LASER | ELECTROLYSIS

ELECTROLYSIS (Galvanic, Blend & Thermalysis) 

A full consultation is required prior to treatment. A trained Electrologist inserts a fine, solid, pre-sterilized needle (wire, or probe) into the hair follicle and applies a small amount of electrical current to permanently destroy the hair growth cells that lie mostly at the base of the follicle. Electrologists have a choice of three different methods of electrolysis to choose from.

1. Electrolysis, or Galvanic (oldest method since 1875) This method uses galvanic electricity - commonly referred to as direct current (DC) - to create a chemical action in the follicle. When the DC from an electrologists needle interacts with body salts and moisture, a minute quantity of lye is produced. This caustic lye effectively destroys all the hair growth tissue it contacts.

2. Thermolysis (since 1923) This method - also known as high frequency (HF) diathermy, radio wave, or short-wave-- uses alternating current (AC) electricity to kill hair growth cells with heat. The HF current delivered by the Electrologists needle (in just a fraction of a second) agitates the follicle tissue and produces heat that is high enough in temperature to effectively
destroy the active area receiving the treatment.

3. Blend (1938) The blend method of hair removal combines both of the electrical currents described above. When alternating current (thermolysis) is added to the galvanic (direct current) process -- either simultaneously or sequentially -- it quickly raises the heat of the lye
created by the galvanic process, thereby greatly accelerating its normally slow reaction speed.