Electrolysis Unplugged
Step-by-Step: How to Open Your Electrolysis Business
SEASON 3 FINALE ️ Step-by-Step: How to Open Your Electrolysis Business You learned how to treat the follicle. Now what? For our Season 3 finale of Electrolysis Unplugged , Stephanie and Joanie are taking the conversation beyond the treatment table and walking through what it actually takes to turn your electrology education into a working business. Whether your future looks like a home studio, salon suite, private treatment room, medical setting, or eventually something much bigger, the first step is understanding what you’re building — and putting a plan behind it. In this episode, we break down the process step-by-step: defining your business vision, researching state and local requirements, choosing a business name and structure, separating your finances, understanding insurance, estimating startup expenses, choosing a location, purchasing equipment, and planning for the months when your schedule isn’t full yet. We also dig into the numbers. Using our Electrolysis Income Projection Tool, we look at how pricing, available treatment hours, booking percentages, fixed expenses, variable costs, and growth can change what your business actually produces. Because an hourly rate isn't the same thing as an hourly income — and a full schedule doesn't automatically mean a profitable business. Most importantly, your first practice does not have to be your forever practice. Build something appropriate for where you are now. Understand your numbers. Protect yourself. Learn your local requirements. Give yourself room to grow. Season 3 has been about becoming stronger, more informed electrologists. We're closing it by asking you to think about what happens when you take those skills and build something of your own. Electrolysis Unplugged — Season 3 Finale Step-by-Step: How to Open Your Electrolysis Business Presented by Stephanie Shields & Joanie Gonella Electrology Education Coalition
