I built my own hair electrolysis machine

(scd31.com)

123 points | by y1n0 4 days ago

16 comments

  • goodmythical 4 days ago
    I have soooo many questions. Approximate hardware cost? Pain of needle? Pain of zap? How does the sensation of your machine compare to commerical applications? How long has it been since the first tests? Results from those tests? Is there some sensation that indicates having inserted to the proper depth? Is it an increase in resistance or an increase in pain? Have you used it anyhwere but the hand? Does the pain scale the same way everything else does (like the lip and chin hurt more than the arms?)

    Full disclosure, I may or may not have caused some scarring having attempted to do this in a very rudimentary way with some 9volts when I thought that it was purely the heat from the electricity that we were after. This seems to be a vast improvement over the nightmare I came up with, even with the car battery as at least you've got voltage regulation.

    >this board contains one or more chemicals known to the state of california to cause feminization :3 :3 :3 :3

    You are a legend and an inspiration.

  • WillMorr 4 days ago
    Hell yeah. I feel like if the world ended there would be a group of trans woman with a wind powered experimental estrogen generator inside of a week.
    • BizarroLand 4 days ago
      I mean, it's just a fancy hydrocarbon, and in some form or another can be extracted from female mammal urine.

      I imagine there's a way to genetically alter yeasts to make estrobeer while they're at it, with the side benefit that the alcohol would serve as a natural testosterone reducer for a double d whammy.

  • AntiUSAbah 54 minutes ago
    I did not get all the transgender references in the comments but gemini found it without issues.

    Nonetheless, great thing to have this. You can have a great default 'shave', can get rid of your ear hair, the hair on your toe nails.

    I need this

  • nixyhazel 4 days ago
    @y1n0 any chance that I can get in contact with you to help build my own?

    I'm already up to several thousand in spend doing it the traditional way (which has been very helpful!) but it's not sustainable even on an upcoming big-tech salary.

    thanks <3 hazel

  • sho_hn 1 hour ago
    Excellent hack, lovely write up. Learned about Embassy, which I didn't know yet. Thank you!
  • Kye 35 minutes ago
    Finally, directed energy weapons for trans people.
  • langfo 4 days ago
    Well done. Next project DIY IPL for those hair bears amongst us?
  • electriclove 2 hours ago
    Very cool! How can I order one?
    • sho_hn 1 hour ago
      Tindie is great for this type of stuff, if OP needs a platform. Though my experience is only as a buyer.

      That said, if you have a 3D printer these days the process of ordering a board with full PCBA from PCBWay/JLCPCB/Aisler and printing the case yourself is pretty easy.

  • rie_t 4 days ago
    This is very impressive... The temptation to build my own now...
  • magic-amoeba 3 days ago
    …it's basically a medical device designed by an idiot…

    That cracked me up!

  • a_t48 1 hour ago
    based
  • mininao 4 days ago
    Cool
  • oompydoompy74 4 days ago
    Hell yeah this rules
  • brbnode 1 hour ago
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  • junglistguy 4 days ago
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  • ermmm 4 days ago
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    • danielmeskin 4 days ago
      This account was made solely to leave this comment, for what that’s worth to the non-bad-faith users on here.
      • ermmm 3 days ago
        [flagged]
        • danielmeskin 3 days ago
          Yep! I don’t comment unless I have something useful to add to the conversation.
          • ermmm 3 days ago
            Self-evidently untrue.
            • estimator7292 1 hour ago
              Nah, calling out morons and assholes is always useful