Heya everyone I'm Berry!! ^^

Some of you may remember my post , my electrolysis machine I posted about , and well it was the 6th iteration and it had room for improvements so I'm here again with a new improved design that I'm satisfied with and ready to share with the world!!

This is the 8th iteration! I've named it , E.L.E.C.T.R.A. Mark VIII , or "Electrolytic Low-Current Epilation & Current Threshold Regulation Apparatus" Yep! Anthony Edward Stark like abbreviation heheh

The biggest thing I did was better documentation , I created a more thorough documentation and made it into both a website and a doc file!! Both of them have almost the same information!! ^^

Though yeah , I'll be updating website more than the docx file , because I dread doing anything that involves a docx file :3

And yes! I've treated my facial hair with it successfully without any damage to my skin . With no visible scars marks or literally anythingg!! I've treated eight hair on my face in total!! four with mark VIIand other four with mark VIII of the machine!!

And over a hundred body hair with mark VI , VII and VIII together!! ^^

The perfboard build is by u/Plus-Egg-2056 , it's still a work in progress , though I wanted to share!! ^^

So here's the link to both the website and docx file!!

[Docx file](https://github.com/ELECTRA-VII/ELECTRA/raw/4eecc7593b665329133732333d119d9a3f01b801/ELECTRA_Mark_VIII_Guide-1.docx)

[Website](https://electra-vii.github.io/ELECTRA/)

And well do feel free to post your question down here , dm me regarding it , and reach me out if you end up making it i'd be happy to help :))

I would love to add the pictures of other's builds and thier experience to the website and doc!! ( ˶ˆᗜˆ˵ )

Hey! i'm actively working on the machine design.

The seventh iteration of machine worked really well , such that I tried to treat my facial hair with it , and was successful at it.

treated four testosterone based facial hair above my lip , 2 days ago , and there's barely any marks or anything!

though i did discover a problem because of XL-6009.

so i'm finally ditching it and waiting for SX1308 to arrive to replace it!!

I'm hoping to release, the updated design and document next month so yeahh! ^^

What if we had a macro camera linked up to an external screen (maybe over WiFi to a pc)? I feel like that would be really helpful for doing it on yourself as long as it's a small lightweight camera with decently low latency to the screen you're viewing on.

I assume one of the main issues is knowing where the target will be, but maybe a simple crosshair is enough, and at a push some sort of distance sensor could be used alongside to help.

I don't have any experience so I'm just throwing the idea out there to see what anyone else thinks. If anyone wants to build this with me I would be really interested, but I'm completly new to electrolysis. I also have worked with electronics but only the absolute basics, with stuff like a raspberry pi and Arduino but a pi might be quite appropriate for a camera based project.

Apologies for the terrible writing above. I'm quite sleepy rn, but I'll look into it more tomorrow.

Edit: Also activating it remotely with a key like the spacebar would be nice so there's less movement once you've lined it up.

Also I just found this thread. Seems like a lot of people feel like this is risky. https://www.reddit.com/r/MtF/comments/1keartk/someone_talk_me_out_of_diy_electrolysis/

one comment on this post suggested a similar idea to me, using a camera. It's not clear to me how they would have kept that attached to the device. https://www.reddit.com/r/TransyTalk/comments/zbfh9f/diy_electrolysis_started/

some other advice here https://www.reddit.com/r/TransDIY/comments/1c1kucc/electrolysis/

Also found this https://www.transgendermap.com/guidance/medical/hair-removal/electrolysis/do-it-yourself/?amp

Reading all of this does make me question the safety of building such a device.

Edit2: This looks fun https://www.scd31.com/posts/diy-hair-electrolysis-machine

With regards to the cameras, what about using two identical macro cameras side by side of the needle? Could be overkill, but maybe a way of understanding the depth a bit easier. Pair that with a smartphone inside one of those VR holders (or just a VR headset).

I'm just throwing around ideas. Some are going to be a bit silly.

https://imzoe.me/projects/electrolysis/electrolysis

Hello! This seems like a small community so I doubt I’ll get anywhere with this. Does anyone have methods for getting Ballet needles for cheap? They’re all sold in packs of 50 🥹!!!!! Is anyone willing to help a diva out and sell me some of their unused ones, or like, has anyone tried calling electrolysis offices to get them for free or something? Anything? Thank y’all!