Facial hair removal

Facial hair removal is a sore subject for both women and men not only in the last few decades. Various types of facial hair removal were practiced in ancient states such as Persia, Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. Before you start removing facial hair, you need to know what hair is, where it mainly grows and how it grows not only on the body but also on the face of a person.

The human body is more than 95% covered with hair. Some people have light hair, almost invisible, while others have a more saturated color, which makes it stand out against the background of light skin. However, if for a man this does not play a special role, then for women hair is a certain indicator of untidiness, uncleanliness, old-fashionedness. Facial hair is considered a particularly intrusive problem, which spoils even the cutest face.

Usually, facial hair grows in three zones - on the chin, on the cheeks - the so-called sideburns, and above the upper lip, which torments many women. What are the reasons for the increase in facial hair in women? The simplest explanation is the increased content of testosterone in the woman's body. No less influential on the growth of facial hair in women is the use of contraceptives, constant or long-term, which affects the hormonal background of the body. Also no less strong is the influence of severe stress or a long and painful illness. Often the density and color of hair increases during pregnancy, puberty or already during menopause.

The most difficult hair situation is faced by dark-haired ladies and women of the East.

Thus, the fair sex representatives try to get rid of unwanted hair in all possible ways and ways and sometimes even go to extremes. Facial hair removal is a long process that requires careful preparation and endurance. Every woman sees for herself when the moment has come when facial hair removal is necessary.

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Permanent facial hair removal

Every young lady who considers facial hair to be her problem, at least sometimes dreams of removing facial hair forever. So that these endless torments with pulling out, shaving and lightening the unfortunate hairs would end.

Not so long ago, a device appeared in cosmetology and aesthetic medicine that allows for permanent facial hair removal. The Synchro Play device is a high-tech miracle of medical technology that allows for many types of cosmetic procedures, including laser hair removal. Two types of lasers are used to permanently remove facial hair: alexandrite and neodymium.

The latter helps to get rid of facial hair for all phototypes of people. Alexandrite laser helps to get rid of any type of facial hair with any skin type. After epilation, not a single hair remains on the skin.

It is worth noting that it is with the help of the Synchro Play device that it is possible not only to slow down hair growth on unwanted areas of the body, but also to completely stop their appearance over time.

Removing unwanted facial hair

Removing unwanted facial hair is a rather interesting procedure if you watch from the side. Thus, almost every day, most women correct the shape of their eyebrows by plucking unwanted hairs. This is one of the easiest ways to get rid of the hated growth for a while.

Methods of facial hair removal

It is finally worth telling what are the most common methods of removing facial hair. So, the most popular are:

• shaving or hair removal with a depilator is good for a man, but for a woman it is the opposite. Removing facial hair with a depilator changes the structure of the hair, making it coarser and darker. That is, the hairs become hard, rough, thick and noticeable. Having resorted to removing facial hair with a depilator just once, you become its hostage and will be forced to carry out this procedure constantly;
• plucking - a good method in certain situations when there is no other choice, however, it is not very effective. Plucking, like the previous method, negatively affects the hair structure, damages the hair follicle. After the "tweezers torture" the skin may become irritated, sometimes the tissue may become scarred. And as a result of plucking, we do not get rid of the hair, but provoke its further growth and multiplication. We recommend using such methods of combating unwanted hair only when there are few hairs and they are located far from each other. However, it is worth noting that a thicker hair will grow in place of the pulled out thin hair. However, the advantage of plucking over shaving is that when pulled out, the hairs grow more slowly;
• wax or sugar epilation - are the most effective weapons in the fight for clean facial skin. Such procedures help to pull out the hair along with the bulb. Removing facial hair with wax and sugar has a more beneficial effect on the cleanliness of the face and getting rid of hair. As a result of such a procedure, the newly growing hair becomes thinner, more brittle and invisible. The result of removing facial hair with wax or sugar can be observed for up to a month;
• epilation with homemade clay - this mass is used in a way similar to wax and melted sugar. A dense mass is cooked from 1 kg of sugar, brilliant green, half a glass of water, half a glass of vinegar, which looks like clay when cooled. It is applied in a thin layer to areas of skin with hair and quickly torn off. The composition should be applied in the direction of hair growth, torn off against the growth;
• special depilatory creams - such cream removes hairs (not all of them), but does not affect the structure of the hair, which does not affect the frequency of the necessary depilation.

There are many other ways to remove facial hair, as well as to conceal it.

Removal of vellus hair on the face

To remove vellus hair on the face, women use all of the above means, and even more!

However, what is the best way to remove vellus hair on the face?

Depilation is the removal of vellus hair on the face, when the visible part is removed. That is, depilation affects the end of the hair that comes out of the skin. To remove vellus hair on the face by depilation, mainly chemical creams are used, which destroy the disulfide bonds that connect protein chains in the hairs.

Epilation is a method of deeper impact on hair, when the hair follicle located in the skin is removed together with the visible part of the hair. In order to achieve the maximum effect when removing vellus hair on the face by epilation, it is also recommended to alternate with other techniques - sugaring or wax epilation, use of light and photo epilators.

Facial Hair Removal Cream

The safest method of removing facial hair is with cream. The cream does not affect the hair follicle and does not damage the hair structure. However, the period of need for facial hair removal with cream is reduced, since the hair begins to grow faster.

Some creams that help remove facial hair contain special ingredients that slow down hair growth.

Women who have encountered the problem of removing facial hair with cream recommend depilatory creams such as OPILCA, Cliven, Daen and others.

When using depilatory cream, be sure to read the instructions and perform a skin sensitivity test.

Rivanol for facial hair removal

Rivanol or ethacridine lactate is a medical product that has a disinfectant and healing effect. It is a gray-yellow solution that helps to gradually remove and reduce facial hair growth.

Rivanol for facial hair removal can be used by women at home without fear of harming themselves. To remove hairiness, only a 1% solution is used, which is wiped onto the facial hair once a day. After several procedures, there will be no trace of hair left.

Rivanol will not only help get rid of unwanted hair, but will also make the skin tender, soft and velvety. Due to the pharmacological properties of Rivanol, no wounds or rashes will appear on the face. However, before using this drug, it is still recommended to test it on less noticeable areas of the skin.

Facial Hair Removal with Thread

One of the most effective mechanical methods of hair removal is facial hair removal with a thread. To perform this type of epilation, you need to take a strong cotton thread up to 50 cm long. It needs to be tied at the ends to form a closed circle and twisted several times so that there are 5 to 10 twists in the middle. Using your thumbs and index fingers, expand the rings on either side of the twists and move the twists at a distance of 1-2 mm from the skin of the face. Hairs get caught in the loops of the twists, which are clamped there and pulled out of the skin.

Facial threading may be a painful method, but it is quite effective in removing unwanted facial hair.

Laser facial hair removal

The most effective way to lose hair is laser hair removal on the face. This method is suitable for both removing individual hairs and for eliminating dense hair. During laser hair removal on the face, the hair itself heats up and dies. In addition to the hair itself, the effect is also produced on the follicle. However, not all hairs that should appear grow immediately. Some hairs are in the skin, in the state of germination, so after 3-4 weeks they become active and the laser hair removal procedure has to be repeated.

The price for laser hair removal on the face in salons and clinics ranges from 400 to 1000 hryvnia. If you need to remove hair in one of the areas of the face, then:

• Upper lip – from 50 to 200 UAH.
• Chin – 60 - 200 UAH.
• Between eyebrows – from 50 to 150 UAH.
• Eyebrows – from 55 to 210 UAH.
• Forehead line – 60 - 210 UAH.
• Cheeks – from 100 to 300 UAH.
• Whiskey – 50 – 200 UAH.

Facial Hair Removal with Baking Soda

To remove facial hair with soda, you need to prepare the simplest remedy - pour 1 tablespoon of baking soda with a glass of boiling water, let it cool, then wipe the areas where unwanted hair grows with gauze or cotton wool soaked in the prepared solution. You can also leave this gauze or cotton wool as a compress overnight, and remove it in the morning. After several sessions, the hairs fall out on their own.

However, women with dry skin should not carry out this procedure, since soda can further dry out the top layer of the skin.

Removing facial hair with potassium permanganate

Before you start removing facial hair with potassium permanganate, you need to make a steam bath for your face, steam your skin for faster and more effective hair removal. You should add potassium permanganate crystals to hot water, which will affect the hairs. After the bath, wipe the areas of skin with excess hairiness with potassium permanganate, however, do not apply the solution to your entire face, as you can burn your face and your skin will acquire a pink tint.