Electrolysis today bears little resemblance to electrolysis of years ago. Technological advances in equipment and quality practitioner education have combined to produce a very comfortable treatment. Computerized technology, insulated probes and topical desensitization, have all added to patient comfort levels. Also, when you pro-rate permanent results it's the most cost effective treatment one can do for oneself.

Infection Control Standards, developed by the American Electrology Association (AEA), with assistance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA); Practice Standards and a certification program that is unparalleled in the profession have revolutionized the entire profession. Through these standards and programs, AEA member electrologists are continually updated on the latest medical news and its implications for the public health, safety and welfare.

In the last two years, with great fanfare, six laser hair removal devices have received FDA clearance to market their devices, creating the erroneous impression that they perform permanent hair removal. The public is generally unaware that this FDA clearance is based on the equipment's "substantial equivalency" to other existing laser devices previously cleared for various other purposes. It is critically important to note that all of the laser hair removal devices have been enjoined by the FDA from advertising that their devices will produce a permanent, long term, or painless method of hair removal.