I just bought Thermojet Plus

[glowgirl35]

Hi everyone,
I just bought three thermojets for my salons, can anyone give me a recommendation for gels to use for cellulite reduction etc. Sunpower source said they do not sell them but they recommend them. Any thoughts or experiences with the machine or gels?

[lewdyju]

Me too, did they send you the paperwork and brochures? We are going to have to correspond on the training or lack there of. Mine ships out on Monday, and I just can't wait!

[glowgirl35]

I got a 2 pg thing, doesn't tell me much at all. then I called and they were like "it's pretty self explanatory" uh, no it's not! I wanted troubleshooting, do's and dont's etc. They emailed me a manual, uh, we spent a good amount of dough, could you print it up and put it in a folder for me? All in all, it works well! If you want, PM me your email and I will forward the manual to you! I will do some research on the gels etc.

[lewdyju]

I agree, no help on training or even pricing for that matter. I will PM you!

[lvmyself]

I just bought my second machine from them, SunPower was very help over the phone.

[lewdyju]

I a going to call, I just set up my room, and I am getting a wrap tonight to see what it is like. I am excited about it, do you do the hair removal or just weight and pain?

[glowgirl35]

not sure how the hair removal would work? i don't do it cuz I do laser. let me know how you like it. did you find a site for gels etc? I may have one, I will let you know!

[lewdyju]

I am going to the Face and Body Expo this weekend in San Francisco to check out gels. It has a setting for hair removal and a product line that once the product penetrates the skin it deadens the hair bulb so your hair stops growing. I have to do a lot of research on that before I offer it. It is painless, which I like. There is a setting for it that is only 20-25 minutes.

[glowgirl35]

How easy/difficult do you find it to wrap people? Do you have a certain technique?

[lewdyju]

In the pics it shows the white silicone bands on top, but yet it reccomends that you lay out the bands then wrap. I wrapped a client today and I had them lie down o the bands and then wrapped and used the velcro straps. It looked nothing like the picture but she sweat like cray.
It is going to take some getting used to. What is your technique?

[glowgirl35]

I do the same thing, I lay out the wraps with the velcro underneath and then wrap them that way. They always sweat like crazy but I don't get how they spiral wrap down the leg. Unless the person is 4 years old, the wrap doesn't get that much coverage. Guess I'm doing it right. I do put a small towel on the hip bones because most people feel like their hip bones are roasting!

[lewdyju]

I do the same, the spiral is for people the size of the model, not the heavy hitters that are coming into my salon. Maybe they become more pliable after use. I can't quite figure it out. I am buying disposable underwear, no one is listening about the change of undergarments, but yet complain that their underwear are wet. I keep telling them. sheesh

[lvmyself]

I to do the spiral wrap. Some of my larger clients lay belly down.

[Din]

Our trifold brochure lists what they need to do to prepare for their session and to bring a change of clothes. (formostar).

They'll learn after the first time...if not, they're dumb. Let them sweat into their underwear, who cares. As long as you are getting paid.

Some walk outta here looking like they peed themselves, they now start wearing black clothing so it doesn't show instead of bringing a change of clothes. eiouuuuwww.

Screw the disposable undergarments.....waste of money on your part. Tell them what they need to do and let them follow instructions, plain and simple.

[Beach Bum]

Looking into Thermojet and Formostar. Just learning about them. From your post, I take it that the Thermojet has a way of removing hair? Does Formostar?

So, from the sweating and the hair removal is there a big mess to clean up? Is there anything to keep the wraps/belts from getting messy? do they have a liner over them, or do you remove the wraps and wash them each time??

[glowgirl35]

I don't use Thermojet for hair removal but it works awesome for weight loss. My clients love it. I think you are thinking that the wraps are like an ace bandage, they are not. I thought the same thing. They are like a smooth, plastic like coating. They clean up with acrylic cleaner. They are then wrapped with a velcro strip, very easy to clean, not messy at all. We love ours!! I think thermojet looks for professional than then formostar, just my personal opinion!

[Din]

Hair removal???? I don't think so.

[glowgirl35]

Actually with thermojet you can! Weird huh? I have no idea how to do it but supposedly you can use some gels and use a specific setting. I will stick with laser.

[Beach Bum]

I talked with Thermojet. They said the hair removal works in conjuction with waxing. So that would require a Asthetician, or Esthectician (is it A , or E??) to do the waxing first. Then they would use a gel/lotion design to remove the "hair bulb" with the Thermojet wrap.

That's how the Thermo guy explained it. And I think you get the gel/lotion from a Spa Supplier, not from Thermojet. If so, seems like you could do this process with Formostar.

Either way, it involves having a e/asthetician to do the waxing, so I will steeer away from that. I geuss they could have the waxing done somewhere else, but still, seems like it could lead to unsatisfactory results unless you control the whole process.

[Beach Bum]

Is Sunpower the distributor for Thermojet? How much should it cost. I contacted Thermojet from the website and the price was like $8.4k. I was thinking it was less. Contact info for a good source?