Electrotherapy Device with Electrolysis Depilatory Accessory
Photo: Tom Alföldi
Artifact no. 1992.1047
Date: ca. 1930
McIntosh Battery & Optical Co., Chicago, Illinois
A process already known by the late nineteenth century, electrolysis sends an electrical current through a needle inserted into the hair follicle to permanently destroy the hair
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