There are two forms of hair removal, depilation and epilation. Depilation means that only the hair above the surface of the skin is removed. Shaving and chemical depilatory (Nair and Veet) are common forms of depilation. Epilation means that the entire hair, above and below the surface of the skin is removed. Waxing, plucking, threading and lasers are some common forms of epilation.
I bet that many of us would rather go the depilation route like shaving because it is painless and not time consuming. While I do agree with that, truth be told that epilation is a healthier route for us. While shaving, you're only removing the hair above the skin, leaving the rest, well, still under the skin, which can cause ingrown hair . It will grow back courser and thicker, and if you don't shave again soon, you'll have cactus legs. I know from personal experience that when I shave my underarms, the hair still under my skin will cause my underarms to look darker than they should, due to the stubble. UNATTRACTIVE! A little TMI, but when I go to shave my bikini area, I'll end up with razor burn every single time; no matter how careful I am.
On the other hand, with epilation, you'll feel pain for those 15, 20 minutes and you're golden for the next month or so. Not to mention that the hairs will not grow back as cactus needles. Removing the hair from the roots is a sure way to not get darkenings of the underarms.
As you can already guess, I, myself epilate. I was a shaver before I stumbled upon my first epilator. I started out with my underarms. My goodness, the pain has got to be an eight or nine out of ten. I could not finish one side with one session. I had to constantly stop to cry out in pain. The pain still lingered about an hour or two afterwards, but after the pain was gone, I was super amazed how smooth and soft my underarms were. By pulling the hair from the roots, no hair was left behind under the skin, thus, no stubble of the underarms. I waited to see how long it lasted, and guess what, three whole weeks of NOTHING. Hair started to grow back by the forth week, but honestly, I could have gone another week without having to epilate again. I knew that this method works so I tried it on my legs. But oh, the pain...the pain exceeded ten and was at an eleven. I honestly did not know that my legs were more sensitive than my underarms, who knew. That first time, it took me over three hours to finish the job.
Don't worry though because the pain will lessen as you continue to use it. It also depends on the length of the hair too. Don't let it grow too long or it will be super painful. Let it grow to a length where you know you can use a tweezer to pluck it. Your skin will slightly be reddened, but it's nothing to be alarmed about. I mean, you basically just took a bunch of tweezers and went to town on your skin, I'd be surprised if it wasn't red. After two and a half years of using an epilator, the pain for my underarms went down to a one, as for mt legs, it's still at a three or four. The pain is worth it though, a whole month not having to worry about shaving or such, no ingrown hair and no more cactus legs.
When epilators first came to be about, they had a spring type. The motor would rotate the springs and in turn the hair will get caught between the coils and be pulled from the roots. However, spring types are obsolete as they have been replaced by tweezer types. Basically what it is, is a bunch of metal plates, rotated by a motor, hair is caught between the continuous cycle of the rotating plates and gets yanked from the roots.
- tweezer type epilator up close
Just to throw it in, because I have fair skin and dark hair, it is no surprise that the fuzz above my lip is a tad more visible than others. I am afraid if I shave it, it will result in a full out man-bread. I am too much of a chicken to wax or epilate it too, so I result in bleaching. I was skeptical at first, but it's been working for me. I use Sally Hansen Bleach for the Face, it is surprisingly very gentle on my skin despite being a bleach. When I first started using it, the smell was a bit too strong, but I just recently purchased a new one and I guess they had a minor change to the formula or something. The strong bleach smell is now replaced with this cherry-like scent. I wouldn't call it pleasant but it's not bothering me. After bleaching, the result will last like two or three weeks. I bleach every week though, just to be on the safe side. It doesn't irritate my skin, but it might to those with sensitive skin.
- Sally Hansen Bleach for the Face
It is now Wednesday, only two more days guys. We can make it! I hope you all enjoyed this post, as well as this Blog. As always, thanks for reading guys! :)
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