Boston Electrolysis®: Thermolysis-Blend Currents Versus Galvanic Current©

The three most important rules in electrolysis, electrology and blend treatments are, Insertion, Insertion, Insertion which is the holy grail of electrolysis!. It takes a well educated, trained, tested and skilled state-licensed and registered electrologist to learn, achieve, and master “The Perfect Insertion” using galvanic current. In the Electrologist’s Insertion Guide©, one must follow the angle of the hair with the needle passing down the hair shaft, penetrating into the papillae and below the germinative bulb, entering the blood chamber that nourishes the hair via the capillaries. The Galvanic Current is known as the Chemical Current because it creates Sodium Hydroxide that penetrates and electro-desiccates each and every hair deep within the germinative structure of the hair. Each and every part of every hair is destroyed by the electrodessication that dehydrates each and every hair at the micro-cellular level of the entire follicular structure. From the base of the follicle, the sodium hydroxide exits out of the orifice of the follicle as little white bubbles that cling to your probe and that can be seen laying on the surface of the skin. The electro-decomposition is an added secondary benefit of the Galvanic Current that breaks down the root structure of the hair. In summation, the combined benefits of the Galvanic current cause the destruction of the entire follicular structure, that is being electrically dehydrated on the molecular level, where the Sodium Hydroxide penetrates and dehydrates the entire circular follicle wall’s structure. This causes the the total constriction of the follicle from top to bottom. With the germinative root being destroyed, the hair cannot regenerate..  

The Galvanic current effectively causes the destruction of the entire follicle, no matter what stage the hair is in, if the electrologist can master the perfect insertion. Too many DIY non-licensed and uneducated electrologists claim that Thermolysis current can achieve permanent hair removal as long as the hair is treated in the Anagen stage. What a hoax, because this is incorrect, and even if the hair is in the catagen or telogen stage, a well trained licensed and registered electrologist can easily insert the needle down the hair shaft to the base of the follicle. Without a professional education, these self taught electrologists who use Ballet Gold tapered needles failed. Fact, the correct needle selection is imperative because the large tapered needle causes damage; the top of the needle is larger in diameter than the orifice opening and directly presses against the orifice wall skin. When the current is fired, the skin is burned because the tapered gold needle is larger in diameter than the actual orifice opening. Thus, the current burns the open orifice ring and expands, increasing the diameter of the opening of the orifice and resulting in a widened scorched orifice, becoming a pit. That’s why electrologists should use stainless steel non-tapered circular cylindrical needles. Over half the time, the larger diameter gold tapered needles result in pitting, because the top of the needle is larger in diameter than the actual orifice of the follicle, while the tapered-tip of the needle never reaches the root structure of the hair. So your fancy schmancy tapered gold needles fail to cauterize the germinative papillae and the hair is plucked,

The electro-decomposition is an added secondary benefit that breaks down the root structure of the hair. Make sure your electrologist has had the proper training and is an educated state-licensed and registered electrologist, 

The hair follicle can be permanently destroyed during any growth phase. At this stage, they are connected to the capillaries’ blood and oxygen supply that the hair needs to grow, via the papilla. When the papilla is cauterized, a new hair cannot grow. Because hair grows at three different stages on different parts of the body, it is important to commit to a regular, consistent treatment in order to permanently treat all hairs in all stages. The best practice is to treat the hair as soon as possible, when it penetrates the epidermis (skin), and as quickly as possible before it goes into a resting and dormant stage.

Authored by Kimberly Williams, R.E., Scientific Writer

Massachusetts Licensed & Registered Electrologist, 1979,

Copyrighted 11/19/2025