- Shaving, cutting and sanding are the most temporary means of removing hair, by removing hair from the surface of the skin, lasting one to three days
- Tweezing, waxing, depilatories that melt the hair and threading are means of removing hair from the face by pulling the hair from or melting the hair from the follicle. Depending on the method the results can last from one day to several weeks.
- Pulsed light, laser light therapies and electrolysis are more permanent means and can stop hair growth permanently. Many treatments may be required before hair loss is permanent as groups of hair follicles follow different growth phases and the light must penetrate the follicle at the right growth phase. Pulsed light and laser light therapies work best on dark hair.
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Accepted norms change and when considering permanent hair removal one must take this into consideration.
Eyebrow styles and thicknesses, especially, change over the years as would customary appearance of hair at the nape of the neck and at the crown. Because permanent methods are so extreme it is best to take possible changes in culture and societal norms into consideration before modifying one's body permanently. -
In the Elizabethan era, a high forehead became popular when women began dyeing there hair red, like Queen Elizabeth, with a combination of sulfuric acid and rhubarb juice, resulting in hair loss. To accentuate the new fashion, eyebrows were sometimes removed.
At another place and point in time the uni-brow was considered very chic.
