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Temporary hair removal methods
Depilation
Removing part of the hair above the skin’s surface lasting several hours to several days:
- Shaving or trimming (manually or with electric shavers)
- Depilatories and shaving powders (chemicals which dissolve hair)
- Friction (rough surfaces used to buff away hair)
Epilation
Removing the entire hair lasting several days to several weeks:
- Rotary epilators (devices which rapidly grasp hairs and pull them out by the root)
- Threading (also called fatlah or khite, in which a twisted thread catches hairs as it’s rolled across the skin)
- Waxing and sugaring (a hot or cold sticky layer is applied and then removed. taking hair with it)
- Tweezing
“Permanent” hair removal methods
Here, you have several imperfect options. Permanently destroying the areas that regulate hair growth while sparing surrounding tissue is a difficult challenge.
- Professional electrolysis (permanent hair removal for most, if done properly)
- Home electrolysis (permanent hair removal for some, if done properly)
- Professional laser and light-based hair removal (permanent hair reduction for some if done properly- only with certain devices)
- Home laser and and light-based hair removal (not as effective as professional methods)
- Prescription oral medications (lasting hair inhibition for many, but requires continuous use)
- Prescription topical Vaniqa (lasting hair inhibition for many, but requires continuous use)
Restricted hair removal methods
- Photodynamic therapy (PDT) (experimental)
- X-ray hair removal (banned in the United States for cosmetic use)
- Gene therapy (experimental)
Doubtful hair removal methods
These methods have not been subjected to enough rigid scientific scrutiny to back their claims of effectiveness.
- Electric tweezers
- Transdermal hair removal
- Transcutaneous hair removal patches
- Photoepilators
- Microwave hair removal
- Foods and dietary supplements
- Non-prescription hair inhibitors, hair retardants, or hair growth inhibitors
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