Electrolysis
Electrolysis reigned supreme until the 1990’s
Electrolysis was the only method of permanent hair removal for 100 years. It’s gone through some changes, but essentially it is a manual method of guiding a probe into each hair follicle. An electric current is conducted into the follicle, damaging or destroying it. It’s so effective, it took until the 1990’s to be challenged by another method. But even though laser is a game changer, electrolysis still is essential. Laser can only treat dark hair meaning that electrolysis is still used in the following cases:
- White, blonde or red hair
- Fine hair
- Hair located in hard to get at places, like in the nose or ears
- Eyebrow shaping
- Dark hairs if there’s less than a few dozen
Electrolysis is a procedure that must be performed with skill and care.
Our ‘Electrolysis’ method
All types of hair removal using an electric current conducted by a probe which is guided manually into a hair pore are called ‘electrolysis’. This is confusing since more correctly, there are 3 types. Direct current (also galvanic or electrolysis) and Radio frequency (also RF or thermolysis). A combination of the 2 is called the Blend. At Genie Solutions, we use RF as well as the Blend. We believe that most epilators can provide results as great as the technicians behind them, and do not favour or promote any brand.