An overview of options for removing unwanted hair

Hair on a woman's body is good only if it is on the head, eyebrows and eyelashes, everything else only spoils the appearance. The quirky female brain has not come up with any methods in order to remove hairs where it is better not to be. Each of the methods has its pros and cons, so it is impossible to say unequivocally which will be better, because each one decides it for herself. In this article, we will provide a short overview of the most popular ways to remove body hair.

Hair removal spring

Not the most popular method of hair removal, nevertheless, it also has its fans. The device itself is primitively trivial - a simple spring with two handles. Now, according to the same principle, another shape has been invented, somewhat reminiscent of scissors. Naturally, this thing is not at all suitable for bikini hair removal, unless, of course, you are a masochist and do not want to organize executions for yourself. But for removing thin facial hair, it can come in handy. Its big plus is called the ability to remove very thin and small hairs that are not captured, for example, by an epilator, and are clearly not visible to the eye. There is no need to be tagged for one hair, since the spring grabs several at once. Better not to use a spring to tidy up your eyebrows - one awkward movement and you are Mona Lisa.

The spring is very easy to use. To remove hairs, you need to bend the device, bring it to the problem area and start unscrewing the spring by the handles. Those who have tried this little thing actually say that the procedure is not painful at all, but some do not think so. It takes little time to remove the antennae on the face, and the result is amazing and long-lasting, because the hairs are removed along with the root. In general, if you still have not come up with a better way to deal with vegetation in the area of ​​the lips and cheeks, then you can test this funny device on yourself. You can buy it online. On average, the price of a spring is about 100 rubles.

Razor

Probably every woman knew all the delights of hair removal from a razor. This device is available to everyone and everyone, its price is relatively low, it itself is universal and can be used for almost any place for hair removal, except for eyebrows. Although there are also special razors-trimers, which are used to correct the eyebrows. The first thing that comes to mind when talking about the advantages of hair removal with a razor is the absolute painlessness of the procedure. In second place, you can put speed. What could be faster than walking through problem areas with this magic wand and immediately become smooth and silky?

However, there are much more negative sides and pitfalls here. The first is, of course, a short period of acquired smoothness, of which no trace remains the very next day. Hemp and stubble on the legs are not the most pleasant thing that you can find on yourself. And if we talk about the bikini area, then this is generally a quiet horror. Anyone who has ever tried to remove hair “there” in this way will definitely mention the itch from growing hairs. Among the disadvantages are all sorts of irritations that appear on the injured skin, and not at all aesthetic cuts that often remain after such a procedure. Nevertheless, there are still a lot of fans of the good old razor and they probably will never run out, because it is cheap and not at all painful.

Epilator

Regardless of the popularity of the brand, the principle of operation of all devices is absolutely identical. There is a drum on which miniature tweezers are located. After connecting to the network and turning on the device, the drum begins to rotate, and the tweezers begin to close-open, grabbing the hairs and pulling them out. The main difference between the devices offered by different manufacturers is only in the number of tweezers on the drum. Naturally, the more of them and the more often they are located, the better the effect will be. Now, by the way, you can find many different variations on sale. epilators with various useful and not very useful functions. For example, there are devices with a supply of cooled air, according to the manufacturer, this will reduce the severity of pain. There are appliances with a built-in shaver. Those. any hairs that have passed the forceps will be cut off with the blade. A kind of hybrid of a razor and an epilator. With some, you can even shave in the shower.

Nevertheless, no matter how the manufacturers dodge, it is not so easy to conquer a woman's heart with this monster. Many people began to abandon epilators for several reasons. First, it hurts, it hurts a lot. In addition, not always, even the best and most expensive epilator pulls out hairs the first time. For some hairs, he pulls several times, terribly irritating not only the delicate skin of his mistress, but also her nervous system. One or two such mockery of oneself and the device flies into the far corner of the utility room. After such a procedure, the skin does not look its best, especially sensitive. Often, epilators do not pull out the hair, but break it, i.e. the tip is torn off, and the root remains in place. For this reason, the epilator is the source of the appearance on the body of many ingrown hairs.

In general, if you like to hurt yourself, you can get yourself such a thing, especially since it is inexpensive.

Hair removal wax

Waxing can be hot, warm and cold. The beauty of cold wax is that it does not require heating and is often convenient to use because it is sold in strips. But at the same time, it cannot be called so effective, unless only on thin and weak hair. Warm wax is sold more often in cassettes and cartridges. Before using it, you need to thoroughly warm it up in a special device or in the microwave. It is applied simply, and removed with the help of special strips. Hot wax is probably the most effective of all and very easy to use. Often sold in pellets that can be melted quickly in a water bath. Then the composition is applied with a wooden spatula to the problem area, after which you need to wait for it to solidify and tear off. Voila, clean and smooth skin. The effect of such depilation is stunning and this smoothness lasts for a long time.

Despite the fact that the principle of hair removal for each wax is identical, it is less painful to do it with a hot one. Such hair removal is relatively budgetary and effective, for which many women who remain faithful to it fell in love with it. Probably the only disadvantage of using wax is traces of the composition itself, which can remain on the body after epilation. But this problem can be solved. For such purposes, a professional cosmetics store sells special lotions. But if you don't want to spend money, then you can use soap, fat cream or any oil. Simply apply any of the listed products and the wax will be easily removed from the skin.

Of course, as with most hair removal procedures, after waxing, irritation can appear on the skin, but it quickly disappears, leaving behind an amazing smoothness.

Hair removal with floss

Hair removal with a thread in some way resembles the spring that we talked about earlier. Only in this case you do not need to purchase anything, because there is a thread in every home. We'll have to adjust a little. Basically, with the help of a thread, weak hairs are removed, i.e. antennae and carry out eyebrow correction. You can find women who epilate their legs in this way. If you have a lot of free time, you can try.

The advantages of this technique are speed and amazing simplicity. And, of course, the cheapness, one might even say the procedure is free of charge. Of the minuses - a narrow field of application, i.e. except for the antennae and the correction of the eyebrows, nothing can be shaved anywhere.

Hair removal with tweezers

Think tweezers only remove hairs on the eyebrows and antennae? It was not so! Particularly persevering natures have adapted to cleanse the most diverse and accessible areas on the body from excess hair, including the armpits and bikinis. No matter how primitive it all looks, this method of hair removal has almost no contraindications and zero costs. A huge minus of hair removal with tweezers, especially if we talk about the bikini area, is the time. Imagine how much effort and time will be spent on it? Of course, over time, some get so done that they do it professionally quickly, but if everyone has the patience to reach such professionalism.

Many people call the main advantage of hair removal with tweezers that the device is small and always at hand. But try to remember how often you could so urgently need epilation in the wrong place? So that's a pretty ghostly plus. Of the minuses - pulling out of oneself by a thread is very dreary and painful. Therefore, let's say this method is not for everybody. If someone really enjoys it, then why not.

Chemical depilation

Chemical epilation means the removal of hairs using special formulations... Often they come in the form of creams and are very easy to use. The composition is applied to the hairy area and left for a while, on average from five to fifteen minutes, during this period the hairs dissolve, after which everything is removed with an additional tool included in the kit: a spatula, sponge, etc. Sounds very attractive: smooth skin, no irritation, long-lasting effect - this is how manufacturers praise their product. But what do we actually have?

Firstly, chemical hair removal often gives results only on fine hairs, and hard hairs remain in place. Secondly, there can be no talk of any long-term effect. It is not clear what exactly the manufacturer was counting on, assuring this, but hair growth is provided by the root, which remains intact, since this cream does not penetrate anywhere and it's good that so... In fact, all this is somewhat reminiscent of a simple procedure with a razor, only without a razor. Now there is a very large selection of a wide variety of depilatory creams, some of them work more or less, others do not give anything at all, and still others cause allergic reactions. Is it worth it to take such a risk when there is such a large choice in hair removal methods - to decide in each for itself.

Hair Removal Trimmer

A miniature device called a trimmer is used to remove hair more often on the face, less often in the bikini area. Such devices work on the principle of a razor. In general, it can be called a semblance of an electronic razor, i.e. the hairs are not pulled out, but cut close to the skin. Yes, they cannot remove vegetation for a long time, but using the device is very simple, so there is nothing difficult in taking care of yourself with a trimmer. It's very convenient with him shape the eyebrows, there is no need to pinch every eyebrow, the trimmer will shave everything at a time, will not cause any pain and discomfort. The main thing is only to choose a quality unit.

For the bikini zone, it is not suitable for everyone, because there is no point in making a deep bikini for them. But for those who like to pamper a loved one beautiful design "there" When making various haircuts, the trimmer will be a great helper. It is good to use such a device for performing a classic bikini, when the hairs are removed in the shape of the panties. But a serious disadvantage of the device is that it does not remove hairs from the root, which means that the scutellum will appear the next day.

The trimmer will be convenient to use in places where other epilation options are not available, such as when traveling. The cost of the device is different, depending on the manufacturer and configuration.

Shugaring

Shugaring can be compared to wax. Moreover, he is a direct competitor to him. Not only does it have a very high efficiency, but it is also much cheaper if you learn how to cook it yourself. But this is not the end of its advantages. The essential difference between hair removal with wax and shugaring is that in the first case, the application of the composition occurs according to hair growth, and removal with a jerk against. In shugaring, everything is exactly the opposite. The composition is always applied against the growth, it is removed with jerks along the hair growth. This technique allows you to reduce pain. Removing hair according to its growth helps prevent possible hair breakage, so that after sugaring, ingrown hairs will never appear. Those who claim that ingrown hairs are present violate the method of working with shugaring.

Surprisingly, after sugar epilation, irritation disappears from the skin much faster, and often it is not so strong or may not be at all. Preparing such a paste is very simple, just as easy to achieve the desired consistency. Unlike wax, the remains of the composition on the body are easily removed - you just need to rinse them off with water. Of the minuses, one can name the fact that to work with shugaring, you have to fill your hand and get used to working quickly and efficiently, because the paste quickly begins to melt in your hands, which makes it completely ineffective. However, if you have had experience with waxing, then shugaring will be easier.

Laser hair removal

The modern industry offers a large selection of laser hair removal, so every woman can find the perfect method for herself.

• The ruby ​​laser is one of the oldest types of lasers, its use began as early as the 98s of the twentieth century. But despite the rich variety, it is still used by some clinics and salons. The laser affects the skin for about three milliseconds. They can get rid of exclusively dark hair that is on light skin, but on light hair it will be absolutely useless, with dark skin there is a high risk of pigmentation or even burns.
• Alexandrite gives a longer wavelength than ruby, and the pulse repetition rate exceeds it by as much as five times. Due to the high power, such a laser can be used to affect light hairs, but still no one will give a complete guarantee of removing all hair. On dark skin, there is also a risk of burns and pigmentation, but less. Both before and after this procedure, tanning is strictly prohibited.
• A neodymium laser surpasses both of the above aggregates in wavelength, so it can already give a full guarantee of the removal of light hairs. However, there is a need to remove the hairs with hot wax before the procedure itself. After that, a special composition is applied to the body, which stains the hair follicles in a dark color. It is thanks to this approach that they can remove absolutely any hair.
• Diode laser in its contraindications, it is somewhat similar to ruby, showing its uselessness on light hair. But unlike him, he can fully destroy the hair follicle.
• Elos is one of the most advanced developments and combines two types of action - current and light. We can say that this is a kind of hybrid of electric and laser hair removal. The emitted laser beam heats the hair, after which a current is launched through a special needle. This effect allows you to destroy hair at a serious depth, about six millimeters, while conventional laser hair removal can penetrate only four millimeters.
• Cool epilation is sometimes referred to as cold. The technique implies all the same effect of laser burning, only the speed of operation of such a device is much faster than with other options. Therefore, clients practically do not feel anything during the procedure. Since cool hair removal works exclusively with hair, it can be used without fear, even on dark skin.

It is impossible to say which hair removal is better, because each of them is designed for its own purposes. Only a specialist can choose the best method. Hair removal with the help of a laser is the most convenient option because after the completed course of procedures, you can forget about vegetation for several years. But a significant disadvantage is the cost, which can seriously hit most wallets.

Photoepilation

Method of work photoepilation very similar to laser hair removal - the hair absorbs light energy, converting it into heat, which has a destructive effect on the follicle. However, the big advantage of photoepilation over lasers is that it can be used for any skin tone and hair color. Modern devices are equipped with double filters that prevent burns.

Among the advantages of photoepilation are:

• lack of pain;
• the ability to remove hairs at great depths, including ingrown hairs;
• there is no vegetation on the body for up to six months;
• this way you can remove hair from all parts of the body;
• high performance guarantee;
• harmless to the skin;
• the duration of the procedure is no more than twenty minutes.

However, there are also disadvantages, for example:

• despite the fact that there are no contraindications for dark skin, the procedure must be done with great care;
• pigmentation may appear;
• in some cases, peeling appears on the skin;
• if the device is old, or an unqualified specialist comes across, you can still get burns;
• to completely cleanse the body of hairs, several procedures are needed.

Before the procedure, the skin must be prepared. The treated areas are examined for wounds and abrasions, the type of skin is determined and the specialist decides which wavelength to choose. He is obliged to tell about the procedure itself, how everything happens and works, to enlighten on the topic of possible sensations and consequences. A couple of weeks before photoepilation, tanning is contraindicated, a month before the procedure, hairs from the body can be removed only with a razor, and the day before the session you do not need to shave at all.

The procedure itself is carried out as follows. The client lies down on the couch and puts on special glasses. A gel is applied to the treated area, the purpose of which is to protect the skin from the light emitted by the apparatus, so as not to get a burn. For five to ten minutes, the specialist treats the selected area with a manipulator with a tip, after which the session ends and a soothing cream is applied to the skin. There are no unpleasant sensations in the procedure, only with very rare exceptions there may be a slight burning sensation and tingling sensations, but this is the norm and is completely tolerable.

In this article, we have considered just a few options for removing unwanted vegetation, in fact there are many more. The choice of a specific technique is yours. Love yourself and be beautiful!