Most likely the electrologist is also an esthetician. Esthetician’s arsenal of products are mostly said to “add moisture to the skin.” Perhaps that’s where her idea is coming from?
However, that’s not the case; and certainly, no cream can alter the moisture of the follicle such that the current will react too strongly and cause an overtreatment. Our electrolysis treatment is DEEP in the skin … usually to the lower dermis and subdermis … you can’t change that with any cream.
Indeed, there are many trans-dermal cream medications that penetrate the skin … but in these cases, the medication is picked up by the blood stream. For example, there are testosterone creams that can treat “low-T.” Certain medications, e.g., Vaniqa, can interfere with hair development and reduce the size of the hairs. Similarly, such topical medications as Minoxidil can inhibit follicle/hair miniaturization.
But none of these products credibly change the moisture content of the skin … at least to the depth that we electrologists are working. Even injecting lidocaine (99% water) directly in the target area only slightly raises the moisture of the skin and has some limited effect on the thermolysis. Cosmetic moisturizers only add moisture to the very upper layers of the epidermis … and that “plumping” of the “dead layer” (epidermis) gives you the impression of moister skin and reduced wrinkles.
Damn … do everything you can to reduce the pain. Electrolysis hurts! Get the numbing cream, it works nicely. Why suffer? I don’t believe in pain of any kind … especially the “inflicted” kind.
