If you have unwanted facial hair then you want it to be gone for good and never have to worry about it again. But what are your options for permanent facial hair removal?

Surprisingly despite endless research done over the years you still have only one option for complete permanent removal of facial hair and that is electrolysis. Although facial laser hair removal can promise a permanent reduction in hair growth only electrolysis has been proven to offer permanent hair removal.

If you have extensive areas of excess hair on your face you may still want to consider laser hair removal as this is considerably faster (and a bit less painful) than electrolysis. Though you will need several sessions to deal with your excess hair you will get a permanent reduction in growth. And you may then be able to get by with a few top up sessions or even just tweezing out the odd stray hair if you are not lucky enough to achieve permanent removal.

However if you have a small area to treat then my recommendation for permanent hair removal remains electrolysis. The hairs are treated and removed one by one making it a long drawn-out process. However, slowly but surely they will disappear for good. (Like laser hair removal for the face (or anywhere else) you have to “catch” the hairs at the right stage of regrowth to make sure the follicle is killed and unfortunately you can’t tell at what stage each hair is until it tells you by not growing back!)

Both electrolysis and laser hair removal are expensive and you have to be able to afford a whole course of treatment not just a single session at the salon but I really do think it is worth the expense to achieve permanent facial hair removal. Many girls feel like a new person when they get rid of this annoying and embarrassing problem. I know – I was one of them. And I have never looked back or ever regretted the money spent on those treatments.

If professional treatments are beyond your budget, then there is an alternative in the One Touch home electrolysis system. it’s not ideal to use a DIY approach for treating your face and I certainly would not start on my face until I had built up some skill with the machine but it is a very low cost solution if you truly can’t afford electrolysis.

By the way you may see ads about the place for permanent facial hair removal cream. There are some creams available on prescription which may help but I have yet to see anything as effective as electrolysis (or even laser hair removal) at removing facial hair permanently.

Laser hair removal at home for the face sounds like a great idea. If you can zap away your unwanted facial hair in an instant, why not? However, there is a problem. Lately I have had a few people ask me for reviews or advice about different products they could use, but I have to say that there is not one home laser system I can recommend at the moment for face hair removal.

I don’t have a problem with home laser hair removal machines in principle. There are some which work well. It is using them as a facial hair remover I have a problem with. In fact, I don’t think that laser hair removal at home should be practiced anywhere near the face. It is too dangerous to use a laser or even IPL hair removal machine anywhere near your eyes unless you know what you are doing. Most of the systems which actually work, do not recommend it, in any case.

But I suppose my main objection is that I don’t think laser hair removal for the face is the best method so why try it at home? Why not try the method which works for everyone and which is permanent? Every hair gone for good has to be the aim, surely? Whereas a bit of regrowth does not matter too much on your legs, it certainly does on your face.

Surely it is better to use a machine for home electrolysis such as the One Touch, which is safe for the face and which will give one hundred percent permanent hair removal than laser hair removal machines which are not safe for the face and which can’t promise full destruction of the hair?

If you want to buy a laser machine such as the Silk’n for your legs, arms, chest or back then go ahead but don’t plan on using it anywhere on your face. If you want to try laser hair removal on your face, book some treatments at a clinic. Better yet, get professional electrolysis. Just don’t take the risk with home hair removal.