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T HE M AGIC B EHIND E- PEN

Apply conductive gel provided to treatment area. Insert cotton bud/Q tip into gold

cotton bud/Q tip holder. (If using double-ended cotton bud/Q tip, cut in half). Dip cotton

bud/Q tip into gel and apply to treatment area. Small pulses of completely safe electrical

energy pass through the gel on to the cotton bud/Q tip. When the cotton bud/Q tip is

applied to the treatment area, this energy passes through to the hair follicle. The water

and salt solution are then chemically changed to sodium hydroxide, which slowly

destroys the hair root and papilla. This allows for the painless and permanent removal

of the hair.

H AIR G ROWTH C YCLES

To understand how hairs grow and how you can remove them permanently, there are

three things you need to know. First, a person has more than 500 of these follicles per

square inch. Each of these follicles are capable of growing a hair at any time. However,

less than 20% of them grow at the same time.

Second, the hair follicles grow in cycles. Since not all grow at the same time, there are

periods of rest for the follicles. During this rest period, the hair may remain in the follicle

for a long time or it may fall out. The follicle actually shrinks during the rest period and

the dermal papilla cells are separated from the bottom of the follicle. When the rest

period is over, the follicle grows down to meet the dermal papilla again, and the cells

start making another hair. This cycling of each follicle goes on for a lifetime.

For many of the hairs that are typically treated by permanent methods, the period of

active growth may only last for 2 weeks after you see the hair. As you will learn, it is vital

to treat these hairs within this 2 week period while they are still growing.

Third, it takes 8-12 weeks for a hair to grow from the base of the follicle to the surface

of the skin so you can see it. What this means is that even if you just tweeze a hair out,

you have to wait 8-12 weeks for the hair to grow again. Many people think if they tweeze

H ANDS F REE C ONDUCTIVE G EL P ADS

The pads work the same way as above. The self-adhesive pads also contain conductive

gel, ready for treatment. Simply apply the self-adhesive pads which are connected to

the main unit via a lead, slide the function button to

FACE PAD or BODY PAD, then

sit back and relax - The

Verseo e-PEN will do the rest.

NB: Read Page 8 - “How to use your e-PEN.”

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