Hair removal treatments are the methods that are used to remove hair from different parts of human body, these parts generally contain abdomen, armpits, back, chest, eyebrows, face, legs, head and pubic area. A wide range of hair removing products and hair removing treatments are available in the market. Hair Removal treatments can be divided into six major classes Temporary, Permanent, Hair growth Inhibitors, Experimental or Banned Treatments, Doubtful Methods.

Temporary Hair Removal Treatments

Temporary hair removal treatments contain both depilation and epilation treatments of hair removal. Depilation is the removal of hair by shaving or trimming with hand-operated or electric shavers. Creams or shaving powders are also used as depilatory methods; they chemically dissolve the hair leaving the skin smooth. Disagreement with rough surfaces is other temporary formula to removes away hair. While epilating rehabilitation provide more continuing results. In epilation rehabilitation whole hair is removed from the root. Epilation rehabilitation can be done in different ways. Some of them are as follows

Body Hair Removal

Plucking

Hair are plucked away with tweezers.

Waxing

Layers of hot or cold wax are applied over the hairs that are to be removed and then removed with the cotton cloth strip.

Sugaring

It is very similar to waxing. A sticky paste is used in place of wax and it is also removed in the same way as wax is removed.

Threading

It is also the plucking of hair with the help of twisted threads. This formula is regularly used for shaping eyebrows and removing facial hairs.

Epilators

Epilators are the mechanical tweezers that are fixed in row. This expedient grabs the hairs and pulls them out very rapidly.

Ingrown hair treatments

Ingrown hair are regularly formed due to epilation, waxing, threading and plucking. Ingrown hairs grow when the hair is broken off beneath the skin, and start growing inside the skin. They appear as small red swelling on the skin and cause irritation and rash. Small sterile needles are used to takeout hairs and salicylic acid solutions are also used as rehabilitation to solve this problem. Salicylic acid solutions act as exfoliant to treat these ingrown follicles.

Permanent Hair Removal Treatments

Permanent hair removal treatments provide long continuing results. Permanent hair removal includes varied options to remove hairs. These options apply different chemicals and varied types of power or the combination of these two to work on target areas and inhibit hair growth. During the rehabilitation care must be taken to avoid damage of surrounding tissues. These treatments contain Laser hair removal, Electrolysis and Flash lamp light treatment.

Laser Hair Removal Treatment

It is the permanent hair removal process. Laser target the hair follicles and destroy them without damaging the skin. It is considered as safe rehabilitation if it is done by powerful practitioner. It is useful for large areas such as back and legs. This rehabilitation is most favorable for the population with fair complexion having dark hair, laser targets pigmented hair follicles. It may be painful and expensive treatment.

Hair growth Inhibitor Treatments

Hair growth inhibitor rehabilitation is the process in which doctors prescribe medicines for oral and super facial use. An enzyme drug Epiladerm-Complex is prescribed. It inhibits the new hair cell growth. Hair growth reduces and ultimately stops. This drug is suggested to use till hair growth fully stops. other enzyme based drug is available to inhibit hair growth is Vaniga; its active component is Eflornithine hydrochloride (inhibitor of enzyme ornithine decarboxylase)

Experimental or Banned Hair Removal Treatments

These treatments contain the procedures that are injurious for health. They can cause condition problems, leaver the skin blemished and even cause death. X-ray hair removal is one of such like hair removal treatment. Photodynamic therapy is also one of the dangerous hair removal treatments. Basically it is the medical technology that was initially used to treat cancers and now it is being used as a hair removal treatment. Its key components are photo sensitizer, light and tissue oxygen.

Doubtful Treatment

Doubtful treatments are the ones that have been in convention but are not clinically proven for efficiency and effectiveness. Such methods include:

o Electric tweezers

o Transdermal electrolysis

o Transcutaneous hair removal

o Photoepilators

o Microwaves

o Foods and dietary supplements

o Nonprescription topical preparations (hair growth inhibitors)

Types Of Hair dismissal Treatments

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