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Depends on the surgery. If it's for bottom surgery then yes, electrolysis will be necessary. Your surgeon should give you clear instructions about where and how they require hair removal.
My surgeon said they could do electrolysis on the remaining hairs when I was under general anaesthetic
They did, yes. I just wasn't sure if the electrolysis tech would be able to tell if a hair follicle was dealt with already or if they would have to do each one regardless of whether hair remained.
Electrologists have you grow the hair on the target area out for a day or two before the appointment so they can see where the hairs are. For genital hair the best approach is to not shave but trim the hair short the day before (use a guard on the trimmers!!). That ensures any hair that can still grow will have the best possible chance to be spotted. You'll probably have appointments on a weekly or bi-weekly basis over the course of several months so it's unlikely that one would slip through.
I heard some surgeon use a chemical based permanent hair removal on the inverted part of skin tissue. But I just heard it second hand.
I have not heard that but the surgeon I went to did offer hip skin grafts if someone was not wanting to do electrolysis as that skin is hair free on most people.