Can Electrolysis Cause More Hair Growth?
It is hard to gauge how effective electrolysis is in the short term. You need a few appointments to get on top of the hair you’ve been tweezing! Once you stop tweezing it seems as though there is a lot more hair on the surface of your skin than you’ve seen before. You might wonder can electrolysis cause more hair growth. It does not, but you’re definitely not the first person to ask the question.
Electrolysis Does Not Cause More Hair Growth
I’ve noticed a phenomenon occur at the mid-point of the treatment schedule. Clients start to wonder whether they’re growing more hair. This is because the reduction of dark, thick hairs highlights the fine undergrowth invisible to them before. The fine hair was always there but since it grows slowly it wasn’t visible until the client stopped shaving. Most likely you also followed the advice on how to prepare for electrolysis.
No matter how much you’ve studied your face, trust me, you really have no idea what’s going on until you see it under 45X magnification. Like I do!
I am currently clearing a woman’s legs. We’ve cleared the front half of both legs below the knee. She started out with coarser-than-average hair. Once the coarsest hairs were removed her legs looked amazing, however, my client now noticed the soft, downy hairs obscured until then by the darker hairs. At our first appointment my client said, “don’t waste time on the invisible ones, just get the ones we can see!” I explained to her that given enough time all the hair becomes noticeable.
Can Electrolysis Induce Hair Growth Like Laser Does?
Electrolysis works the same on every skin colour and hair texture. Electrolysis does NOT cause more hair growth ever. On the other hand, laser often causes more hair to grow on the face, upper arms and shoulders. This is especially true for South Asian women. The difference between laser and electrolysis is that electrolysis targets the hair growing cells. Laser is less precise. Unwanted facial hair occurs for a number of reasons, anything from androgen excess to ancestry. The only hair removal methods that stimulate hair growth is laser, tweezing, waxing and threading.
In summary, it’s hard not to obsess over this major undertaking in your life. It takes time and resources to achieve your hair removal goal. Both are valuable commodities you don’t want to squander. Keep in mind that the real wild card in permanent hair removal is not the electrolysis method itself. It’s finding an electrologist to provide you with a solid treatment schedule and an absolute guarantee of effectiveness. You can safely choose electrolysis as your method of permanent hair removal. The results go in one direction only. Towards a total eradication of your unwanted hair. Electrolysis does not cause more hair growth EVER!