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During your consultation, we discuss the history of electrolysis; the hair growth cycle; how electrolysis works; its side effects and risks; the importance of following your treatment plan. Please ask your electrologist any/all questions prior to signing this document.
For purposes of this document, “Electrolysis” refers to the procedure using electrolysis as a hair removal treatment.
Following your treatment plan is ideal for achieving desired results in a realistic timeline.
Your treatment plan includes a recommendation for appointment frequency, intended for achieving desired results in a realistic timeline while respecting your personal budget, schedule, and individual needs. Your plan won’t include a total number of treatments or total treatment timeline.
Each individual’s timeline is heavily influenced by frequency of appointments, hair density, and the size of the treatment area. Various factors can affect the total timeline for achieving desired results. It’s not possible to provide a definitive number of treatments or total treatment timeline.
For a follicle to be treated, a visible hair must be present. When appointments are infrequent, this impairs the opportunity for your electrologist to treat those follicles before its hair sheds. Once a hair sheds naturally, the waiting period for that follicle to grow a new, visible hair is unknown. This period likely varies depending on the body region, hair type, and individual factors such as genetics, medical conditions, medications, and so on.
Your electrologist can only remove unwanted hairs present at this point in time, and has no control over other factors, known- or unknown-, which may stimulate other follicles to produce coarser, darker, longer hair later in time.
We understand life happens and not everyone can follow the “most ideal” treatment plan. Once a follicle is successfully treated, it will never produce a hair again. Pausing treatment entirely, or low frequency of appointments, doesn’t erase progress; it simply extends the timeline for achieving desired results.
Some side effects may appear during your appointment, such as widespread redness, inflammation, swelling, tingling, warmth, tightness.
Other side effects include, but are not limited to: involuntary muscle movement, twitching, jerking; metallic taste; discomfort or pain; histamine reaction.
Electrolysis induces controlled micro-injuries. There are several side effects that can be a normal aspect of this micro-injury and/or the healing process.
These side effects include, but are not limited to: inflammation; swelling; redness; itching; tingling; warmth, tightness; sunburn or windburn sensation; numbness; nerve irritation; perifollicular redness; post inflammatory redness; scabs or crusts; histamine reaction; pigment changes such as post inflammatory hyperpigmentation (or hypopigmentation).
Other risks of Electrolysis include, but are not limited to: infection, folliculitis, pustules, or spots similar to acne; ingrown hairs; scarring, bruising, minor bleeding, overtreatment, allergic reaction.
Cataphoresis is a common post-treatment step following electrolysis for hair removal.
Cataphoresis helps to reduce redness, inflammation, and tightens pores. Anaphoresis promotes redness, inflammation, and dilates pores.
While anaphoresis is seldom used in electrology, some electrologists use it to help “open up” tight pores for insertions during Electrolysis.
Other side effects of cataphoresis and anaphoresis include, but are not limited to: tingling, cold sensation, metallic taste.
