What Are The Most Common Methods of Electrolysis?
GALVANIC TREATMENT Galvanic treatment basically a chemical process, was the first method of electrolysis ever used. When a probe is introduced into the hair follicle and the current is applied, the body salts combine with the moisture in the tissue to produce a chemical reaction, effecting only the tissue where it encounters moisture. Galvanic current, as initially used, was slow but efficient with only 15% to 20% regrowth. SHORT WAVE Short Wave electrolysis introduced to provide an alternative to the slowness of the Galvanic Treatment, uses a probe that can discharge electricity at any point along its length. Because this process employs a very intense short wave current enabling the electrologist to move quickly, it proved to be faster than the Galvanic Treatment. However, the regrowth rate was 75% to 85% in the medium to deep hair range. THE ELECTROBLEND The Electroblend method was developed in the early 1940s. It effectively combines the speed of the Short Wave method with the low
