Paul W. DesRuisseaux M.D. Paul W. DesRuisseaux, M.D. is a physician with
offices in Houston, Texas. Websites and printed materials promoting
a "transdermal electrolysis" device made by American
Hair Removal Systems (AHRS) have listed him as an expert. He is
also listed as a distributor of the "transcutaneous electrolysis"
device made by  International Hair Removal
Systems (IHRS). IHRS is simply a new name for AHRS. Both companies
are operated by the same people.
Treatment with the AHRS or IHRS
devices such as SuperPhaser Gold should be avoided by all consumers.
There is no published data showing it can remove hair permanently.
Reputable doctors usually do not associate themselves with these
devices.
Contact information:
Address: Houston Cosmetic Surgery &
Vein Center, 6601 Tarnef Drive, Suite # 204B, Houston, TX 77074-3634
Phone: (713) 271-1745
Fax: (713)
271-1745
Also listed on search engines
as:
Paul Wintle Desruisseaux
Paul W. Des Ruisseaux
W.D. Paul
His business listing comes up under the headings "Electrolysis
Treatments," plastic surgery, and breast implants.
(see http://www.e-eldercare.com/genp.htm
and http://www.breast-implant.org/members.htm
for examples.)
The American Medical Association
lists him as a non-member with offices at:
4100 Westheimer Rd. Suite 115, Houston TX 77027 (713) 960-9414*
* (however, this number is listed on other search
sites as an attorney's fax number)
AMA lists him as graduating University of Ottawa Medical
School in 1957 with a specialty in Plastic Surgery.
Notable quack comments
One AHRS sales site
states that DesRuisseaux is "an Advisory Board Member and
the Medical Director for the Dermal International Research Institute
in Houston, Texas." There is no research institute by that
name listed in any Houston directory.
This sales site quotes Dr. DesRuisseaux comments from "a
seminar held in Sidney [sic], Australia." His answers
are quoted verbatim below. In typical quack fashion, an established
industry is trying to keep this medical miracle from consumers
in order to preserve their own interests. In response, the "transdermal
electrolysis" promoters attempted to form their own trade
association variously called International Institute of Non-Invasive
Electrolysis, I-ONE, I-NONE, etc., all of which seems to be defunct
at the time of this writing.
Q. What are the advantages of this method over the well-established
needle electrolysis?
A. They are numerous. The main ones are: No pain, like the
needle. No redness or irritation. No scarring. No permanent
hyperpigmentation. No crusting or infection. No bruising or
bleeding. There are also some additional advantages such as:
More accuracy, since there is no need to worry about the angle
of the hair shaft and the depth of the follicle as with needle
electrolysis. No retained or broken needle. No deeper tissue
damage. No transmission of diseases to patient or operator.
No regrowth due to faulty technique. No psychological trauma;
this has been found with patients who have a low tolerance to
pain and discontinue their treatment thereby leaving them with
a feeling of frustration and despair which tends to make them
much more obsessive of their condition. Some of these patients
persist with their treatment but live in fear of pain and other
side effects, making for a stressful situation.
Q. Why Is it not well known?
A. The system has been on the market only a few years, and,
additionally, it has encountered extensive opposition
from the needle electrologists and their associations,
which has slowed appreciably its expansion.
Q. Why would the electrologists refuse to accept such an important
new development while they readily accepted other less important
developments in their field?
A. 'This is a difficult question to answer and deserves analysis.
In my opinion. this opposition has multiple causes such as:
electrologists are trained to believe tweezer electrolysis does
not work. This was true in the past with RF (Radio Frequency)
systems; but, the new, galvanic current system has rendered
this myth invalid. We have a radically new development which
is likely to financially hurt the electrologists' profession
as it currently exists. In fact, it makes the needle method
practically obsolete, since it achieves the same results or
better, without the side effects mentioned previously. Consequently,
this means that needle electrologists, if they want to survive,
will have to buy new equipment and adapt to a new method. Many
of them are not currently ready to do so, and , at this stage,
are not convinced that the new methodology is as effective as
their own method. Needless to say the schools of electrology
and the manufacturers of needle electrolysis equipment stand
to lose considerably. Consequently, their opposition to change
is understandable under the circumstances.
Q. Is the present opposition to the new procedure responsible
in any way for the formation of the new international association
for non-invasive electrolysis?
A. Yes, since there is a need to neutralize these attacks,
but the main goals of this new association remain to provide
education to its members, to continuously improve the equipment
and technique, and to get the method universally known and accepted.
In fact, there is nothing to stop, or even slow down a rapid
expansion of the new procedure all over the world. Already,
in addition to the USA, it has been introduced in many countries
such as England, Korea. Germany, Canada, Australia and New Zealand
to name a few. We are also counting on the new association to
spread the word.
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