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410757864530_dead_follicles [she/her]
410757864530_dead_follicles [she/her] @ 410757864530_dead_follicles @hexbear.net

working on open hardware electrolysis! check out https://sphynx.diy/

schematics are here: https://git.sr.ht/~_410bdf/sphynx

email me at [email protected], or hit my Matrix at @410bdf:matrix.org!

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410757864530_dead_follicles [she/her] @hexbear.net

sphynx electrolysis development journal entry #9a: What Happened

hi comrades

update poooost

it's been a bit. three months or so since the last post. this project is deeply near and dear to my heart and it's not abandoned but there was a bit there where i fell off the face of the earth and i wanna fill in that gap.

i've been off and on for the past three months, but for the past two weeks in particular i've been on. i made a commitment to myself to spend time on this before work - this is my most valuable and reliable time slot in a day - and i've been reliably making updates every single day i haven't had a prior obligation. it's a habit now. i've been deeply personally turbulent lately, much more for better than for worse but in ways that really take most of my awake time - except this before work slot. wouldn't want to spend it on anything else. ![cat-trans](https://lazysoci.al/a

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410757864530_dead_follicles [she/her] @hexbear.net

sphynx electrolysis development journal entry #8: using it, and a website 🌐

Hi comrades! I'm back! Sorry for the delay! I've been keeping busy, with this project, with work, and with getting familiar with a new town. This update is fun because it's actually entirely devoid of electrical engineering nerd shit! Since last update, I've focused on two things - getting the framework of a website together, and actually getting usage hours on the device so I can know how it handles, what it's missing, what it does well, etc. I'll break this update into those two sections.

Device usage

I think I have about 5 hours in the device so far, with I'm guessing a couple thousand or so pulses. I've tested my face, eyebrows and beard, I've tested my hands, I've tested my arm, I've tested my leg, and I've tested my chest. The general routine is as follows:

  • Get clean and get comfy.
  • Get all the peripherals in order and get the board set down somewhere stable. For me, this is getting good direct bright lighting, getting the foot pedal in a good spot, getting a clean (or a
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410757864530_dead_follicles [she/her] @hexbear.net

Hi! I'm working on a DIY electrolysis hair removal solution that addresses the issues of existing options.

Hi! Did you bump into this post from the pin on [email protected]? Check on my current progress on my user posts! This account is a dedicated alt for this project alone, sorting by my new posts will show the latest on this project.

Hey 🥰 I'm a transfem who's been working on something that I think might be of interest here and I'd love to share, because I believe that we can share a very mutually beneficial relationship. This post is about permanent hair removal.

I am going to use the term "transfeminine" in the following as an abridged version of "transfeminine, non-binary, and any other individual, queer or not, who would feel more confident and affirmed with less facial or body hair". This is a project for everyone.

A little bit of background on permanent hair removal:

Really, the only two options on the table are laser/IPL and electrolysis. Speaking to the former fi