• How does electrolysis remove hair?
• Is electrolysis really permanent?
• How did electrolysis start?
• What parts of the body can benefit from electrolysis?
• Are needles used in electrolysis?
• Is electrolysis painful?
• What causes the growth of extra hair?
• Can't I just use depilatories to get rid of hair?
• What if hair seems to return while I'm being treated?
• What can I do about heavy growth of hair between treatments?
• Can I have all my hairs removed at one time?
• How about healing?
• What is the right age for electrolysis?
• Is electrolysis expensive?
• Is electrolysis sought by, and effective on, both genders?
• Are electrologists given special training to deal with men?
• Recently I have read about "alternative" hair removal machines and methods. Are they safe? Are they effective?
• How about those inexpensive home use machines sold in major department stores and through the mail?

A fine sterile needle or probe is inserted into the hair follicle, discharging a small amount of electrical energy, which destroys the hair growth tissue. If done properly, the hair follicle is permanently eliminated.

Yes, electrolysis is still the only method approved by medical authorities as a positive and permanent way to remove hair. By all means ask your own doctor about it. All other procedures are temporary or can only reduce the amount of hair.

Electrolysis dates back to 1875. One of America's first electrolysis practices was founded by D. J. Mahler, in Providence, Rhode Island.

Every part of the body except inside the nose and the ears. In fact, electrolysis is so cost-effective a procedure that relatively large areas of the body, such as areas of the back, arms and legs, may be treated within limits of time and budget.

A very special type of needle, developed specifically for electrolysis is used.

There's almost no feeling at all - at most, a slight tingling sensation. You can hardly tell the probe tip is being inserted. The tiny current destroys the hair root.

Usually it can be traced to hereditary or glandular disturbance. Some types of illnesses, operations and medication may also be factors.

Yes, but this is only a temporary method. As with razors and tweezers, hair grows back within a few days. so you're not helping yourself a bit. Depilatories also have an unpleasant odor, take time to use, and are a continuous expense.

Your own previous attempts to remove hair will be the reason for this, as hair usually takes one to fourteen weeks to regrow. In other words, the growth will be hair that had not yet appeared when you started treatment. But electrolysis will remove it. Permanently.

You can safely cut hairs in or near the area being treated. But leave enough hair for your electrologist to treat and remove. Do not tweeze, use depilatories or bleach.

That depends on individual growths. If they are heavy, your electrologist will probably recommend a series of treatments. But they are over so quickly, you can even have them on your lunch hour.

Healing after electrolysis is generally rapid, with no signs of the treatment remaining on your skin. Occasionally, you may have a temporary redness, but it will quickly disappear with your own after-treatment, as directed by your electrologist.

Any age is right. Of course we recommend that, in the cases of pre-teens and individuals over 65, a physician should be consulted before treatment begins.

As compared with many other beauty treatments, the cost is moderate. It's a small price to pay for a lifetime of freedom from unsightly, unwanted hair. Don't you think you owe it to yourself to look into electrolysis now?

Electrolysis treatments are equally effective on men and women. For as long as electrolysis records have been kept (going back to the late 1800's and the files of Daniel J. Mahler), men as well as women have sought out the services of professional electrologists.

Very little "special" training is necessary. Hairs grow in the same manner regardless of gender. Any man considering electrolysis should feel secure in the knowledge that he will be treated with the same skills and sensitivity offered to woman.

Electrolysis is the ONLY PERMANENT hair removal method available today. Beware the clever (and sometimes not so clever!) claims of the would-be competitors. In 1988, manufacturers of the electric tweezer, and unscientific and temporary method, were forbidden by the US Federal Trade Commission from claiming that their machine could effect permanent hair removal. Such a statement was deemed to be "false and misleading" by the US government.

Quite simply, they afford temporary, usually painful, costly and ultimately infective hair removal. There is no comparison to electrolysis as performed by a highly trained electrologist.