he average woman has around 11,000 hairs on her legs and 2,500 under her arms – here’s how to find the best method for you to get rid of them!
BLEACHING
What you need: Bleach cream
What it does: Uses lightening ingredients to disguise hair
Where: Face and lower arms
Lasts: Up to two months
Pain factor: Nil – unless you leave it on too long
Insider tip: Never bleach immediately after using skin products containing alpha-hydroxy acids because this can cause scarring
How: Wash the area to make sure there is no makeup on your skin that could react with the chemicals in the bleach. Apply as directed and for as long as stated. Wash off.
TWEEZING
What you need: Tweezers
What they do: Pull the hair out at the root
Where: Best for eyebrows
Lasts: Four to six weeks
Pain factor: It hurts a little, but applying ice before you pluck will numb the pain.
Insider Tip: or the best results, choose tweezers with flat, slanted tips rather than pointed ones – they grasp hair better and are less likely to scratch your skin.
How: Quickly and in the direction of hair growth.
SHAVING
What you need: Razor
What it does: Cuts the hair at the surface of the skin
Where: Underarms and legs – bikini lines and facial hair are not really appropriate for shaving because the hair grows back blunt, making it noticeable on the face and itchy on the bikini line.
Lasts: One to two days
Pain factor: Nil unless you slip, but using a single-blade razor minimizes the risk of cuts
Insider Tip: Use hair conditioner instead of soap – it doesn’t dehydrate your skin.
How: Soak in the bath for two to three mins before you shave to expand the hair follicles, giving a closer and longer-lasting shave. Apply shaving cream then shave upward, then downward. Rinse and moisturize.
DEPILATORY CREAM
What you need: A cream formulated for the area you’re going to treat
What it does: Uses chemicals to dissolve the hair just below the skin’s surface
Where: Anywhere
Lasts: Two to three weeks
Pain factor: Nil – though they can smell pretty horrid
Insider Tip: Apply a little soya milk after you’ve removed the cream – ingredients called sernine protease inhibitors stop hair growth and keep you smoother longer.
How: So simple. Apply as directed, wait as long as stated, and shower off. Avoid hot water and perfumed products on the area for at least 3 hours after application to reduce the risk of irritation.
WAXING / SUGARING
What you need: Prepared wax strips: hot wax used with cloth or sugaring solution (usually made with sugar or lemon and honey)
What it does: Pulls the hair out at the root
Lasts: Four to six weeks
Pain factor: Pretty high, especially around your bikini line. Taking a mild painkiller like aspirin helps.
Insider tip: Start waxing in winter – hair must be at least 1/8 inch thick to be waxed properly and you’re less likely to be noticed in the winter months. Also, as each waxing thins hair, the regrowth will be less noticable when the summer months arrive.
How: Apply talc to soak up skin oils, which prevent the wax from sticking. Apply wax strips or hot wax and cloth. Leave for 3 seconds and then pull quickly up in the direction of hair growth. Remove excess wax with warm water and avoid perfumed products for 48 hours.
Sorry this was so long – I figured I would tell you everything I know on hair removal. I didn’t include laster treatments because I myself dislike the procedure. Way too expensive for me…
Good luck!

It’s difficult to assess a new hair removal method that claims to be eternal. Several people presume that after a specified amount of time, it’s doubtful that a hair will ever come back. That’s why quite a lot of people, myself as well, have suggested a specific definition of “permanent hair removal “. Generally of these definitions seem not good enough to me. One maker claims their method is permanent based on results after 8 weeks.
That’s comical. Waxing can last that long, and it’s been clinically proven to be temporary.

Permanent hair removal
For the purposes of hair removal, our explanation of “permanent” is being able to go a year after your last hair removal cure without having to use one more technique of hair removal. Bear in mind that a year might not be long enough to reveal factual permanence, but quite a few consumers would be content to have one treatment a year.
The sole method of clinically established  lasting for ever hair removal is electrolysis. Some lasers and flash lamps have been able to achieve permanent hair reduction, as discussed below.

Long-term hair removal
A different undefined term is “long-term” hair removal. Once more, it depends on what your definition of “long” is. Our definition of “long-term” is being able to go 7 months after your final treatment without having to use a new method of hair removal. Your definition may differ, but I don’t deem 8 weeks to be long-term. I subjectively decided on 7 months as a apt definition, because most hair growth cycles will have finished in 6 months.

Hair reduction vs. hair removal
Permanent hair removal has been accepted as the absolute destruction of a hair follicle’s capability to regenerate and grow hair.
Several lasers have verified permanent hair reduction in clinical studies and are allowed to make this claim by FDA.
The word “reduction” adds another term that is ambiguously defined. FDA has acknowledged the definition of reduction as a steady reduction in the number of coarse dark hairs. Some lasers have demonstrated in clinical testing that they can reduce the size of hairs and lighten the color. In some patients, this reduction appears to be everlasting.

It is common in this day and age to have heard of the idea of "laser surgery," which would seem to imply that lasers can cause significant changes to bodily tissues. One might wonder then, how it can be used safely to remove unwanted facial and body hair.

What is so remarkable about laser technology is the precision with which it can be used. This is the main reason it has become so popular in many surgical procedures, in everything from eye surgery to declawing cats.

Because a laser is a kind of light, and because dark objects are the only ones which absorb light, a laser can be pointed at one’s skin and only be absorbed by the hair and its follicle, since it is dark, whereas the skin is presumably lighter. Therefore, it is only dark hair which can be removed; blonde and red hair cannot be removed by simple laser hair removal procedures. However, new technologies are now able to allow individuals with darker skin to receive laser hair treatment as well.

The material being targeted by the laser beam is called melanin, which is a pigment found in the skin, and which gives skin and hair its color. Individuals with the type of melanin which creates brown or black hair can receive normal laser hair removal, while those with the type of melanin that creates red or blonde hair can also receive laser hair treatment, although the process involved is a bit more complicated in their case.

The material targeted by lasers, the dark matter which absorbs the light, can be artificially introduced. Therefore, it is possible for blonde and red hair to be removed.

Now that you know more about how laser hair removal works, you can feel better assured that it is a safe procedure. In fact, the FDA first approved laser hair removal in 1997, and as technological advances have contributed to making it even more safe since that time, now is the perfect time to start your laser hair removal treatment.

Although so few people can actually answer the question, "How does laser hair removal work?" you are now an informed party and can receive the treatment with confidence. Enjoy your softer, smoother skin!

In the real world, prices will only soar and are unlikely to do down, but the opposite is true for laser hair removal. Fifteen years ago, you will be paying double of what you pay today to have unwanted removed using laser. Fierce competition has been driving the price down and this has greatly benefited some 6 million consumers ever since.

The FDA has approved this treatment to be safe enough to be used on any part of the body including the face and private parts as long as not near the eyes.There are no known side effects with laser hair removal. Most patients will experience redness and some tingling sensation that will gradually dissipate. To avoid post treatment irritation, you will be provided with topical cream to use as and when necessary.

Before laser hair removal was largely used, electrolysis is used as a permanent solution to rid unwanted hair using low level of electricity. In this process, small probes have to be inserted to each hair follicles to kill them. Since this is a labor-intensive procedure, only a small area can be targeted at one time. On the other hand, in laser hair removal larger areas such as the back can be treated at the same time.

With electrolysis, your skin is hair free but you’ll also experience bumps and skin inflammation afterwards. So far, no other hair removal service can match the result produced using laser. Patients can expect up to 100% reduction in hair and the dead follicles will not likely to produce new hair growth in the future, making laser hair removal the permanent solution to rid unwanted hair.

It only take less than 10 minutes to treat both armpits or about 60 minutes to treat both legs with laser hair removal. This is why it’s been dubbed the ‘lunch time’ treatment.

No one can tell if you’ve had laser hair removal. That’s because you can resume working rightaway, experience no pain, require no bandage and there’s no recovery time frame. This quick treament can be done in the physician office or spa under the supervision of a qualified therapist.

The people who went through electrolysis will tell you that it is painful. Laser hair removal on the other hand, are mostly absorbed by the hair melanin which then convert the light to heat and self destruct. That is to say, the amount of heat endured by the surrounding skin is minimal. You will feel some heat and pinching sensation but it will be reduced by the cool tip of the laser.