HairFactz Definitions
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Electrolysis
Pronounced - uh-lik-tral-i-sis
In electrolysis, an electrical current is used to remove unwanted hair. Medical electrolysis devices destroy hair growth with a shortwave radio frequency after a thin probe is placed in the hair follicle. Risks from these methods include infection from an unsterile needle and scarring from improper technique. More about Electrolysis.
Elongate
Longer in length than in width, stretched, extended, drawn out.
Epilators
Two types of devices use electric current to remove hair: The Needle Epilator and the Tweezers Epilator. Epilators remove hair at the root. More about Epilators
Eumelanin
The black and brown pigment occurring in human and animal hair.