Saras World

"Owing to the nature of male-type facial hair, many TS patients find electrolysis an unpleasantly painful process. Protracted sessions (two hours continuous treatment is not unusual) repeated frequently over a period of years can be traumatic for many patients, especially as pain threshold has been found to decrease under hormone treatment, whilst electrolysis without hormone therapy is frequently ineffective. The problem of pain for TS patients undergoing electrolysis should not be underestimated; pain that is severe enough to make the patient flinch makes the electrologist’s task very difficult and may lead to skin damage if the patient cannot avoid moving while the needle is inserted. The pain and its consequent problems can be eased by three possible methods: topical anaesthesia, analgesics and sedatives."