i have no clue if it’s caused by my pcos or not but multiple hairs grow out of the same follicle (pilimultigemeni) everywhere on my stomach and chest area, would electrolysis need to zap the same follicle multiple times in order to get all of the hairs ? or would one insertion get both, or all three ? i plan on getting it done in the future and i already have very dense hair growth everywhere so that would REALLY slow the process down lol but either way i’m gonna still try 
thank you for reading, also whoever made this website is AMAZING, i love reading here it helps sm get a better understanding of things !
Hi! Well, multiple hairs growing from the same hair follicle can be treated with one zap if the energy level is adjusted correctly and the insertions are perfect. If they are separate follicles, 1 micron next to each other, they can be treated separately, but the spill over of energy from one follicle to the next may be enough to disable the neighbor follicle, which is a good deal! Whatever the circumstance, the full hair must slide out with no resistance. That can’t be emphasized enough.
If you are a candidate for laser reduction and have a large area of dense, dark hair, it would be a good investment to get rid of the bulk of the hair and then let electrolysis clean up the rest. If you can’t do laser, electrolysis can do it all.
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hi thank you so much for replying, that’s good to know it would definitely be more realistic to try laser first with how much growth i have, my hair in some areas fit the color and contrast to my pale skin/dark hair for laser but not super thick hair yet i’m only 16 and i’m scared to try laser because ive read it could possibly make it grow back worse (paradoxical hypertrichosis) and i heard it’s higher risk with hormonal imbalances which i have, my hair is super close together on practically my whole torso and many other body parts but i would focus on stomach and possibly back maybe my face too , some places are darker than others but it’s all dark and longer none seem truly vellous or terminal (except happy trail and above belly button), but that’s great to know if they are in the same follicle one insertion could get both that’s reassuring of course with a skilled electrologist though !
sometimes yes, more energy is required because of the larger mass of the hair root. In folliculae multigemini, ( which isnt common but not rare either) you find multiple hairs surrounded by a single hair root sheath growing around a single dermal papillae , this makes th root structure larger, and often required more energy to cause the destruction. It’s simple physics, larger mass requires more energy to create the same destruction to the entire follicle.
This is a really comon thing in body work, it’s much less common on facial hair removal.
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i was just researching about this yesterday because i noticed my nose has little black hairs on it too are you saying it could be this affecting my chest and stomach too?
thank you so it could go either way it could work but also may not get all hairs unless done correctly at the right power that definitely makes sense, i know if i posted a picture and asked for the professionals on here’s advice on how long how many treatments it wouldn’t be exact due to not everyone working the same with the same types and machines but i would just like to know if its even possible/realistic and i definitely know the pros on here are insanely good at what they do, so if i post pictures could you maybe tell me if it’s even possible, im still young (16) and wont be able to for a few years but it’s definitely something i going to pursue and might eventually want to become an electrologist myself i’ve been looking into it a lot and i feel im very interested in it, sorry for yapping
there’s another current thread about someone else wanting to become an electrologist.Seriously consider whether my advice in that thread may also apply to you.
As for is it “possible” to remove all the hair with electrolysis, yes, absolutely . We can destroy all hair with electolysis even tough course hairs. That’s why electrolysis is the only medium designated by FDA as PERMANENT hair REMOVAL. Not reduction, REMOVAL.
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thank you i was just concerned because ive never seen someone remove as much hair as i want to remove except a couple cases i’ve seen here of like a men’s back, mines not as thick but i have as much hair as they have, also how plucking makes hair worse does it make it thicker or thicker and stimulate more hair, and does that apply to the eyebrows too because i feel like my eyebrow hairs grow more down and above then they did before i started plucking two years ago (regularly at least once to three times a week) i apologize for asking so many questions
What you are describing is known as pili multigemini, where multiple hair shafts grow from a single follicular opening.
With electrolysis, each active hair follicle must be treated separately. This means that if two or three hairs grow from one pore, the electrologist usually has to insert a probe and apply current to each of them separately. One injection will not necessarily destroy all the bulbs, especially if they are growing at different angles or depths.
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idk the depths they grow but they all grow at the same angle some hairs are shorter than others but i couldn’t tell until i was messing with the hairs and noticed there’s multiple making the hairs look darker and slightly thicker
Even if the hairs come out at the same angle, they can still have separate roots—especially if they’re different lengths. So yep, in electrolysis, each one usually needs to be treated individually. It might take a bit longer, but it’s totally doable and worth it for permanent results!