Electrolysis Vs Laser Hair Removal

Even though both Electrolysis and Laser Hair removal treatments are meant for getting rid of the hairs permanently, still we discuss between the two treatments regarding which turns out to be the best for the sufferers.

As everyone knows that the facial hairs especially in women can be the most frustrating of all unwanted hairs since it can’t be hide it under any clothing. The laser treatment used for removing such facial hairs permanently can be effective only in case of dark and light skin types. It is seen that it gives an optimal result with the people having a light hair color; this is due to the laser targets pigment. The dark pigment which results in the dark skin types absorbs more laser power than the light skin type pigments. Much advancement has been done in order to make a laser technology a better treatment to make it fit to even light skin people. On the other side, electrolysis is effective in giving the same kind of result in both the types of skin and hair colors since it attacks the hair follicles and not the pigments present in the hair.

Electrolysis turns out to be the time consuming treatment among the two because each and every hair follicle of an individual needs to be treated for more than a minute. It hardly takes more than half an hour to treat the eyebrows by a specialist and it requires 15 to 30 sessions to give you the best results where as the laser technique are not that time consuming because it takes hardly less than fifteen minutes to treat the eyebrows generally and 5 to 6 sessions to treat it permanently.

In laser hair removal technique, the price for the treatment depends on the area and size of the treatment where as in case of electrolysis, it treats a very small areas like eyebrows etc. Coming to the pain factor, electrolysis can be linked to a pricking and stinging sensation since each of the hair follicle is treated but in laser hair removal technology, it will like a rubber band snapped against the skin feeling. There may be swelling, scars, redness after the treatment but all these are the reversible process, can be eliminated by the alternatives.

Laser treatment can cause serious side effects like blindness of the eyes when a laser beam comes in contact with the eyes accidentally, so at most care should be taken to prevent such accidents especially while treating near the eyebrows where as in case of electrolysis, the discoloration of the skin happens sometimes and once again it depends on the individuals skin type.

Laser hair removal method is approved by the FDA to reduce the permanent hairs where as electrolysis is approved by the FDA to remove the permanent hairs.