Charles Michel (American ophthalmologist)
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'''Charles Michel''' was an [[United States|American]] [[ophthalmology|ophthalmologist]] best known for publishing the first clinical report of successful [[electrology]] in [[1875]].
Michel was practicing in [[St. Louis, Missouri]], when he began using a battery-powered needle epilator to treat [[trichiasis]] (ingrown [[eyelash]]es) in 1869. This [[direct current]]–powered method was called [[electrolysis]] because a chemical reaction in the [[hair follicle]] causes [[sodium hydroxide]] to form, which damages the follicle. Electrolysis is also sometimes called galvanic electrolysis.
== References ==
*Michel CE. Trichiasis and distichiasis; with an improved method for radical treatment. ''St. Louis Clinical Record,'' 1875 Oct; 2:145-148
*Wagner RF Jr, Brysk H, Tyring SK. Revisiting the Michel/Green controversy of 1879: was [[Carron du Villards]] the first to use probe/needle electrolysis for permanent hair destruction? ''International Journal of Dermatology'' 1997 Dec;36(12):947-51.
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