Methods In Getting Rid Of Body Hair
These days, a woman can’t just raise her hands without making sure her underarm is hairless. Smiling isn’t enough as well, she also has to remove any trace of whiskers on her upper lip. And if you believe she wears sleeveless shirts and mini shorts on her relaxed days, think once more. Most probably, she didn’t wake up and simply donned those clothes at once. She still needed to shave or wax her arms and legs.
While hair removal is very normal for the ladies, some “macho” men also remove their unwanted hair on the body. While the ladies will not raise a brow upon seeing a hairy man, they likely will not be eager to present themselves to him as well. Some men realize that cutting or getting rid of their face and body hair is more attractive to ladies. It can also be that they find being hair-free more comfortable and hygienic than being covered with their own hair.
Removing excess hair is a practice that goes back in the ancient times. What advantages or aesthetic functions they got in hair removal then is still true now.
Those who want to remove unwanted facial and body hairs can choose either to depilate or epilate. Depilating is the removal of the hair from above the skin surface, while epilating is getting rid of the entire hair from root to tip.
In depilating, the most popular ways are shaving, trimming, and applying creams that break the protein bonds of the hair, splitting it from above the skin. There are those who also use friction to buff away hair. Common epilating styles include waxing, sugaring, plucking, and threading. And while these techniques are admittedly more painful, hair will take longer to grow back.
For those who are willing to paymore money, there are permanent ways to remove and reduce hair. Electrolysis permanently removes hair by applying electricity to a solid hair-thin metal probe that is slid into every hair follicle. This will cause contained damage to the follicles, which is responsible for generating hair.
For permanent hair reduction, a favorite method is laser hair removal. As the name indicates, it uses laser to cause localized damage in the part that causes hair growth. There is also the Intense Pulsed Light or IPL. Sometimes called as Flashlamps, this process uses light of different wavelengths to remove hair and treat various skin conditions such as hyperpigmentation.
The aforesaid techniques vary on effectiveness, price, ease in using, duration of time the hair grows back, and other factors. Whatever method you choose, always apply caution as each one has its own pros and cons.
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