2 cracked ribs and a broken clavicle.In the meantime I am working on getting another electrologist to help out for the next several weeks. I'll be easing back in when I can but it's likely a young trangender electrologist will be assisting with some of you for a few weeks until my vacation in July.
It's unlikely I;ll be up doing a full schedule of clients until that time and will be having someone come in whom I will be assisting ( and present for treatments) but who is still very much learning andis available on a somewhat limited basis.I'm sorry folks but going into july, it'll be tough to help all of you.
Notice to new clients:
At this time, I am only able to offer appointments to new clientele with high needs. Primarily this is my Transgender clientele, and those with serious hormonal conditions such as PCOS. I am getting older, and the demands upon me physically, mean I need to take things slower. This means fewer 10 or 15 minute appointments for those with " a few chin hairs". Unfortunately this segment of my clientele becomes very time inefficient and inefficient for my income as well, due to the time between to prepare exceeding the treatment time itself. To put it bluntly, I'm working way too hard to accommodate these low need cases and my body is making me slow things down. While I will continue to support my existing clientele with their appointment needs whatever they may be, if you're starting from a perspective of needing this little treatment, you are better suited being treated elsewhere. I'm now filtering all new client appointments (regardless of lenght of appointment) to determine if your needs and those of my business are a good fit. Unfortunately, all new client appointments are tentative and subject to review based on our intake questionnaire data.
NOTICE to ALL clients , old and new:
All clients, old and new, will recieve a notice with their booking notification to fill out an intake form. This form provides us with information on your hair removal background, and serves to acknowledge the aftercare instructions provided you concerning your electrolysis treatments. This Intake form must be filled out IMMEDIATELY upon making your appointment. If you fail to do so, after 24 hours you will be notified by me to do so, or your appointment will be immediately cancelled.Thereafter every 6 months you will be required to update this information and resubmit the form.
NEW CLIENT CONSULTATIONS ARE CURRENTLY ON HOLD except for those related to gender transition until such time as demand lessens. Sorry we're full!
January 18 2023
I'd like to take a moment to reflect on the passing of one of my mentors in and friends in the world of Electrology, Mr Michael A Bono resident of Santa Barbara , California. In addition to providing myself with leadership and tutelage about electrolysis , Michael advised and assisted thousands of other electrologists world wide, and just as many electrolysis consumers. He is one of the best known educators in permanent hair removal in the worlds history, Operator of the Electrology Now www.youtube.com/@ElectrologyNow toutube channel and his own website Electrologynow.com author of the book "The Blend Method" used to teach electrologists worldwide. I am priveleged to have had the opportunity to learn from him. He has been a frequent contributor the forums I moderate at hairtell.com which is where I first came in contact with him and he helped thousands upon thousands of electrolysis consumers world wide over the years. I will greatly miss him. Condolences to his family and most especially Eric his nephew who I have already passed them on to. I will say that I was aware of Mikes passing and was speaking to him until literally the day before he died . He is greatly missed and loved by thousands of electrologists worldwide. Michael passed on the 27th of December 2022 in Hospice care having suffered considerably from Pancreatic Cancer.
In unrelated news I am once again investing in further equipping my business to serve you better. I have purchased from another long time mentor and advisor in Electrolysis to me, I have had a long standing agreement to purchase an Carl Zeiss OPMI 99 medical microscope to provide better magnification and be able to provide you the customer, more accurate and faster results. As an added bonus, Mr James Walker of Executiveclearance.com from Buffalo NY , previous to me Moderator of hairtell.com and my friend and advisor of many years, is going to personally come to deliver it! James is finally retiring completely and this will likely be the last chance I get to meet my friend and mentor of many years in person before he moves completely to North Carolina. I'd like to thank him for his generous help and tutelage over the years.
This investment brings the total re-investment over November to January to just shy of $14000 in equipment and supplies and complements the brand new medical sterilizer replaced in late November in an effort to both provide you a better service, but a healthier one as well.To my knowledge we are the only clinic in the city using a steam autoclave sterilizer to better protect your health .I have made the commitment to NEVER expose my clients to the lesser standards of chemical disinfection, which is insufficient at destroying several high profile bacteria and virus.I've made a further committment to provide better and more accurate, and faster insertions with the new medical microscope, to distinuish my practise as hands down best inthe world, and live up the expectations of the many top of the world electrologisats who helped me get where I am today.
I dont want to leave anyone behind!
I hear you.inflation is hitting everyone and it's christmas.There are some clients that have discontinued their treatments after our recent price increase.We dont want to see these clients priced out of a service they desperately need.
We're updating the pricing on our regularly booked appointments for 1 hour at $110 , 2 hours at $220 3 hours at $330 and 90 minute sessions at $170
I'm also putting a new 1 hour electrolysis treatment , priced at the reduced rate of $100.The hitch is, you can only book this treatment in a block that is within 72 hours of the treatment time. You wont be permitted to book into periods further ahead than that.
I hope this helps some of my clients who are struggling to afford treatments.
Clients are reminded to book your appointments ahead. Most often my schedule is full on any given week, with only small periods of or no availability at all on short notice. The way to get around this is by booking your needed time frame weeks or even months in advance.
Upgrades to the new work space bringing it up to my professional standards , Being completed right now during month of May
May 30 2021
Updates to my home office are 95% complete at this point, just a few finishing touches to take care of and I'll be ready to go ! The space at 1241 Wellington is officially closed, I handed in the keys on Sunday. It was so strange seeing it empty! I put so much of my time into fixing up and maintaining that space to perfection. I'll miss the walk by traffic but not the stress it brought on my life.
Looking forward to 2021 working from my home ( a wonderful commute ) which allows me to balance family obligations and professional life and reduce my costs footprint.
Looking forward to seeing each and every one of you when permitted.
May 30 2021
Updates to my home office are 95% complete at this point, just a few finishing touches to take care of and I'll be ready to go ! The space at 1241 Wellington is officially closed, I handed in the keys on Sunday. It was so strange seeing it empty! I put so much of my time into fixing up and maintaining that space to perfection. I'll miss the walk by traffic but not the stress it brought on my life.
Looking forward to 2021 working from my home ( a wonderful commute ) which allows me to balance family obligations and professional life and reduce my costs footprint.
Looking forward to seeing each and every one of you when permitted.