Due to excessive amounts of no shows and cancellations, as of January 1st 2018 we will no longer offer 45 or 60 minute sessions.
What is the price of treatment?
Treatment in our office is determined by the amount of time for the current session:
15 minutes - $35
30 minutes - $50
as of 2011, WE DO NOT ACCEPT CREDIT OR DEBIT CARDS. Cash or check only please.
What is electrolysis for permanent hair removal?
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".
How does electrolysis work?
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.
How do I prepare for treatment?
If you choose to have electrolysis, then you must discontinue any method of temporary removal for about a week before treatment and resort to clipping the hairs until two days before treatment. With electrolysis, closely spaced treatments are necessary to treat the emerging hairs. As the hair growth lessens, the treatments get shorter and farther apart until the hairs no longer regrow.
Is electrolysis really permanent?
Yes, but it is not instantaneous. The electrologist delivers enough current to affect the cells within the follicle. This process is only effective in the beginning stages of growth, and because the electrologist cannot see below the surface of the skin to see what stage it is in, every hair is treated. If the follicle later produces another hair, then the process is repeated until the follicle no longer produces a hair. This process continually reduces the amount of unwanted hair.
How many treatments will it take?
The number of treatments will vary. The amount of growth and size of area and prior temporary hair removal methods cause the variance. It is a process and will take a series of treatments.
Does electrolysis hurt?
There is some discomfort, but usually no more than tweezing. Tolerance varies from person to person depending on his/her level of sensitivity.
What causes unwanted hair?
Most unwanted hair growth is caused by temporary methods, heredity, age, hormonal changes, or are medicine related. Many females experience facial hair growth at puberty, during pregnancy and childbirth, or at menopause. A sudden growth of hair on the face of a female may indicate a medical problem that needs to be discussed with a physician. Many males experience hair growth on their shoulders and back that they deem unsightly. It is normal for females and males to lose hair on their lower extremities and grow more hair on their upper bodies (except at the top of their head) as they grow older.
Can tweezing and waxing cause more unwanted hair?
When hairs are torn from follicles, the skin treats this as an injury and will increase the blood supply to the area in an effort to replace the hair tissue as soon as possible. Prolonged tweezing on some areas will increase the number and texture of hairs. This prolonged tweezing may also cause hyperpigmentation (darkening) or hypopigmentation (loss of color) because of stimulation or damage to pigment producing cells of the skin. There is also the risk of bacterial infection that should be considered. Caution should be used in tweezing eyebrows because of the possibility of a short blood supply to the area on the frontal bone. These hairs may never grow back.
Waxing - This procedure is tweezing en masse and causes an even greater increase in the blood supply than tweezing. Every hair removed with the wax may grow back stronger and thicker in texture. Caution should be used with hot wax applied to sensitive areas of the body such as the face or groin areas. Heating and burning also cause an increase in blood supply to the area. This increases the size and texture of hair in addition to the risk of formation of scar tissue to the burned areas.
Source: The Society for Clinical & Medical Hair Removal, Inc.
While some of the information on this site is about medical issues, it is not medical advice and should not be contrived as such.
What is the price of treatment?
Treatment in our office is determined by the amount of time for the current session:
15 minutes - $35
30 minutes - $50
as of 2011, WE DO NOT ACCEPT CREDIT OR DEBIT CARDS. Cash or check only please.
What is electrolysis for permanent hair removal?
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".
How does electrolysis work?
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.
How do I prepare for treatment?
If you choose to have electrolysis, then you must discontinue any method of temporary removal for about a week before treatment and resort to clipping the hairs until two days before treatment. With electrolysis, closely spaced treatments are necessary to treat the emerging hairs. As the hair growth lessens, the treatments get shorter and farther apart until the hairs no longer regrow.
Is electrolysis really permanent?
Yes, but it is not instantaneous. The electrologist delivers enough current to affect the cells within the follicle. This process is only effective in the beginning stages of growth, and because the electrologist cannot see below the surface of the skin to see what stage it is in, every hair is treated. If the follicle later produces another hair, then the process is repeated until the follicle no longer produces a hair. This process continually reduces the amount of unwanted hair.
How many treatments will it take?
The number of treatments will vary. The amount of growth and size of area and prior temporary hair removal methods cause the variance. It is a process and will take a series of treatments.
Does electrolysis hurt?
There is some discomfort, but usually no more than tweezing. Tolerance varies from person to person depending on his/her level of sensitivity.
What causes unwanted hair?
Most unwanted hair growth is caused by temporary methods, heredity, age, hormonal changes, or are medicine related. Many females experience facial hair growth at puberty, during pregnancy and childbirth, or at menopause. A sudden growth of hair on the face of a female may indicate a medical problem that needs to be discussed with a physician. Many males experience hair growth on their shoulders and back that they deem unsightly. It is normal for females and males to lose hair on their lower extremities and grow more hair on their upper bodies (except at the top of their head) as they grow older.
Can tweezing and waxing cause more unwanted hair?
When hairs are torn from follicles, the skin treats this as an injury and will increase the blood supply to the area in an effort to replace the hair tissue as soon as possible. Prolonged tweezing on some areas will increase the number and texture of hairs. This prolonged tweezing may also cause hyperpigmentation (darkening) or hypopigmentation (loss of color) because of stimulation or damage to pigment producing cells of the skin. There is also the risk of bacterial infection that should be considered. Caution should be used in tweezing eyebrows because of the possibility of a short blood supply to the area on the frontal bone. These hairs may never grow back.
Waxing - This procedure is tweezing en masse and causes an even greater increase in the blood supply than tweezing. Every hair removed with the wax may grow back stronger and thicker in texture. Caution should be used with hot wax applied to sensitive areas of the body such as the face or groin areas. Heating and burning also cause an increase in blood supply to the area. This increases the size and texture of hair in addition to the risk of formation of scar tissue to the burned areas.
Source: The Society for Clinical & Medical Hair Removal, Inc.
While some of the information on this site is about medical issues, it is not medical advice and should not be contrived as such.