Why EveryStrand exists
A quick note before I start: this is my own story, not medical advice. Everyone's experience of PCOS and hair growth is different.
After years of unwanted hair in unwanted places, I received a PCOS diagnosis. By then, I had already tried laser. It reduced the hair and made it finer, but it never fully removed it.
At a later consultation, I was told that for some people with hormonal conditions like PCOS, laser treatment can sometimes stimulate hair growth rather than reduce it, which made electrolysis feel like an even clearer choice.
So I started researching what permanent hair removal for PCOS actually looked like, and kept coming back to the same answer: electrolysis.
I remembered my mum having a small electrolysis machine when I was a child in the 90s, and her saying how painful it was. Even so, I felt hopeful. I booked with a local salon that offered electrolysis alongside other treatments, nervous but excited to have found something that might work.
The appointment was difficult. I was not given much explanation of what to expect, and I did not feel my skin type or PCOS had been properly discussed beforehand. I have mixed heritage and tan easily, and after that single session I developed hyperpigmentation that took over a year to fade.
I was disappointed and confused. Everything I had researched said electrolysis was the right path, so why had it gone so wrong?
That is when I found specialist electrolysis training and the BIAE, a UK professional membership body for electrolysis specialists. Through properly trained practitioners, I learned how electrolysis is meant to be delivered: in a clean, considered space, with skin type, hair growth patterns and medical history discussed before treatment begins; with regular comfort checks; and with clear guidance on how to reduce the risk of irritation or pigmentation.
That extra level of care made all the difference. It is where I found the results I had been looking for.
EveryStrand exists because of the gap between how electrolysis can be done, and how it is often actually experienced. I built it so that no one else has to go through what I did to find careful, considered, permanent hair removal.
Magdalena