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Permanent Hair Removal Products

By Christine Marie Paguntalan

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Do permanent hair removal products exist? For many people, excess hair growth can be a difficult problem to deal with. I have battled with excess hair problems, especially excess facial hair problems, for many years because the medications I take, and I have not yet found a product that permanently removes hair. The only method I have found to permanently remove it, unfortunately, is electrolysis, which is painful and expensive. There are several products, however, which will temporarily remove hair, as well as a product that will help keep hair from growing back, and those will be the main focus of this article.

As I mentioned, the only truly permanent method, not product, I have found to permanently remove hair is electrolysis. Electrolysis is where a trained person (electrologist) uses a device that delivers an electric current to the root of the hair, which makes the hair come out. When done over time, the process will eventually destroy the hair root so that the hair will not grow back. As I previously mentioned, this is very expensive - when I tried electrolysis, I paid $25 for a 15 minute session, or $100 an hour. While there is a definite reduction in the amount of hair, the process is very painful, because the thicker hairs require higher the voltage to be removed.

Other methods that can be used to temporarily remove hair include depilatories and waxes. Depilatories are creams that are applied to the hair and left on for a certain amount of time. After that, a warm washcloth is used to wipe the hair away. While this method is less painful, it is very messy, the creams used can be very smelly, and it can cause some redness in the area where the hair has been removed. For this reason, many companies include a lotion to be applied afterwards to soothe the area. Waxes can either be hot or cold - they are applied to the area in the direction of hair growth, and a strip is placed over the wax - then the strip is removed very quickly, working against the direction of the hair growth. This method removes hair at the root, so that it will not grow back as quickly - however because of the fact that the hair is ripped out at the root, it is even more painful than using a depilatory. Many wax products also include a product to be applied after waxing to soothe the skin.

The one product that can be used in conjunction with whichever hair removal method that you choose in order to ensure the hair won't grow back, is a prescription cream called Vaniqa. Though it does not work right away, if applied over time it will slow down and eventually stop the growth of excess hair. The two disadvantages of Vaniqa are that it is only available with a prescription, and it also can be very expensive since many prescription drug companies will only cover the cost of it in part, or in some cases not at all.

So do permanent hair removal products exist? No, not really. I discussed electrolysis in this article, which is the only truly permanent hair removal method. The other products that exist may be used to temporarily remove hair, and the prescription cream Vaniqa can be used along with them to help slow, and eventually stop the growth of hair, but other than that there are no quick and easy permanent hair removal products. Whichever method you choose depends on your budget, pain tolerance level, and how quickly you want the hair removal method to work.

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