Removing Facial Hair Options
Posted: Thursday, August 07, 2008
by Connie Limon
In this article you will find several methods for removing facial hair:
Tweezing
- Quick, cheap and provides excellent results for both brows and chin
- You will want to pluck one hair at a time in the direction it grows
Depilatory creams
- Dissolve hair fast and effectively
- Results last for up to 2 weeks
- May irritate sensitive skin
- Will need to pretest on forearm before using
- Choose cream especially designed for the face
- Do not apply to cuts or scratches
- Quick, simple and becoming more popular among women
- Was once not recommend at all
- The blunt ends may make the hair look thicker as it grows back in
- Never shave dry skin
- Use soap or shaving cream
- Stay away from your brows to protect your eyes
- Use a post shave product to keep ingrown hairs and irritation in check
- I personally think shaving is best for legs and armpits, however, others may find good results with shaving facial hair.
Waxing
- Gives you the best at-home results for eye brows and upper lips
- Stings for just a moment
- You will enjoy smooth skin for 2 to 4 weeks
- For best results you will need to wait for hair to grow to inch before re-waxing
- Try one of the no-heat gel waxing kits
- If you are uneasy about doing it yourself, go to a salon
Electrolysis
- Permanent hair removal done by sealing off the hair root with an electric current
- Works for all body parts including the face
- The cost varies from $30 to $60 for a 15-minute treatment
- Requires a series of treatments
- An electrologist inserts a fine needle into the hair follicle. A current travels to the needle's tip and seals off the root
- Hair gets finer as finer after each treatment until it stops growing back
- Removing the hairs can sting and temporary scabs will develop after treatment
- Do not schedule appointments when you are premenstrual because your body will be more sensitive
Laser
- Permanent hair reduction
- Uses a intense pulsed light to damage hair growth at the root
- Cost approximately $250-900
- Takes about six treatments to destroy up to 80 percent of the hair
- A cold gel is applied to the skin, then a laser is put over the area, the gel is removed, and the hair falls out over the next two weeks
- Can reduce hair in large quantities for a long period of time
- Feels like a pinch
- Does not work for everyone
- Works best on fair skinned people with dark hair
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