History of Electrolysis

Electrolysis was discovered by Dr Charles Michel of Missouri in 1875, over 125 years ago. Dr Michel discovered that by passing negative galvanic energy into the hair follicle and allowing the energy to build up that the hair did not regrow. He continued to research his findings and electrolysis was born. The equipment was very crude and the needles used then were darning needles which had been adjusted to suit the equipment.

Although results were excellent the method proved to be slow, tedious and painful. In the early 1900’s Dr Bordier wrote the 1st article on the use of high frequency for the removal of hair and in the 1940’s high frequency superseded galvanic electrolysis. In 1949 Arthur Hinkle of California and Henrie St Pierre developed the technique of Blend to combine the benefits and advantages of Galvanic and High frequency, applying the 2 methods to the hair follicle simultaneously.

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