How is laser hair removal different from electrolysis?
Electrolysis is a tedious, invasive and painful process that involves inserting a needle into each hair follicle and delivering an electrical charge to destroy them one at a time.Electrolysis often requires years of treatments at regular intervals. Electrolysis kills one hair follicle at a time. The LightSheer diode laser delivers light energy non-invasively to hundreds of hair follicles at a time. So, in a few minutes, LightSheer laser can effectively treat an area that would take over an hour with electrolysis. Patient’s who have had both procedures say that Laser Hair Removal is less painful, faster and more convenient.
In electrolysis, a technician uses an electrified needle that projects a current into the hair follicle, for killing it. As comapred with laser hair removal, electrolysis requires a number of appointments to be effectively treated. Electrolysis often requires treatments for up to one year or longer, in order for your hair to be completely removed.
But laser hair removal requires fewer treatment sessions to achieve the same results as electrolysis. Laser hair removal is comparatively cheaper than electrolysis and safe.
Electrolysis is a tedious, invasive and painful process that involves inserting a needle into each hair follicle and delivering an electrical charge to destroy them one at a time. Electrolysis often requires years of treatments at regular intervals. Electrolysis kills one hair follicle at a time. The LightSheer diode laser delivers light energy non-invasively to hundreds of hair follicles at a time. So, in a few minutes, LightSheer laser can effectively treat an area that would take over an hour with electrolysis. Patients who have had both procedures say that Laser Hair Removal is less painful, faster and more convenient.
With electrolysis an electric needle is inserted into the base of each hair, one at a time, and a current is delivered; the process can take months or even years to complete. The laser is non-invasive and each pulse treats an area the size of a postage stamp, eliminating many hairs simultaneously; it typically takes about thirty seconds to treat an upper lip.
With electrolysis each hair must be individually treated with an electric current with risk of electric shock, infection and scarring. Electrolysis can take months or even years to complete. The laser non-invasively treats an area with many hairs at one time. For example, it typically takes about thirty seconds to treat the upper lip.
