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What Is Electrolysis?

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    Part of the video series: Electrolysis Hair Removal

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    Summary: Electrolysis is a hair removal method using a thin needle attached to an electrology machine. Learn more about electrolysis from an experienced hair and body care specialist in this free video on hair removal.

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    Karen Marlise Cowles boasts more than 25 years of experience in all areas of hair care and body care. Her services range from permanent hair removal to facials to pedicures, with...read more

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    Electrolysis is a method of removing body hair. It uses an electrical or chemical current to destroy hair follicles. After the follicle is destroyed, the hair is gently removed. Electrolysis is a lengthy process that can involve many sessions, usually lasting between 15 minutes to an hour. One falsehood about electrolysis is that it is a painful process. Most often, a numbing agent is used when there is any pain at all. In this free series on hair removal, let an experienced hair and body care specialist explain everything about electrolysis for hair removal. She discuss each particular body hair and how electrolysis is used to destroy and remove the hair. She talks about equipment, needles, supplies, safety precautions and the differences between laser hair removal and electrolysis. Watch a specialist give demonstrations on both male and female subjects. Seek the truth about electrolysis with information in this free video series on hair removal.

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    "This morning I am going to explain to you what electrology is. Electrology is when you slide a like a filament like a thin probe. Which is a thin needle its sterile and what we do its attached to this Electrology machine and what I do is. Pam is my client. I am going to work on the facial hair this morning. Removing it and what I am going to do with that is I am going to slide that probe down the hair follicle. The hair follicle will expand twice the size of the hair. I am not going to poking the skin this morning. Were going to slide that hair follicle down it releases a current which the current heats up the follicle it kills the germitive cells which grow hair and were going to take care of her facial hair problem. With electrology it works on only the active growing hair and there is a percentage of active growing hair on Pam's face. So she going to come in on repeated treatments to see me and were going to give her the solution."

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