Excess Hair and the Menopause

Written by on November 18, 2006 · Leave a Comment

One account of a 50 year old woman whose facial hair seemed to sprout almost overnight. The solution for her? Waxing.

I try plucking, but am overwhelmed by the forest that seems to be growing from my chin. I am ashamed. I curse the hormones surging through my body. How long has it been since I’ve had a good chin waxing? I can’t even look at my upper lip! I’m afraid that a handlebar may have grown in middle of the night

From “My Menopausal Musings: Old-Man Brows and Other Hair Sorrows” (article link no longer available)

Unfortunately unwanted hair does seem to appear along with the menopause for some women due to hormonal fluctuations. If you have a big problem with this see your doctor otherwise the solutions are the same as for everyone else below the age of the menopause – waxing, plucking, electrolysis, laser hair removal. It’s just something new you may have to cope with along with other symptoms of the menopause but definitely something you have plenty of solutions for and there’s no need to get down about it. Take action!

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Things to be Thankful For…Hair or No Hair

Written by on November 22, 2006 · Leave a Comment

Hair removal is such a pain that it’s probably the last thing to be thankful about but in honor of Thanksgiving in the U.S. tomorrow I thought I would just say a few words about what we can be thankful for when it comes to removing hair….

Things to be thankful for about hair removal

Things to be thankful for about hair removal

  • we can be thankful about anywhere that hair is NOT growing (unless it’s not growing on your head!). That would be the palms of my hands and soles of my feet then – no need for wax or laser in those places :)
  • we can be thankful that there are reasonably accessible and affordable methods of dealing with any hair removal problem. No matter how much of a pest it is to get rid of hair, we don’t have to live with it unless we want to.
  • we can be thankful that no matter how hairy you are or which places you have hair sprouting from you are still lovable just as you are. People love people with hair growing everywhere and anywhere.

Have a Happy Hairy or Non-Hairy Thanksgiving tomorrow if you celebrate it and a great Thursday if you don’t.

Veronique

Simply Hair Removal

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More Ashamed of Unwanted Hair These Days?

Written by on November 30, 2006 · Leave a Comment

I read an article today that said we we seem to be finding more and more things to be ashamed of especially in the U.S. and that this new trend includes hair removal along with our weight, our acne etc.

But  I think it’s not a new trend, by any means, to be ashamed of our perceived physical imperfections.

30 odd years ago I was certainly not too fond of my crop of teenage spots and unwanted hair. Luckily time moves on and  I grew out of the acne and found easy solutions to deal with the hairy bits.

Even Jane Austen’s heroines knew where they stood in the beauty stakes,  and how that might affect their attractiveness to husbands, although they may not have been able to run off and have laser hair removal, a nose reshaping or breast augmentation and do something about it.

Perfection is not required for people

Perfection is not required for people

So looks have always been important – maybe it’s just that now we have a whole heap of images of the beautiful people wafting in front of our eyes day after day and the girls never have mustaches nor the boys hairy backs.

The more that we all strive to look good by removing hair and other so-called imperfections, the more it becomes the norm to do so. It’s not just the beautiful people – “everyone” is doing it.

Should we stop trying? No, I don’t think so. It’s good to care about grooming and make the most of yourself. It only becomes damaging where obsession takes over. You don’t have to remove every hair on your body to be attractive, nor do you have to look like an air brushed star on the beach. Take care of yourself but don’t go over the top.

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Hair Removal Through the Winter

Written by on December 5, 2006 · Leave a Comment

Lots of women don’t worry too much about hair removal through the winter, figuring that everything is nicely hidden under layers and layers of clothing.

But actually it’s quite nice to keep removing hair if you can be bothered

You’ll reap the benefits by feeling good about your body at all times. You’ll never have to worry about stripping off to try on clothes in a communal changing room. Or looking like the only gorilla at your aqua-aerobics class. And you’ll be ready for a hot date should hot dates be on the horizon.

Continue your beauty routines through the winter

Continue your beauty routines through the winter

And one added benefit is that if your chosen method of hair removal is often gradually weakening and thinning your excess hair. This is the case with those methods which pull the hair out from the roots – notably waxing, threading and using epilators. Your skin will get desensitized to the process of pulling out the hair too and you’ll find you get less redness, fewer red bumps and fewer ingrown hairs over time.

By continuing to remove hair throughout the winter, when your limbs are covered, even with a once a month process, you will find it much easier to remove your unwanted hair in the summer when you want to go bare in a hurry.

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Hair Removal : You’re Not Alone

Written by on December 4, 2007 · Leave a Comment

It seems that as many as 80% of women and 50% of men have to cope with unwanted hair in some shape or form.

Although women have removed unwanted hair for decades while men just shaved their faces, it is a relatively new but growing phenomenon for men to remove body hair.

Today, salons report that between 35% and 60% of their clientele are male.

But does removing hair make any difference to how attractive you are?

Well it certainly seems that way for women. Experiments have shown that women with body hair are viewed by both males and females as less intelligent, less sociable and less happy.

Images in magazines have a lot to answer for

Images in magazines have a lot to answer for

For men, the jury is still out – except where hairs between eyebrows (the “unibrow”) and on shoulders and backs are concerned plus those pesky hairs sprouting from nose and ears. Any more is probably unnecessary but hair is often removed to show off good musculature (body builders have a task and a half here) and for sexual reasons.

The bottom line is that, no matter what anyone else thinks or believes (and different cultures view body hair in different lights anyway), the need for hair removal is purely personal.

If removing hair makes you feel better than not removing it then you’ll go through the hassle of waxing, shaving, depilatory or laser hair treatment. And the more you dislike that excess hair and the more attractive you feel without it the more hassle you’ll be prepared put up with!

One thing is certain the more images we see of beautiful people in magazines and on TV the more we compare ourselves unfavorably with them and want to do whatever it takes to achieve a similar super sleek smooth body. Of course, we don’t always have the money or dedication it takes to succeed but more and more of us are trying, visiting spas and salons and spending more and more on hair removal.

So if you’re trying to get rid of hair, you’re in good company.

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Permanent Hair Removal Products

Written by on July 15, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Permanent hair removal products – that’s the holy grail of hair removal – to have a product which removes hair permanently, particularly one which you can buy, use discretely at home and be assured that your hair removal problems are over for good.

But do such products exist?

Well, among the many scams and fake ads there are a few products on the market which really do work to get rid of your unwanted hair. They work, but they are not for everyone.

There are a few rotten apples in the world of permanent hair removal product advertising

There are a few rotten apples in the world of permanent hair removal product advertising

Why is that?

Each of the products requires careful operation and attention to detail so that you get the best possible results from the device. If you are slapdash with them, lose patience and don’t follow instructions you won’t get good results and you may damage your skin.

Here are a couple of the better examples of such products.

The Silk’n Laser Device

The Silk’n hair removal machine is a laser hair removal product for use in the home. You can treat your hairs quite quickly provided your hair and skin coloring are suitable for the machine and you are looking to treat body hair rather than hair on your face and neck. It isn’t cheap but it provides more affordable laser hair treatment than you will find at beauty clinics and medical spas. While the ideal is that you always go to professionals for laser hair removal, if you can’t afford that this machine provides you a cost effective alternative. See Silkn laser hair removal machine reviews for more details.

The One Touch Machine

The One Touch hair removal device is a product which works on the principle of electrolysis. It is much cheaper than the Silk’n and can be used on the face as well as the body (once you are experienced in using it).  You have to be more precise with this machine and it is slower to treat your excess hair as you have to treat one hair at a time rather than “zapping” a few at once. See our review at One Touch permanent hair remover for more details about this.

You will only be pleased with your purchase of these products if you have the determination to deal for once and for all with your unwanted hair and you are prepared to put in the time to learn to operate the machines effectively and get the most out of them. Remember, even with professional treatment, you won’t get instant permanent removal of your hair. You have to go back for a number of sessions. Sometimes many. At least with these permanent hair removal products you can treat your unwanted hair as often as you like from the comfort of your own home without incurring the huge additional costs of repeat salon visits.

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Finally Free Hair Removal System Review

Written by on August 17, 2009 · Leave a Comment

The Finally Free hair removal system is a home electrolysis type product which is supposed to kill hair by gripping with special tweezers through which you send a weak current before pulling the hair out.

Apparently you have to grip the hair with the tweezer for around 30 seconds. This is going to be a long slow process especially as you have to catch hair during its growth phase to kill the follicle and prevent it growing back.

Finally Free Hair Removal System

Finally Free Hair Removal System

This means you probably have to treat many of your unwanted hairs more than once. (That’s not unusual. It’s the same for every method of permanent hair removal including professional electrolysis but usually it does not take 30 seconds to treat each hair either).

The Finally Free system is advertised as permanently removing hair in two to four treatments. They say it is a painless and clinically proven way to permanently remove unwanted hair and that it uses radio frequency to deaden hair at the root and is “as effective as electrolysis”

Not according to the buyers on Amazon it isn’t and it seems that the company have stopped selling there due to low ratings and so many scathing reviews such as

“Do not buy this product. it does not work, and it is a pain to think that this product got my hopes up to permanently remove embarrassing hairs. All I have to say is, Finally Free will be be Finally Chucked in the Garbage for me.

Don’t believe anybody who writes that this product works, because it does not and cannot – the whole concept of killing hair roots by electric current is false and utopic because it’s been proved that the hair is not an electric current transistor (even if it’s completely wet, the electric current won’t penetrate below the skin surface).

Note that the probe/needle used in true electrolysis has to be inserted beside the hair follicle for the current to do it’s job.

According to the FDA, there is no statistically significant data available (even from their “published trials” which I had no luck in locating) to support claims of long-term or permanent hair removal through use of tweezer-type epilators. Bottom line…check the advertiser’s claims before you buy their product because obviously these claims don’t hold water!”

See all reviews of the Finally Free system

Bottom line is, don’t buy the Finally Free hair removal system because it won’t work for you or anyone else. Home electrolysis is not ideal. I would much prefer you attend a professional but if it is the best solution for you take a look at our review of the One Touch Permanent Hair Remover system – still not perfect but it seems that genuine buyers have had some success with this one.

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