I was told that electrolysis should take no more than 2 years. I went for just over a year in Santa Clara before moving to Santa Cruz. I went to Julia Hamilton for 8 months. The hair on my chin and neck only seemed to get thicker. I just moved to a new practitioner last month. I had been concerned from the beginning that the plucking sensation I felt when Julia treated me did not seem right. I never felt that from my first practitioner, nor do I feel it now with my new one. One of the main things you are never supposed to do when having electrolysis is to pluck. It makes the hair grow stronger. So though I don’t really have knowledge of how Julia uses her machine, I can only go by what I felt and saw. I spent nearly $ 500 with Julia and I fear she may have caused the hair on my face to only get worse.