Every summer, female friends start their annual hair removal process. Many friends blindly use various hair removal methods, but which method is the most suitable for them? You can determine based on the following introduction:
1. Hair removal cream and lotion principle: The chemicals in it dissolve the hair structure to achieve the purpose of hair removal. This method does not damage the hair follicles at all, so the effect lasts for a short time, usually about three days before the hair grows back. Usage: Apply the hair removal cream evenly on the area where you want to remove hair. After 5-10 minutes, when the hair becomes soft, use a scraper to clean it off. It specifically targets fine and soft body hair and can quickly remove large areas of hair.
Expert Tip: Suitable for people who are afraid of pain but do not have easily sensitive skin. A patch test must be done before use. Clean the skin first to reduce irritation. The chemical components of hair removal creams and lotions are thioglycolic acid (calcium), which can irritate the skin. Frequent use or sensitive skin may cause redness, allergies, or even rashes. People with sensitive constitutions should be more cautious.
2. Waxing hair removal principle: Physical hair removal. Use sticky wax to adhere to body hair and tear it off. Usage: Apply the wax evenly on the skin, the wax must stick tightly to the skin in order to adhere to all the hairs. Then cover with gauze and pull the gauze off from the skin to remove the hair by its roots. Hair removal is generally done in beauty salons.
Expert Tip: Using this method will cause pain, and chemically synthesized wax can easily irritate the skin; when tearing downward, some hair may remain inside the pores, the broken hair ends can easily penetrate into the hair follicle, causing folliculitis.
3. Strip hair removal principle: Similar to waxing, used in Hangzhou Ruili Plastic Surgery Hospital. Usage: Cut the strip according to the size of the area to be depilated, attach it to the required area, and forcefully and quickly tear it off. A quick downward tear ensures better results; otherwise, it will be very painful. Hair removal is generally performed in beauty salons.
Expert Tip: This method causes pain, but unlike wax, strips do not irritate the skin; when tearing downward, body hair may remain partially inside the pores, and the broken hair ends can easily penetrate into the hair follicle, causing folliculitis.
4. Razor, electric razor hair removal principle: Physical hair removal. Suitable for those who are afraid of pain and have sensitive skin. Usage: Develop a habit of shaving daily; otherwise, a layer of black stubble looks unattractive. Like men shaving their beards, apply shaving cream on the skin before shaving.
Expert Tip: Shaving with a razor makes the hair grow coarser. If the operation is not proficient, it can easily injure the hair follicles, damaging delicate skin and causing swelling.
5. Tweezer hair removal principle: Physical hair removal, facial wrinkle removal. Suitable for people with less hair who are not afraid of pain. Usage: Pull out the hair with tweezers.
Expert Tip: If the hair follicles are not clean enough, it reduces the skin's resistance, leading to redness and infection. Some antibiotics should be used to prevent infection.
6. Photo hair removal principle: Utilizing the absorption of specific wavelengths of light by melanin cells in the hair follicles, heat is generated in the hair follicles to selectively destroy them. At the same time, the emitted heat can be conducted through the hair shaft cross-section to the deep part of the hair follicle, rapidly increasing the temperature of the hair follicle to achieve the effect of removing hair without damaging surrounding tissues.
Usage: Controlled appropriate energy pulse light is absorbed by the hair follicle tissue, accurately destroying two important components of the hair follicle, namely the hair papilla and hair bulb. Using broadband spectrum technology, it provides a gentle, non-invasive therapy. The specially emitted wavelength strong pulse light penetrates the skin directly to the deep part of the hair follicle, making the hair follicle temperature rise rapidly until it solidifies and necroses, achieving a permanent hair removal effect.
Expert Tip: Photo hair removal technology has been certified to achieve permanent hair removal after several treatments during the growth phase. The exact number of treatments depends on many factors such as skin and hair type. Photo hair removal takes a short time, allowing immediate resumption of daily activities and exercise without special care. It has the advantages of being fast, less painful, long-lasting, and non-damaging to the epidermis, significantly better than other traditional hair removal methods. It can effectively remove hair from any part of the body, such as the face, armpits, back, legs, and bikini line - hair of different depths, colors, and textures.
7. Electrolysis hair removal principle: Electric current destroys the hair follicles so that the hair never grows back. Usage: Insert a very thin wire into the hair root and destroy the hair follicle with electricity, each hair taking about 20 seconds. An anesthetic is needed before hair removal.
Expert Tip: Usually after surgery, 20%~30% of the hair may regrow due to incomplete destruction of the hair follicles. During the hair removal process, there may be mild burning sensations on the skin surface, resulting in temporary small scars. Therefore, keep the wound dry, and about a week later, the scabs will fall off automatically. For people with keloid constitutions, it might leave spots all over the body. Suitable for non-keloid constitutions. This treatment needs to be done in a hospital.
8. Laser hair removal principle: Melanin pigment in the hair follicles absorbs laser energy, destroying the hair follicles via heat exchange, stopping hair growth. Suitable for people with light skin, fine, and dark hair.
Usage: Operated by professional doctors.
Expert Tip: Laser treatment can harm the skin's pigmentation, forming spots; if the laser pulses are more frequent or the energy higher, scars may form on the skin; after treatment, there may be redness and heat, and the skin might harden within a few days, possibly leaving treatment marks on the skin.
9. Medicinal hair removal: Besides the aforementioned local methods targeting hair follicles or hair, another method involves oral intake of anti-androgen drugs to inhibit hair growth. Women have a certain amount of androgens in their bodies. When the amount of androgen is excessive, hair increases. However, taking anti-androgen drugs must be done under a doctor's guidance.
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