How Hair Grows

Understanding how your hair grows will help you better understand how Electrolysis works and by understanding both Electrolysis and hair growth makes you as a consumer a better client. Electrolysis does work and Permanent Hair Removal is possible! On average a hair will take up to six to eight weeks to reappear at the surface of the skin.  This should give you an idea of how much hair you may have if you are plucking on a daily basis. Electrolysis does remove hair permanently after a series of treatments.  Understanding how your hair grows on this cycle should help you understand, that when a hair is treated by Electrolysis, that hair will be able to be treated again in six to eight weeks. This is also true of any other type of hair removal including lasar hair removal, which is only approved by the FDA for hair reduction.

Growth Stages

Hair has multiple layers and different growing stages.   It is made up of keratin which is also the basis for our skin and nails.  There are three main stages to hair growth: Anagen- The growing stage.  This is when hair is active in growth.  A bulb is present and is surrounded by the inner root sheath.   This is the best possible time to treat a hair with Electrolysis in order to achieve Permanent Hair Removal. Catagen- The hair separates from the papilla, but remains in the follicle.  The bulb disappears and a white tuft takes its place.  Telegen- The resting stage.  Growth has stopped and the hair will usually be shed at this point.  It can remain stuck to the inside of the follicle for some time, even if a new hair starts another growth cycle.

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