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What is Electrolysis?
Electrolysis is still to this day the only proven method of
permanent hair removal. The British Medical Association also stands
by this information. Founded in the late 1800's it has been a
successful method and obviously preferred to this day.
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The treatment involves inserting a fine needle
into the hair follicle to the hair root. Sufficient current
is then passed down the needle to the top to destroy the hair root, thus
enabling the hair to be withdrawn. The current is used to
destroy the hair follicle permanently in the Anagen phase.
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Electrolysis can be performed on facial areas (upper lip, chin,
neck, sides of face) low hairline, thick eyebrows, between the brows, sideburns,
arms, underarms, breasts and between them, all the lower parts (including
thighs, feet, toes), including the scrotum. The treatment can be
uncomfortable but this can depend on the patient's pain threshold.
Skin reaction is a common feature for electrolysis such as erythema (skin
redness) and occasional weals or bumps from the follicle. This
reaction slowly subsides after treatment
Hair growth cycles
Anagen phase (The growing hair)
The Anagen hair is the active stage, or known as a growing hair, which results
in the complete restructuring of the lower follicle. The Anagen cycle
is the phase that the electrologists need to achieve complete removal or
destruction of hair permanently.
Catagen phase (The transitional hair)
Catagen is the second stage on from Anagen this stage is known as a changing
stage or transitional stage where the club hair is formed, looking rather like a
black dot at the end of the hair. The dermal papilla detaches from
the matrix and the hair starts to rise in the follicle. This hair
follicle will produce hair after electrolysis but the hair re-grown will be fair
and weaker where damage has occurred.
Telogen (Resting Phase)
Telogen is also known as the resting phase. It is the final stage of the hair
growth cycle. Here the follicle remains inactive or dormant until stimulated
back into the Anagen phase. The club hair is retained in the follicle
until the new hair is produced which pushes the club hair out of the follicle.
With Electrolysis, the hair will obviously re-grow when treated in this cycle.
To Summarizes there is a 3 in 1 chance of catching the Anagen hair to make the
treatment permanent. The British Medical Association consider Electrolysis to be
the only guaranteed method of permanent hair removal.
Recent research has found that there are 4 cycles of hair growth rather than 3.
After the Telogen phase, there is now the Exogen phase. The fourth and final
stage. An area under the sebaceous gland called "The Bulge" has also been discovered,
and this requires a pulse of current to destroy any cells. This is possible to treat
with the new Apilus machine (please see other services) as the current goes in at only one thousandth of a
second.
This page was last updated on 28/06/07.
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R Brooks.
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