What is electrolysis for permanent hair removal? How does electrolysis work? Exactly what is the difference in the way electrolysis works and the way laser works? Is Laser Hair Removal Safe After Electrolysis Treatments and Vice Versa? What is the difference in cost between laser and electrolysis?
Electrolysis is a common term used to describe hair removal with electrical current. This came about after Dr. Charles Michel, a St. Louis, Missouri opthamologist devised a method to ablate ingrown eyelashes without significant scarring. This method today is called "Electrolysis, Galvanic, or Multiple Needle Galvanic". Subsequent technologies, although different from Dr. Michel's method, are also referred to as "electrolysis".
A small probe is inserted into the hair follicle in the skin where the hair is growing. Current is then delivered to the follicle to destroy the stem hair cells that make the hair. The hair is then removed with sterile forceps.
Conventional electrolysis causes either a chemical reaction or it heats up the moist tissue that disables its targeted area. The laser is absorbed by the melanin or dark pigment of the hair that causes the heat that disables this same targeted area.
It is safe and even recommended because laser will not affect the blond, white or red hair. Many people have hair of almost every color in some areas. It is common for a client to combine the treatment modes for the sake of times saving. It is common to continue with electrolysis on the light and choose laser for the dark hair.
The initial cost laser hair removal treatment is greater than the conventional electrolysis, since the running cost of lasers is greater than for the conventional epilators. However, the overall cost may prove to be less costly due to fewer treatments and running costs required. Many are grateful for the availability of this new technology that provides convenience and comfort.
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