About Facial Hair Removers

For women, there are few things as embarrassing as having stray hairs on the chin or the outline of a mustache. Some women have excess facial hair at the sides of their faces. There are a number of ways to get rid of any facial hair that is causing embarrassment.

Significance

The hair on the face is more delicate than the hair on the underarms and legs. This means that special care must be taken to get rid of it. And for women, it's also important to use a method that won't leave behind stubble. This has lead to an array of methods that will remove facial hair for longer than shaving it and that will leave the skin smoother than a razor could.

Function

Some facial hair removers use chemicals to dissolve the facial hair. These are called depilatory creams, and they generally come with some type of soothing lotion ingredients to make the skin feel smooth afterward. The upside to depilatory creams is that they leave the skin very smooth and the hair-free area will not start to grow hair for about two weeks. The downside is that they generally have a strong, unpleasant odor. They can also make the skin red for an hour or two after use.

Types

Plucking away facial hair can be done with tweezers. This can damage the hair follicles and cause them to be larger. This can cause the hair to grow back crooked. While this method is inexpensive, it is also one of the most painful. A less painful method is laser hair removal. This is done by having a laser technician target a laser toward the area and allowing it to destroy the hair growing there. After a few treatments with a laser, the hair will not grow back at all.

Identification

Waxing and sugaring are ways to pull facial hair out and keep it out for a long time. Waxing is done by applying a hot or cold wax to the area, placing a strip of cloth onto the wax and then ripping the wax away. Sugaring is done with the same method, substituting sugar water mixed with lemon juice for wax.

Features

Threading is a lesser-known facial hair removal method that works much like plucking. Instead of plucking the hairs from the follicles one at a time, threading removes them several at a time. The thread must be held at three points and then twisted across the hair to be removed. Because it is a complex procedure to learn, many women visit a trained aesthetician for their threading. The results are hair-free areas that won't grow back for several weeks.