How to Remove Hair With Chemical Hair Removers

With the choice of creams, gels or spray-ons, chemical hair removers offer a wide selection of added scents and softeners to pamper your skin after dissolving the unwanted hair. In addition, a depilatory might dissolve part of the hair shaft below the skin's surface, leaving your legs hair-free for a couple of weeks.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Chemical hair remover product
• Soft washcloth
• Warm water

1. Choose a product for your hair and skin type. This may involve buying more than one product to remove the hair on different areas of your body. The coarse hair on your shins requires a strong product that can burn the delicate skin on your face.
2. Follow the recommended skin allergy test, especially if you've never used a specific brand before. This involves spreading a tiny amount on one leg, leaving it for the recommended time, then removing it and waiting 24 hours to make sure you don't develop a skin reaction.
3. Proceed to treat the entire area when the skin test reveals no allergic reaction. Spread or spray the chemical hair remover on your skin, making sure you apply it evenly. Be careful when using the spray-on variety because the overspray will burn if it comes into contact with your mouth, eyes or genital area.
4. Test after the minimum recommended time by gently wiping off a spot with a warm damp cloth. If the hair comes off easily, leaving no stubble, continue to wipe off the rest of the depilatory. If not, test again every couple of minutes.
5. Shower to remove leftover chemical residue after wiping the depilatory off. However, don't just hop in the shower instead of using the washcloth as the gentle friction of the cloth against your skin is needed to loosen the dissolved hair from the follicle.
6. Apply a good hypoallergenic moisturizer and avoid direct sunlight for 12 hours if your skin is tender.