How to Remove the Hair on Your Body
Hair removal has been attempted in one way or another for the last two thousand years. In the 1900s the electric razor became popular. By the end of the 1900s both lazer removal and epilators came out.
The electric razor works fine, but the hair grows back. Lazer hair removal is a great way to eliminate the hair if you have the money for it. Epilators are a great at home method for long term hair removal with amazing results. Much of the hair removed with an epilator will not grow back after multiple uses of the epilator.
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Instructions
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The first time you epilate hair can be a bit difficult if you have never pulled the hair out before. Since you are pulling the hair out for the first time there can be some level of discomfort. But, the good news is that after the first time it gets much easier.
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Make sure that the hair you are epilating is short. It should be just a bit above the skin. If the hair is longer, use your available hand to gently hold the hair all in one direction away from the epilator. Move the epilator against your skin closest to the roots of the hair you are holding.
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The instruction manuals that come with epilators all say to epilate in the direction that the hair grows. It is actually better to do the opposite. If the hair is longer then go with the epilator instruction manual so that the epilator pulls the hair closest to the base of the hair. When the hair is short, more hair is removed when the epilator goes against the direction of the hair growth.
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When you first start using your epilator, use it often. Epilate the area as often as you feel hair growth. The more often you use the epilator in the beginning the quicker you get to the point of hardly ever having to use the epilator.
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After you have epilated an area a few times, you might notice ingrown hairs. You can either wait for them to push their way out or if they are close to the skin surface, gently scratch the skin with your fingernail to help the hair come above the skin. Then take a tweezer or the epilator and remove the hair. This stage will only last for a month or so if you use your epilator often.
The biggest plus of ingrown hairs is that they are the least likely to come back. The roots are weak and pulling the hair out a second time often kills the root.
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In really sensitive areas, you might notice red bumps after epilating the area. Do not hesitate to continue epilating that area. As the hair roots die the areas will no longer develop the red bumps. The bumps are due to the skin being pulled, but when the hair stops growing the skin no longer will get pulled.
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Epilate based upon the direction of the hair growth. In some areas such as the upper outer calves there is hair that grows down and either to the front or back of the leg. Make sure to epilate diagonally up the outer calves from the back lower calf to the upper front of the calves and from the lower front to the upper back. That will make sure that all of the hair is removed.
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By the end of six months far fewer hairs will come back in the epilated area. By the end of a year you will find the need to epilate reduced to every once in a while. You may only have to epilate once a month or even once every other month.
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Tips & Warnings
Epilate in the opposite direction of the hair growth. If the hair grows down, epilate up from the bottom.
