Your Guide to Permanent Hair Removal | Bye-Bye Waxing!!
Ask a girl ‘What’s your favorite season?’ and she’ll reply ‘Winters always!!’. Winters mean you do not have to worry about shaving your body hair or book painful waxing appointments. We understand your pain girls and thus bring you this extremely considerable article on permanent hair removal techniques.
In this article, we will first discuss the anatomy of body hair and then move to permanent hair removal techniques that are a boon for summers. So, let’s jump into it without further ado.
How does Hair Grow on Your Body?
Body hair, also known as androgenic hair in scientific terms, is similar to your head hair, albeit a little lighter, shorter, and less visible. Body hair is grown on our bodies after hitting puberty when the soft little peach fuzz is replaced by tiny-thin hair.
Our bodies have hair follicles throughout the underlayer of the skin, the follicles responsible for hair birth. Whenever we shave or wax our hands or legs, they only remove an upper visible layer of hair or the body hair from roots respectively, but never the follicles. However permanent hair removal methods target these hair follicles, stopping the process of re-emerging body hair completely.
Permanent Hair Removal Methods
We assume now you understand how permanent hair removal methods do their magic in general. But to understand different types of permanent hair removal methods and get a deeper knowledge about them, follow the article below.
Laser Hair Removal
Laser hair removals are in trend these days; almost all celebrities get them. It’s one of the long-term hair removal techniques which targets the hair follicles.
Laser hair removal is a medical procedure done by professionals where a laser is focused on a part of skin using a hair-removing device. These lasers damage the hair follicles and stop the process of regrowing hair. Each laser takes about a fraction of a second and treats much hair at the same time. The smaller area such as the upper lips takes about less than a minute whereas larger areas like the back and legs can take about an hour to complete.
Benefits
- Precise doesn’t affect the unwanted areas
- A speedy process
- An effective technique with results in 3-6 months of treatment
Electrolysis
Electrolysis works on a similar principle as laser hair removal; destroying the hair follicles that stimulate the growth of body hair. It’s a permanent hair removal technique where hair follicles are targeted through shortwave radio frequencies. These frequencies are distributed on the skin through fine needles placed directly onto the hair follicles themselves.
Electrolysis, similar to laser hair removal, is a serious procedure which is needed to be operated by a certified dermatologist or a professional electrologist. You will need to take several appointments and follow-ups to see the result, which can vary depending on an individual’s growth.
Benefits
- Works for almost all skin types
- Can be done anywhere on the body
- Has very rare side effects
- Proven to show 99% results
Prescription Creams
Prescription creams can be the perfect hair removal method for you if you don’t want to go through the hefty do’s and don’ts of laser hair removal and electrolysis procedure. It is also a great hair removal alternative if your pocket doesn’t allow other permanent hair removal methods.
These prescription creams, like Vaniqa, are dermatologist prescribed, and ought to be applied twice on a daily basis. These creams restrain the enzyme production in your body responsible for hair growth.
The reports have proven that the effects of prescription creams last up to 6-8 weeks and then you can renew the process all over.
Benefits
- It’s cheap compared to other permanent hair removal methods
- Slower’s the hair growth process
Other Hair Removal Methods
The permanent hair removal methods are not quick in results like temporary hair removal techniques. So if you are in a hurry to remove your body hair, temporary hair removal techniques are best to approach like:
- Shaving
- Waxing
- Tweezing
- Sugaring
Conclusion
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