Cheap and quick do it yourself hair removal in your own home are discussed first, then more expensive, professional help in facial hair removal is then discussed.
The do it yourself most economically best hair removal products for women with coarse hair on their upper lip and chin are in correct order; wax, tweezers, depilatories, epilators and lastly shaving.
1 Wax
Do not use sugar wax which is soft and very hard to use. Use the microwaveable wax that is rock hard when cold. If not sure, open the package and check that it is a very hard wax. If do not wish to open packaging at the store then make sure is says the word ‘hard’ or ‘microwaveable’ on the package. Brand names include ‘Nair Hair Removal Microwave’, ‘Parissa Warm Wax Microwaveable’ and ‘GiGi Microwave Tweezeless. or any other hard wax will work well. Remember to stay away from any soft waxes which would have labels that contain the words ‘sugar’ or ‘honey’.
2 Tweezers
High quality tweezers are expensive and this precision tool should be not abused. Tweezers must be cared for in order to do the delicate job on your face. The tips need to be perfectly aligned to grab the hair without fail for quick work. After waxing, use the tweezers to touch up afterwards or in between waxings. Waxing very coarse hairs do not pull the hair out all the way sometimes. Waxing before tweezing makes the hair slip right out. Without waxing, tweezing will break off with the root still in – that’s just as bad as shaving.
There are many tip styles for tweezers; pointed, rounded, slant, straight and tong. Tweezers can be gold or nickel plated. A stoned tipped tweezer has ceramic tips for better gripping for a very sure grip on the hair. An automatic tweezer is when the tweezer retracts while the handle are squeezed and should not be confused with epilators, which is a tiny spring that turns quickly. There is even a tweezer with a LED light on it.
3 Depilatories
Easy to use and not painful, some of the brand names for depilatories include Nair, Lee, Surgi-Cream and Bikini Bare. Depilatories are harsh on your skin and may leave red marks on your skin if left on too long. If skin is too sensitive then instead of waiting a few minutes and scraping it off with a no blade shaver plastic depilatory straight edge, instead – use a tiny half size Japanese eyebrow razor to shave without cuts immediately after spreading a depilatory cream on your upper lip.
4 Shaving
A stop gap measure for one who doesn’t have the time, or between other hair removal treatments. For example the instructions for the ‘ONE TOUCH Painless Tweezer’ recommends to shave if the hair is longer than 1/8 of an inch or 3mm.
5 Hair bleaching is when all else fails but NOT on the same day as other treatment. Your skin can only take so many harsh chemicals and mixing them up within a short time will make the skin red and sore.
The following hair removal methods are either painfully expensive or simply cause pain.
Electrolysis is extremely painful and work by thermolysis, it burns it up. Stick a very tiny needle connected to a 9-volt battery into the hair pore and leave it in for up to a minute. If go too deep, will get a skin eruption which are more noticeable than the hair. Professional electrolysists are not licensed by some states. The do it at home electrolysis is difficult and do not believe the advertising that says it is painless. It is not worth the time or pain for a treatment that one would have to endure over and over again. The manual for any electrolysis at home will say on the instructions that the treatment takes time, patience and practice and that you will perfect your technique in the long run. Doesn’t sound very permanent to me. I paid for a 15 minute electrolysis on my eyebrows and had to end it after seven minutes when she told me that it would take numerous sessions.
Painless tweezers manufacturers advertise that a dry system using radio wavelengths burns the hair to the hair shaft root, but still have to hold on that one tiny hair for up to an entire minute at a time. Laser thermolysis heats the hair follicles also. After three months of repeated laser treatments, the advertising for the laser hair removal states that “the hair will start falling out. I don’t believe it.
Rotary epilators are a spring that spins very fast. They hurt quite a bit and break off the hairs after stretching it. The snapped hair curls up in its own pore and create ‘shave’ bumps.
The antiandrogen drug Spironolactone for hirsute women is sold under various brand names.
All these expensive painful treatments that take a long time and all involve burning the hair follicle. Men who prostitute as woman burn off their hairs with a cigarette lighter.
Shaving appears to make the hair thicker only because the hair is cut at a perpendicular to the skin. Depilatories and waxing do not and therefore when the hair grows back it has a soft tip and at first appears thin but if allowed to grow will soon be at full thickness. Shaving does not make your hair get thicker or every13-year-old boy would have a full beard from shaving.
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