brittany1882

i made a homemade iontophoresis machine from a you tube video using 6 volt batteries, pie pans, & test leads. i just started today & started out with 12 volts & dont know if i will be able to stand much more haha..it wasnt painful just really tingly. my wrists were itching a little bit afterwards, i guess this is normal. im hoping this works for me, if it does it will be a lifesaver!!

Ex-HH

It definitely will. Don't worry. You should start to see results in 5 treatments.

brittany1882

good, do you put baking soda or anything in your water? & is your water warm or cold?

Soy Sauce

You might not see a change after only 5 treatments; it took me 8 or 9 treatments before I saw a change. Don't get discouraged if it's not working. Keep up the treatments. I quit after 8 or 9 treatments because it wasn't working, but like 5 days after my last treatment, my hands were bone dry all of a sudden. Good luck!

brittany1882

thank you!

Uber Schnitzel

Hi. I've tried ionto using the home made device at the end of last year with no results but I'm going to give it another try. I don't think I really gave it a proper chance. Couple of questions:
1) what was your routine? I was doing 10-15 minutes both polarities every second day. I did 8 sessions before I gave up (also had to travel for work which meant doing the sessions more difficult and I didn't continue) I was thinking of trying it everyday this time.
2) So your saying that even if your hands sweat directly after a treatment that "worked" that doesn't mean that it hasn't been succsessful? I used to check half an hour after I'd finnished and if my hands were still moist I'd think "didn't work this time". Interesting...

Soy Sauce

Yeah, it was weird. I thought it didn't work, so I didn't even touch the thing after the 8 or 9th treatment. Then, after 4 or 5 days, I noticed my hands were absolutely dry. It seems to happen that way almost every time. I'm not sure if thats normal though.

My routine is basically 30 mins. I use the drionic machine so I don't know what differences using the homemade ones will be. I don't usually reverse polarities. I used to when I first started using it. I would switch every half hour. But I don't anymore and it still seems to work so I don't really bother anymore. I don't know what the homemade ones look like, but on the Drionic, I put the top half of my hands (fingers and top part of the palm) in the deep well portion, and keep the bottom half of the palm on the higher shallow part.

Couple tips:

It's not uncommon for your hands to sweat MORE for a while, in between your treatments, until the sweating stops. So don't freak out if it happens.

You will get used to the pain or strong tingling sensation after awhile, but if it gets to the point where your not really feeling anything, even though the batteries are new, etc. then it's not being effective. On the Drionic, the aluminum plates will calcify after awhile and the effectiveness drops dramatically. I just take some sand paper and sand the plates to expose the fresh aluminum underneath. Makes a HUGE difference.

I don't know if it happens to everybody, but when my hands stop sweating as a result of ionto treatments, my feet stop sweating too. I've never used ionto on my feet before. Somehow, they're connected and when one stops, so does the other.

I find it helps to keep the well portion of the drionic units with just enough water so that the entire bottom side of your palm and fingers that are in the well are touching the water but no more than that. Don't over fill it basically. I find that the bottom half of the palm that rests on the shallow top part of the drionic stops sweating before the parts of the top half of the palm and fingers do, and I think it's because the amount of water in the well somehow dilutes the effectiveness of the electricity.

brittany1882

well i did my 3rd treatment today & felt absolutely nothing when i stuck my hands in the water..yesterday on my 2nd treatment i didnt feel anything for the first few minutes then all of a sudden it was like it kicked in & stated tingling..i use aluminum pie pans that were on the youtube video, why didnt i feel anything today?

Brokenx

Is home made device safe?

Broch

I use a homemade device with the pie pans too, but I use two rechargeable 9V batteries. Works better than anything else I've tried. Took about 2 weeks of daily 20 minute treatments to work. Now I do two treatments a week to maintain it and haven't had hand sweat since last summer.

Some reasons you might not have felt anything are that you're more used to the sensation, batteries are dying, there's less aluminum in the water, or more water was used than previously. Normally I get the prickling feeling as soon as I dip my hands in, and then a huge wave of sensation after changing up the polarity.