Epilating without pain

There are some tips that can help to limit the pain when epilating. Especially epilating the legs, which belong to the rather less sensitive parts of the skin, can be made bearable by a good preparation and follow-up of the skin. For epilating the armpits and the genital area, the tips are unfortunately only of limited help: unfortunately, you will still have to endure pain in these sensitive areas of skin! In the following section you will find the best tips for gentle epilation of the skin.

Tips for painless epilation

1. the right preparation: 2. the right follow-up: after epilation, the skin is understandably irritated. Cooling compresses with aloe vera or allantoin as well as chamomile extract help to calm the skin. Moisturizing lotions are also beneficial.

  • The correct hair length: The hair length for epilation should be 2 to 5 mm. Longer hairs should be trimmed first, otherwise they can get caught in the device. Many epilators have such a trimmer function.
  • Remove residues: The skin should also be free of residues and skin flakes.

    For this purpose, you can prepare the skin with a massage glove or perform a skin peeling before epilation. In this way the epilator can grip and remove the hairs better.

  • Epilate after showering: The skin is less sensitive after bathing or showering. Therefore, you should do the epilation afterwards.

    However, rinse the area with cold water shortly before. This will further reduce the pain. Make sure to dry the skin well before epilating.

  • The right time of day: Epilate your skin in the evening.

    Then it can soothe itself overnight. She is also less sensitive in the evening.

  • Use the correct attachment: Especially for beginners, starter attachments are recommended for the first applications. These have fewer tweezers, so less hair is removed at once. This causes less pain and the skin can get used to epilation.