Well so much for those plans. I've decided just to go full bore with Electrolysis the whole way. Had my first trial run last night and am going back today for a one hour treatment. A little nervous because the trial caused a lot of swelling which is still there even now almost 18 hours later. My electrologist assured me it's nothing to worry about. However I'm hoping this hour long treatment doesn't create the same amount of swelling on a much larger patch. Going to take anti-inflammatory and allergy relief tablets before I go tonight, I've been told that could help prevent the swelling.
I asked my electrologist about this and according to her this isn't exactly accurate. Plucking is a problem because the way it damages the follicle can leave pieces of the bulb under the skin which can cause complications. However, she said IPL won't make electrolysis more difficult but it could cause hairs to go dormant for a long period and then reappear at a point later when we thought the job was almost complete. I did stop IPL on my face after seeing these posts and I still think it was a good idea to stop, but I wanted to share that little factoid in case anyone found it useful.