EpiLight slows the growing capacity of follicles in their growth cycle at the time of the treatment. Since some hair follicles may enter their growth cycle after your treatment, three or four treatments may be required to deliver optimal results. Removing hair does not make it grow back thicker, darker or quicker. The opposite is usually the case. EpiLight treatments may cause hair to come back slower and thinner.
Electrolysis is a much slower process.
With electrolysis, a needle is actually inserted into each hair follicle, one at a time. Once inserted, an electric shock burns the follicle to retard growth. EpiLight Hair Removal treatments only use intense pulsed-light energy. This is unique because it is relatively painless, and unlike the laser hair removal process, EpiLight works equally well on most skin pigmentations without removing any of the pigment. With the EpiLight process, we can gently treat hair in sensitive areas such as the lip or nipples while maintaining a healthy, normal appearance of the surrounding tissue.