Smooth skin for a woman is a matter of principle. Not only coarse hairs that appeared in the “wrong” place, but also a light fluff over the upper lip do not fit into the image of a well-groomed beauty.
The beauty industry offers different ways to solve the problem, there are folk recipes that are passed down from generation to generation. What to choose?
The main ways to remove unwanted hair at home
Not everyone can afford a laser, photoepilation and other high-tech methods to combat body hairs. Salon hair removal, unlike depilation, allows you to remove vegetation permanently, but is expensive. Therefore, most women are limited to conventional home depilation using a razor, epilator or wax strips.
However, there are other ways to take care of yourself, and at least half of the recipes promise over time a complete disposal of hair on the arms, legs and other "problem" parts of the body. How to remove unwanted hair at home?
Using two main methods:
1. mechanical;
2. chemical.
An important point: despite the fact that some folk recipes promise to rid the girl of body hair forever, this is not happening with everyone. But the harm from the procedures, most often chemical, can be a lot. Therefore, when choosing how to remove unwanted hair at home, carefully weigh the pros and cons, evaluate the potential danger of any aggressive effect on the skin.
The mechanical methods of depilation include, in addition to shaving and epilator, liquid wax, wax strips, shugaring, pumice. To chemical - depilation with substances of plant origin, for example, walnut or lemon juice, and means from the arsenal of pharmaceuticals and household chemicals. The only "civilized" chemical method is a cosmetic depilation cream. The method is popular, so we won’t talk much about it: the manufacturer told everything in detail on the packaging.
Mechanical Hair Removal Methods
The methods of mechanical action are good in that we get an instant result. And most importantly, any procedure is completely safe, although not always painless.
Wax hair removal
Oriental beauties have been using hot wax for many centuries. Today, waxing is one of the most popular and affordable ways to deal with hairs. A jar of liquid wax can be bought at any cosmetics store. And then everything is simple: melted the wax, applied to the skin, glued a fabric strip and with a sharp movement tore it from the skin. Together with the hairs, of course. The plus of the method is the most delicate satin skin and a lasting result for at least two, and sometimes three weeks. The downside is that it is very painful to tear off the wax that caused the wax from your own body. And in some places it’s just unbearably painful.
Wax strips
A simple and quick option is to use ready-made disposable strips with wax applied to them. Manufacturers made sure that the strips brought maximum benefit and minimum harm, and therefore came up with them for each skin type separately, including creating depilatory products for the face.
The principle of operation of the strips is exactly the same as that of liquid wax. You need to warm the strip in your hands so that the wax melts and stick to the corresponding area of the body. Essential oil, skin moisturizers, and antiseptic substances are sometimes added to a sticky substance to prevent complications.
Shugaring
Another method is gaining popularity - bioepilation with sugar or honey, which is also very simple to do on your own. The beauty is that this completely salon procedure can be mastered if not the first time, then from the second for sure. And to cook the paste for depilation is easy. A typical recipe for such a paste includes sugar, water, and some lemon juice.
Sticky paste, just like wax, should grab the hairs and, when mechanically detached from the body, remove them. An important nuance: tearing off a lump of sweet mass should not be against growth, but along the growth of hairs. That is, shugaring is less traumatic compared to waxing.
Pumice
An ancient means of removing into the body not only hardened skin areas, but also unnecessary hairs - pumice. Using a piece of stone is simple, but fraught. If the skin is sensitive, very soft, then strong friction for it will be stressful. She will respond to stress by redness. And if you rub it very hard, then you can completely tear off the upper layer of the dermis.
On the other hand, constantly subject to mechanical friction, the hairs will really begin to thin. Over time, the follicle itself, that is, the hair bulb, can collapse. So, the hair will stop growing. It is important that you can use pumice only on your feet. On other parts of the body, the skin is too thin. The procedure is carried out after strong steam, for example, in a bath. You can’t do it every day. The skin must recover.
Popular chemical methods for removing unwanted hair
Chemistry gives a clear answer to the question of how to remove unwanted hair at home. The more aggressive the chemical that you apply to the skin, the better the result. The problem is that you need to consider the possibility of a severe burn or allergy.
Peroxide
A bottle of peroxide diluted is in almost every home. It is used to treat open wounds. Sometimes - for barbaric lightening of hair. In some cases - just to brighten the hairs. Hydroperit treatment cannot be called removal. The bottom line is to gradually make hair thinner, brighter and brittle. You can lubricate the hairs with a peroxide solution or prepare a clarifying compress by mixing it with ammonia (5 drops of alcohol per 50 ml of peroxide solution) and a small amount of shaving cream. Hold the mixture for about fifteen minutes and rinse. The result will appear after a week of daily use.
Iodine
How to remove unwanted hair at home? Very simple: smear the body in places where there is hair with a ready-made pharmacy solution of this substance. This method has more minuses than pluses:
• severe burn;
• allergy;
• the appearance of acne;
• specific skin color.
Sometimes iodine is recommended to be mixed with ammonia in equal proportions, add medical alcohol and a little vegetable or cosmetic oil. But even such an explosive mixture can overdry the skin, but you can’t get the desired result.
Walnut
But probably many have heard about the wonderful property of green walnuts to remove hairs from the skin. If you manage to buy such a miracle - an unripe nut - you just need to cut it in half and spread it on your skin. Over time, nut juice will lead to thinning and disappearance of hairs.
Or here’s another recipe: to collect a lot of partitions from 50 normal walnuts, pour 150 ml of 70 percent alcohol and insist for three weeks. Use just like fresh nut juice.
Turmeric
Try this recipe: dilute turmeric with water to make a sour cream mass. Apply the skin and make a warming compress for 20 minutes. Gradually, hair shaft growth will slow down. This method, in any case, is not as aggressive as burning hair with manganese or iodine.
Manganese Solution
The one who came up with this method of hair removal suggested using manganese to treat the bikini zone. It is estimated that a quarter of a teaspoon of manganese crystals should be dissolved in hot water in a volume of 15 liters. It remains to sit in this water and spend about half an hour there.
Ammonia
If you have enough patience, then for three months of daily two-time use, you can stop hair growth with the help of pharmaceutical ammonia. A teaspoon of alcohol should be mixed with a tablespoon of vodka, a teaspoon of vegetable oil (in the original grape seed), five drops of iodine. Gradually, the composition should destroy both the core and the follicle. What to do with damaged overdried skin is not clear.
Laundry soap
One of the most successful inventions of the Soviet period is laundry soap. It doesn’t smell too good, but it’s multifunctional. For example, suitable for chemical depilation. Here's how to remove unwanted hair at home:
• take a tablespoon of soap chips;
• mix with two tablespoons of ash from the burnt shell of pine nuts (you can burn some other shell);
• mix all this and dilute with hot water;
• Apply to skin with hairs and hold for about fifteen minutes.
When it will be seen that the hairs have weakened, it is recommended that they be pulled out by any mechanical means.
How to remove unwanted facial hair
Almost all of these methods, with the exception of special wax strips for face and shugaring, for obvious reasons, are not suitable for processing this delicate area.
A drug called Rivanol will help. How to remove unwanted hair at home on the face? Apply a 1% solution of the substance to the "antennae" only once a day. Over time, hair growth will completely stop.
When choosing your way of dealing with unnecessary hairs, remember that to be beautiful is, of course, a lot of work. But health is still worth more than the dream of smooth skin.
