Electrolysis By Debra

Electrolysis By Debra is a privately run electrolysis office in Fort Lauderdale, owned and operated locally by its founder, Debra Matos. The office sits at the corner of University Drive and Oakland Park Boulevard inside the Belle Terre Medical Complex. Clients come from Fort Lauderdale and across Broward County, including Coral Springs, Davie, Pembroke Pines, Sunrise, Plantation and Tamarac, as well as the wider south Florida area. The business has served clients in the area for many years, according to its own account.

Visits happen in a private office with a separate waiting room, not in a beauty salon. Every appointment is booked in advance. Office hours cover weekdays, evenings and weekends. Before any treatment, a free consultation is offered to talk through hair-removal goals and map out a plan. Plans are tailored to each client's hair growth pattern, the area being treated and their overall needs. Cooling airflow can be used during treatment for comfort. Treatments are booked in 15- and 30-minute blocks, and eyebrow work follows the same timing.

Electrolysis works on individual hair follicles. A fine probe delivers electrical energy to each follicle, and the treated hair is then removed. Because hair grows in cycles, several appointments are usually needed, with hairs treated as they move into an active growth stage. The office uses the blend method or thermolysis, and sets out disposable probes and sterile disposable materials for each treatment, following sanitation and sterilization procedures. The business states that the FDA recognizes electrolysis as a permanent hair-removal method and describes its services as gentle, effective and affordable. It also describes its breast hair removal as offering the best such service in Fort Lauderdale, a claim it makes itself.

For clients not yet ready for permanent removal, the office also offers waxing. Clients with sensitive skin and hard-to-treat facial areas are served, and the practice works with a range of skin types.

Treatment is built around each client's individual hair growth, skin and treatment area, and works on each follicle as hairs enter an active growth stage over several appointments.

A private office with its own waiting room, set away from the feel of a beauty salon.