I’m in my 30s and after having my first child (2 years ago) I noticed hair growth on my chin area. I’m now considering getting electrolysis on that area. I have a hand full of hairs that I have been tweezing often (once a week) that grow back dark and coarse. I also have a few lighter hairs (like peach fuzz, but much longer) that I would also like to get removed. My question is, will the lighter hairs grow back dark and coarse once removed with electrolysis?
once removed with electrolysis, both kinds of hairs won’t grow back. that’s pretty much the point of electrolysis. and the coarse hairs might come back once or twice after being zapped before not coming back anymore at all, but they will be much finer in that case.
Electrolysis is an excellent permanent choice for your chin. Simply excellent. And, yes, it is permanent. If you have other hormonal events in your life, or take certain medications, or have a genetic predisposition for hair growth and certain disease processes, then new hair may be stimulated. You will have to treat the new hair. You may remain stable, unbothered by noticable chin hair forever after the offending hairs you have now are treated. Everyone is so different.
Do find an excellent electrologist that you can count on to do this correctly.
Thank you for your response. I actually know someone who had laser done on her chin and neck area and the results were not good. She ended up with a lot of stubble and dark hair, which is why I want to know if electrolysis would have the same affect on the finer hairs. I’m scared to have the same thing happen to me.
Nope,won’t happen with a skilled electrologist with good equipment and an attitude of caring. They are out there, but you must look if you are not so lucky to have someone that can refer you to one.
I’ve seen this many times: the chin gets lasered > the hairs remain until they shed in 2-3 weeks, that is, IF they were treated properly > person has to live with the hairs still apparent on the face until shedding happens > prolong embarrassment about having hair on the chin continues. Women don’t want pepperspots on their face. Go figure? 
The great thing about electrolysis is, the hair is treated, it is then lifted out and discarded. You don’t have to walk around for 2-3 weeks with hair on your face working it’s way out of the follicle while more hairs cycle in.
I’m not saying that LASER hair reduction does not work on chin hair, I’m saying that you still have to live with evidence of hair on the chin and hope it will shed asap. I’ve seen many clients give up on laser hair reduction and start electrolysis because of this.
The chin is not a difficult area to do. Go for full first clearance. Put your time in up front. Microflash thermolysis is an awesome way to achieve this asap and to keep the area cleared. Blend is good as well. Your electrologist would have to decide the best for you based on his/her know-how.
Dee
Dee,
Unfortunately, I don’t know a single person who uses an electrologist. Most people I know wax or use the threading method. I’m just so greatful to have found a website like this. It’s very informative and has given me hope!
I live in San Antonio Texas and found one electrologist who is registered with AEA. Under her listing it says Shortwave. I believe I read somewhere that it’s the same as thermolysis. Being that I don’t know of anyone who has used this particular electrologist, would you recommend that I have her do a small area first to see how I react to the treatment?
yes, you should try her and at least 3-4 others. check out the sticky post on the forum here, at the very top, with links to lists of electrologists in various areas. you can definitely find a few others. but yes, go check this one out and then see others to compare speed and expertise (you shouldn’t feel any tweezing etc). do you research so you know what to expect. start with 15 mins sample treatments or so at various places.
if someone doesn’t know what they’re doing and operating laser (which happens often unfortunately), induced growth can happen on this area in particular - woman’s face. that’s probably what happened to the person you know, in addition to probably not using good settings and/or the right machine and not having enough treatments. it’s hard to say without detailed information. but for your situation, electrolysis is really best. it’s a completely different method of hair removal and kills hair one by one. it will take 9-12 months to kill every hair in every growth cycle, but it will be gone forever. and you won’t have any side effects once you sample a few and find a good electrologists.
Yes, of course, go for a consult and get a sample treatment. I have a client who is a student at Ohio State. She is from Dallas and see’s an electrologist in Dallas when she is home on break. She (and her mother)are so very happy with her. If there is absolutely no one that you can find in San Antonio, is Dallas out of the question?
Do all that you can to stay closer to home, but it’s better to travel if there is no “talent” in your locale.
Teresa Adams is her name.
Okay. I just looked at a map of Texas. Dallas is a bit far. I have an idea for someone in Austin, if you need to expand your search. I need to take a Geography course.
San Antonio is a big city. I’m sure there are lots of options there.
Yes, I did find other electrologists in my area but only one listed with the AEA and since I don’t have any referrals, I figured this would be a good place to start with. I plan on scheduling a Doctors appointment first to make sure I don’t have a hormonal imbalance. After which, I’ll schedule my first appointment with the electrologist to get a sample treatment. Hopefully I’ll be able to find someone in SA but if for some reason I don’t, I wouldn’t mind traveling to Austin; it’s only about an hour away. I really do appreciate both your advice and will post my progress once I start my treatment. Thanks 
you really shouldn’t need to travel that far. talk to the ones who are not listed with the AEA and see how they sound. I wouldn’t put that much enphasis on that. Ask them how long they’ve been in business, what machine and methods of electrolysis they use, what their experience is with faces, etc. It doesn’t hurt to come in for a sample treatment as well to see if their technique is good. that’s most important.
let us know how your results are after an endocrinologist appt too.
thanks.
Some information that might be helpful to you - regarding those hairs you tweeze once a week, they used to be fine (vellus) hairs and something turned them on to become coarse. Those lighter longer (accelerated vellus) hairs also USED to be fine hairs. While it will not hurt to have a physician evaluate the hair problem, most clients do not ever learn the cause of their hair growth. Most electrologists can tell a client that accelerated growth (coarsening) of hair happens to women during puberty, pregnancy and menopause.
Electrology treatments will efficiently remove any of the hairs that you might grow in your lifetime. It’s just important to know that it does not grow in one small window of time, but you may very well have large windows of time where there is no growth, as long as the hairs are removed by a good electrologist as soon as they grow.
I believe pregnancy triggered the hair growth on the chin area for me. And I’m sure the plucking didn’t help any. This was my first pregnancy and I started having problems afterwards. I really don’t pluck that many coarse hairs (maybe 5 at the most). But what’s really bothering me are the longer finer hairs. They’re more noticeable in the sunlight and with a magnification mirror. It just really depresses me. I realize it could take a year or more to take care of my hair problem permanently (I hope), but I would prefer to go to an electrologist once a week and know that I’m improving my face than to continue plucking for the rest of my life. Well, thank you so much for the information. It certainly does explain things.
and you shoudn’t need to go once a week for longer than a month or 2 at most. you need to concentrate on getting full clearance and then only coming in when new ones pop up to kill them while they’re young and weak.