Skin-cooling probe

An electrolysis method for removing hair from the human body, comprising:

• (a) equiping the index finger of one hand of an operator with a cooling device by inserting the index finger of said one hand into a socket supporting said cooling device;
• (b) holding an area of skin having a hair to be removed from it taut using the middle finger and thumb of said one hand to provide an effective surface for cooling;
• (c) applying said cooling device to the immediate area of skin surrounding said hair to be removed to anesthetize said area to reduce the ability of said area of skin to sense pain;
• (d) equiping the other hand of the operator with an electrolysis probe and tweezers;
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• (e) using said electrolysis probe and tweezers to remove said hair while said skin is being held taut and is anesthetized.

Apparatus for skin-cooling and electrolysis without the picking up and putting down of instruments, comprising:

• (a) support means for performing a supporting function;
• (b) a finger socket comprising a tube-like member rigidly fixed to said support means at a point on said support means and adapted to receive the index finger of an operator;
• (c) heat dissipation means for dissipating heat, said heat dissipation means having a base;
• (d) mounting means rotably attaching said support means to said heat dissipation means with only one angular degree of freedom at a point on said heat dissipation means opposite the base of said heat dissipation means;
• (e) cooling means rigidly fixed to the base of said heat dissipation means, said finger socket being rotable relative to said cooling means to allow manipulation of said cooling means with only one angular degree of freedom by said index finger and the pulling taut of skin by the thumb and middle finger of said one hand, whereby the other hand of the operator is free to use a tweezer and electrolysis probe and perform electrolysis without the picking up and putting down of instruments;
• (g) an electrolysis probe;
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• (h) tweezers, said tweezers and probe adapted to be held in the other hand of the operator, whereby the operator may perform electrolysis without picking up and putting down instruments.