A Permanent Hair Removal Treatment - Electrolysis

Just 2 months after I first went for my waxing treatment, someone dropped me an email to try a permanent hair removal treatment called electrolysis. This is what she wrote :

Dear Edward,

It is so interesting to read what you've wrote on your blog about hair removal treatments. Personally I've been thinking of going for electrolysis, which according to this permanent hair removal guide I read, is the only hair removal method that is truly permanent. What do you think about it and would you consider going for it? Let me know if you're going for it as I would love to read about your experience on the blog.

Yours, Debbie

First of all, Debbie, thanks for dropping me an email. It's really heartening to someone has been reading this blog! I started using this blog as an avenue for my ramblings and didn't know that someone would be interested in reading about my hair removal experience! That's the wonder of the internet isn't it? Seriously, I've heard of the permanent hair removal treatment, electrolysis a couple of times.

During the procedure, the consultant will insert a fine needle through the hair shaft and an electric charge is run through it. The pulse basically destroys the hair follicles so much so that no hair can ever grow from that follicle anymore. It's the only form of permanent hair removal method available in the market nowadays. Conventional methods of hair removal such as shaving, depilatory creams, waxing, plucking and others indicated here are just temporary methods. Even laser hair removal is just a procedure that lasts much longer than the other forms of hair removal mentioned earlier.

Well, if this is true, why don't people just do electrolysis and get rid of their hair once and for all? There are several banes with the procedure. It's very expensive and more often than not, the hassle of going through the many treatments and sessions are enough to turn people towards its less permanent alternatives. Since the electricity has to run through each and every follicle, electrolysis has to be performed over a period of time and broken into different sessions. This may often span into weeks and sometimes months, resulting in a higher overall cost as compared to other forms of hair removal methods. These same reasons are also why electrolysis may not be a good solution for removing bigger zones of hair on the back or chest.

And back to Debbie's question, will I try electrolysis? Hmm... maybe not. Even though it's the only bona fide method of removing hair permanently, I'm seriously not sure if my dear wife would agree to the cost. As it is, I'm already having issues with her over the cost of laser hair removal, electrolysis? Out of the question! Besides, I'm still pretty satisified with the results of waxing so I'll probably give it a no to electrolysis at the moment. But if anyone of you have experience with electrolysis way of permanent hair removal and wants to share with me, feel free to drop me an email.