Usually a day or two’s hair growth allows us enough visibility to see and treat your hairs during any electrolysis treatment.

Electrolysis or Thermolysis requires a series of treatments and sometimes ongoing maintenance. Electrolysis is a relatively slow process because the first concern is always your skin. We must remove each individual hair and do so without damaging or scaring your skin in the process. Electrolysis is best for treating very small areas of the body like your chin, ears, side burns, eye brows and lip area. As well, electrolysis is necessary for White, Blond and Red hairs that are not suitable targets for laser hair removal treatments. For larger areas of the body, and provided you are a good candidate, your best hair removal treatment option is using the LightSheer Diode laser hair removal system.

That usually depends on where your hair may be in the hair growth process. Initially it could be weekly, but most of our clients come in every 6 weeks for electrolysis treatments. After a series of electrolysis treatments, hair removal maintenance involves much less frequent visits, if at all.

Your skin will be somewhat red for a short time after an electrolysis treatment, but usually no longer than an hour. We will apply a soothing gel to the treated area right after the electrolysis treatment. It is necessary that you keep the treated area clean after your electrolysis treatment and perhaps apply an antibiotic ointment. Your skin should feel silky smooth after your electrolysis treatment, since the hairs slide out with tweezers during the electrolysis treatment.