It costs about 70 dollars an hour to avail an average hourly electrolysis treatment (laser hair removal) by a trusted professional in skin care. It is, on the other hand, hard to isolate an average cost for electrolysis, overall, because the time needed to complete a successful laser hair removal treatment varies, among other factors to consider in pinpointing the average cost. For example, you can spend more in electrolysis in back treatment than in getting rid of hair in the eyebrow area. This shows the factor that the cost of an electrolysis treatment changes by how big the size of the treatment area is. Other than that, you also have to consider the age of the patient and the type of process and equipment used in the treatment.

In order for you to spare yourself from potentially high cost procedures of electrolysis in a dermatologist’s office, performing at-home electrolysis treatment is an option. Although this kind of alternative is generally not recommended as the best, there some at-home laser hair removal users have reported succeeded in using it. Since you yourself will manage the treatment, the equipment is the only needed to be spent on. You can get one for as low as thirty dollars. This, on the contrary, doesn’t guarantee convenience, as this is a very intensive and consuming task, labor-wise. It is also a very meticulous process. One wrong move and it can cause pain. So if you have extra budget, you can hire one professional who can man the operation at your home.

At-home electrolysis equipment is a little device that looks like an engineer’s pen. On one end have a retractable probe, and the other one is connected by a cord to a battery on the main unit. During the process, you try to touch the probe to the skin, but not too deep. When the pen touches the papilla, the course is done and the unit makes a tone, for approximately 5 seconds. While holding the probe in place for a few seconds, try to pull the hair with tweezers. If it doesn’t pull off, try again, but not more than twice.

Although this kind of equipment is difficult to handle, and may require a lot of time and patience, still the best option is to go visit a skin care specialist. But here are some tips you can guide yourself on if you’re going to do personal laser hair removal yourself:

• Pluck or wax the hairs in the area you wish to be treated. Treat hair with this equipment when the hairs are starting to grow. Hairs are easily plucked when they are just starting to grow.

• Unlike any other hair removal process that requires your skin to be free of moisture, moisturize your skin when undergoing the treatment, in order to achieve optimum results. And prevent yourself from getting injuries.
• Research for tips on how to use the equipment better. Read some books or surf over the internet to look for satisfied and successful people who have used the electrolysis machine.
• Seek for professional help. Hire someone who has the knowledge to handle such types of machines. Or ask a friend whom you can trust the ability to perform such task.
• Do not do too much at once. It is recommended to do a square inch at a time.
•  Use a background that is dark in color in order to find hairs easily on the mirror.
• Give yourself a recovery time.  Give the swelling some amount of time to settle down to see the treated area. Give it at least 2 days till you’re familiar with your own treatment.