If any of these type hairs were skillfully treated…would they have a proper root and/or sheath attached? I’ve had a couple of Electrologists tell me that they don’t actually have a root, but come from the sebaceous glad! I’m also wondering roughly how long a vellus hair should be zapped for.
Sorry for so many questions…perhaps I just think too much!!! LOL
Thanks
True vellus will have very little root sheath (RS) attached - the RS usually looks like a tiny ball (of RS cells) at the end of the hair when removed. Vellus hairs are never very long on the outside of the skin and they are certainly very shallow in the skin. We are told that they can grow from the sebaceous gland, but remember, the sebaceous gland is still part of a hair follicle structure.
Accelerated vellus are quite different. They can be an inch long, although the hair diameter is still small, meaning they are still very fine. They can also have a fairly deep root, but the root sheath will still not compare to a terminal hair. The root sheath of the accelerated vellus hair will appear more like an opaque coating on the hair.
The electrologist should be able to determine what length of time is needed for each hair. The electrologist must balance the timing and intensity with the moisture in the skin, the size of the needle, the size of the hair, and the depth of the hair… With the epilator I use, the follicle might receive 3/100ths of a second or it might receive 12/100ths of a second. Most likely, those numbers will change with every treatment and with every client, since all other factors are not the same at every treatment.
So, perhaps you do think too much!!! Relax.
Thanks Barbara! I’ve been having treatments for such an age now and tried a number of Electrologists, my situation just doesn’t seem to be improving. Whenever I go home and look in the mirror…hairs that are bothering me are still there. I’m thinking magnification and lighting are probably the issue here…rather than skill!