Thermolysis and Hair Treatment Time

Hair Removal Methods Professional Electrolysis
#1

Hi everyone,

I’ve been attending a few consults for electrolysis on my stomach area (darker than normal; long ‘peach fuzz’) and I ran into an issue I’d love your help with. Both consults I will refer to were using thermolysis. In both cases, the electrologists basically inserted the needle in, out it went. As in, as soon as I could feel the hot needle go in, it was out. So maybe a treatment time of 2 seconds for each hair. When they removed the hairs, I didn’t feel plucking though.

When I asked both their opinion on the potential for regrowth, the first said it was likely, as she needed to ‘seal’ the blood vessel feeding the hair, and it wasn’t likely she was going to do that first try.

The second person said that it depends on the insertion skill of the operator but that my follicles are easy to treat (I didn’t wax or pluck the area before) so it’s unlikely. Oh and I did scab a little the next day, if that is an indication of successful treatment.

I’m just a little skeptical, because although the second person sounded knowledgeable, I’m afraid she is basically under treating the hairs so I it takes more treatment time (and money) overall.

Any insight is appreciated!

#2

HI.

The needle is not hot. This is about energy at the tip of the needle WHEN the current is released. It doesn’t get in hot.

No one can say for sure there will be regrowth of treated hairs. If they are properly treated, one time is all that is necessary.

I don’t know why so many people are so concerned with asking their electrologist about regrowth. It is something that we cannot give a cut and dry answer to or explain in a way that you understand other than to talk about hair growth cycles until we are cyanotic (smile). We cannot mark hairs. We cannot color code hairs. Some hairs grow in clusters. When one sheds another pops through within one micron of the one that just shed, so how can anyone say that it is the same hair coming forth again? Judge results by taking pictures at certain intervals, observing that the hair is not being tweezed, putting faith in your electrologist and relax. If your electrologist has been in business for years, that is a good indication that she or he is doing something right.