Electrolysis has been around far longer than you think.
Many people think lasting hair removal is new, yet electrolysis has been around for over a century. Its remarkable history shows just how proven and effective it really is.
History of electrolysis
- 1875Charles Michel M.D. first removes ingrown eyelashes using galvanic current (electrolysis)
- 1887Heinrich Hertz generates high-frequency current (thermolysis) with an oscillator
- 1916Prof. Paul Klee develops the "multiple needle method" (4 to 6 probes at once)
- 1920Photoepilation with soft X-rays, later rejected because of the risk of skin cancer
- 1923Dr. Jules Bordier uses thermolysis for hair removal
- 1938The blend method is developed by Henri St. Pierre and Arthur Hinkel
- 1948The blend method is patented
- 1968Arthur Hinkel writes the first authoritative textbook on electrolysis
- 1970High-frequency tweezers are used for hair removal
- 1989"Tweezer devices" appear, offering no permanent or lasting hair removal
