Facial hair can be thought of as a sign of maturity depending on if it appears on a man or a woman. Most women with facial hair do all within their means to remove these hairs which cause them some embarrassment.
Facial hair removal is carried out in a couple of ways. The solution gotten from these methods are either permanent of temporary.
The most common for men is shaving. For some men, shaving is something they associate with masculinity. Some other men hate shaving and instead use depilatory creams. Fewer women use shaving as a method for removing facial hair mainly because of the stubs that would appear in a few days time. It is more common to see women use depilatory creams. The hair removal options shown above are examples of temporary methods.
Some other methods that are in use are waxing and sugaring. In both cases, hair is pulled out from the skin using some force. For waxing, it involves wax poured over the area and then peeling it off when it has cooled and sugaring involves a syrup ball of sugar, water and lemon juice which is rolled onto the skin. You would certainly expect to feel some pain as the hair comes off forcibly. These treatment can result in an absence of hair for up to 6 weeks but they still fall under temporary hair removal.
Some people remove facial hair with the help of tweezers. This is painful and can be time wasting depending on the area of the skin being treated.
There are some hair removal treatments that stand out once it is time for permanent hair removal methods to be shown. These include: , electrolysis photoepilations etc.
Electrolysis is said by some to be the most permanent of the treatments. This can be a very slow process as each hair follicle is treated separately. The hair follicles are disabled individually by the introduction of electric current into them via a needle inserted into the follicles. Some treatments have been known to last for up to a year or more. This would be done at a very great expense.
Laser epilation and photo epilation work with the same principle. The only difference is in the type of light. One uses laser while the other uses Intense Pulsed Light.
With either laser of IPL, large areas of the skin can be treated quickly . Actually treating the upper lip can be done with in a few minutes. There is no doubt that these represents the quickest way to have hair removed.
These treatments can cause damage to the eyes so it is very necessary that the eyes are well protected prior to treatment with laser or IPL. A special goggle should be worn to protect the eyes from the light energy from the devices.
There are many things that would certainly determine the method you go for. These would include your budget, your skin and hair type and more. You are safer and surer when you go to a qualified hair removal specialist for advise. You can however decide to keep using the simple but temporary method discussed above.
The case is different for pregnant women regardless of their method of choice. a doctor MUST be consulted to ensure your safety and that of the child.