Start by seeking advice from friends and family. Next, set up an appointment with an electrolysis practitioner.
Electrolysis is the only permanent hair removal method which addresses each individual follicle at its roots – so this may take much longer than other approaches, like laser hair removal.
How Long Does It Take?
Time frame of an electrolysis treatment depends on a number of variables. It depends on the size and quantity of hair present in an area being treated; small areas, like upper lips, typically take 15-30 minutes; however larger ones, such as legs or abdomen, could take several hours, according to PA-C and cosmetic injection expert Sadyk Fayz from Beso Aesthetics.
One of the primary considerations when it comes to permanent hair removal is selecting an experienced electrologist. Green recommends questioning your practitioner regarding their background and training during initial consultation, and suggests visiting their facility and asking to see their work.
During an electrologist treatment session, they use a needle to carefully extract each individual hair from its root. Although this process can be time-consuming and even painful, particularly when multiple or thicker than normal hairs need removing at once, client comfort can be ensured through topical numbing cream applied an hour before their appointment.
Once the numbing cream has worn off, it is important to reapply it so as to prevent overly sensitive and uncomfortable skin from becoming exposed and exposed to any irritations from the service. Some clients will need to moisturize the treatment area regularly for one week post service as this will help decrease redness and itchy patches on the surface.
Note that electrolysis will lead to some degree of regrowth even with skilled electrologist’s treatment, due to only 50% of active hair follicles being active at any one time; the other half are dormant or inactive.
Regrowth may be unavoidable, but you can significantly decrease it between appointments by keeping a consistent schedule. Appointments should be scheduled every week or every other week and you should experience improvements with every session until all active follicles have been removed permanently.
How Many Hairs Can Be Removed in One Electrolysis Session?
Electrolysis involves heating tissues near hair follicles to disrupt them and stop future hair growth, effectively inhibiting it entirely or at least significantly slowing it down. Electrolysis provides more targeted hair removal than its laser equivalent which works on all follicles simultaneously requiring many hours to finish the session.
Your electrologist may offer topical numbing agents before beginning treatment; however, most patients still report feeling some sensation as the needle enters the skin.
Electrolysis takes between 15 minutes and an hour per hair follicle and works best on dark-haired individuals with light skin; unlike laser hair removal which is only suitable for dark-colored strands. Furthermore, unlike laser treatment which only works well on spots on dark skinned individuals, electrolysis can be used on any area of the body or face where there is unwanted hair growth.
Electrolysis treatments are usually preferred by people with darker skin or thicker hair that do not respond as effectively to laser treatments, and for larger body areas like legs or back that take longer for results to become visible; but results will eventually appear permanently, so once completed a series of electrolysis sessions have taken effect (typically 12-20 treatments are necessary), unwanted hair will no longer return!
How Many Hairs Can Be Removed in Two Electrolysis Sessions?
Electrolysis works to permanently deactivate growth cells within hair follicles, stopping unwanted hair from returning. A tiny needle is inserted into each unwanted hair, then an electrical current passes through it causing heat damage that damages and destroys damaged tissue in its path, followed by removal with tweezers of any remaining hairs from most body areas such as eyebrows, chin, upper lip jaw line neck breasts abdomen arms thighs fingers toes.
No treatments are painful because we numb the area with lignocaine before each session, yet you may experience slight redness and swelling immediately following treatment. Also, avoid picking or scratching at any microscopic scabs that may develop.
How Many Hairs Can Be Removed in Three Electrolysis Sessions?
Electrolysis hair removal differs from laser in that it destroys each unwanted hair’s root, thus permanently eliminating its presence from your face or body. Safe for all skin types, this treatment is particularly effective against hair growth in areas like eyebrows, upper lips, cheeks jaw line underarms breasts abdomens legs.
Electrolysis involves inserting a tiny needle into each unwanted hair follicle, and passing an electric current through it, to produce a chemical reaction and heat the water molecules surrounding the follicle, leading to its destruction. With the blend method of electrolysis (also referred to as electro-blend), all types of hair colors can be treated effectively.
Electrolysis treatments are painless since electrologists use special cream to numb the area before each session. Some may experience slight redness or swelling after treatment, though this usually subsides within hours. On rare occasions scabbing may develop; in such instances it’s essential not to pick at or scratch at microscopic scabs as this could result in scarring.
