What’s New in Hair Removal Methods?

Now that we are in 2010, you would think that there would be more than a couple of new ways to remove unwanted hair. After all scientists have got us to the moon. You would not think it was too much to ask to find some outstanding permanent hair removal methods. But apparently it is. Perhaps those scientists are just not focusing on things which really matter to our everyday lives.

Anyway, just to round up on the latest, here are the best hair removal techniques in 2010. There are probably some things which are new to you, especially if you have just started doing something about excess hair or have not refreshed your methods of hair removal for a year or two.

Facial Hair Removal Methods

The best way of removing facial hair permanently is still by electrolysis and this has been around for years. What you may not know is you can buy an electrolysis kit for home use, although it has to be said the One Touch electrolysis machine (which is the best of the home electrolysis systems) takes a little getting used to and you should practice on other parts of your body before tackling your face. As for temporary methods, threading has become fashionable as a salon treatment for removing hair from your face in recent years. If you just want a quick tool for getting rid of facial hair at home take a look at the REM spring facial hair remover which is a nifty little gadget for removing hair quickly similar to threading (but easier to do yourself).

Body Hair Removal Methods

The laser hair removal methods come into their own for getting rid of body hair. Nothing comes close to them in terms of speed of operation and being able to treat large areas in one go. Although you won’t necessarily get permanent removal of all the hair, you should get enough of a permanent reduction to be happy with the treatment. You will also find that techniques and machines have improved in recent years, so much so that success rates are higher than they used to be. Also, you’ll find home laser hair removal machines on the market which you may not have been aware of before. These are not as effective as the machines in clinics but the best machines do work over time (and the costs are far lower than for professional laser hair treatment).

Braun Silk Epil (Click Image for Details and Discount)

Braun Silk Epil (Click Image for Details and Discount)

Leg Hair Removal Methods

Epilators have been around for a while however there are major innovations in pain relief. A lot of work by manufacturers of these products has gone into reducing the discomfort with this hair removal method. The best of these techniques seems to be the inclusion of a massage element which soothes the skin as you go. For example, the Braun Silk Epil pictured has “4-way moving massaging rollers stimulate skin with micro pulses before and after hair is removed to minimize pulling sensation”.

Bikini Hair Removal Methods

There is no fundamental change in the hair removing methods for the bikini line, but you will find that, as the years have gone by, all salons and clinics are now well practiced in the techniques and so you should have an easier time of it. If you had turned up at a salon twenty years ago for bikini line waxing, chances are you would have been made to feel awkward and the beauty therapist would have been struggling a bit. Not so any more. You can expect to feel at ease and the whole operation will be carried out smoothly and quickly.

Best Selling Laser Hair Removal Machines

There are quite a lot of laser hair removal machines on the market these days and of course, some sell better than others. The problem is that best selling is not so much a factor of which are the best home laser machines but a factor of which manufacturers are best at marketing.

And when it comes to marketing and advertisements, try not to get too carried away, because you cannot believe everything you read.

Although there are rules about false advertising and disclosure, all manufacturers and distributors do their best to present their laser machines in the best possible light and you will not see anything negative about any machine in the ads. Just because a lot of others have bought a particular model does not mean that they have not been disappointed and feel that they wasted their money. Just because a particular system is “As seen on TV” does not mean that it worked when a lot of consumers paid good money.

rio laser hair removal system

Does best selling always mean the best system?

If you are looking for a home laser hair removal machine the only way you should let others sway you is by reading the comments from genuine buyers you can find on the web. Don’t use the manufacturers’ sites except to get a list of features of a product and details like that. Go to sites like Amazon which publish proper customer reviews, both positive and negative, to get a balance of opinion.

An example of such a page on Amazon would be this one. This page about the Silk’n system has over 15 reviews and there are some buyers who have given an initial impression and then updated their review later as they have continued their laser hair treatment.

Not all reviews are positive!

You will always find with laser machines that some people have a false expectation of instant results, so expect some negatives in any group of more than a few customer reviews. With professional laser treatment, you must spend over a thousand dollars and attend about 6 to 8 sessions over a number of months as hair which was not in the right growth phase always grows back so a home laser machine which is necessarily weaker than that used in professional laser hair removal clinics where equipment costs tens of thousands of dollars is bound to take longer and result in some regrowth until the hair is finally destroyed. Also you might find if you have coarser hair, home laser hair removal is not suitable for you and you need the strength of professional laser equipment to deal with it, whereas the equipment might work perfectly on someone with finer hair.

Another Use for Depilatory Cream…

You can use depilatory cream just about everywhere on your body, provided that you are not sensitive to the chemicals and use the right hair removal cream in the right place, but I heard a new use for the stuff today which made me think that the world has gone a bit mad.

If you had a dog would you be beautifying it by using mascara and lipstick and removing hair which didn’t conform to the exact idea of dog beauty for your particular breed with Veet or Nair hair removal cream? I didn’t think so but apparently some owners are barking (!) mad enough to do so with the result that the top dog show in the UK has had to put out a warning that depilatory cream may not be used on dogs.

See this article from the Daily Telegraph.

Chinese Crested dog

Chinese Crested dog - one of the hairless breeds but only with help?

It’s the hairless breeds which may have a problem as they may have hair growing in the wrong places just like us.

What gets me is how they stop the dog removing the product before the time is up. I have a hard enough job, getting impatient standing around in the bathroom for what seems like an age (even though it is only a few minutes) while a depilatory lotion gets to work never mind a poor animal.

Now I know we suffer in the name of beauty and we can go to extremes burning off our unwanted hair with chemicals, and pulling it out by the roots with wax, but this is no way to treat our pets even if we don’t mind suffering ourselves in the name of beauty.

The beauty world got going on our men folk not too many years ago with Veet for men. Surely there will never be a Veet for dogs!