There are various methods for removing body hair, which differ in application, duration and durability of the result. Here you will find at a glance all the common methods of hair removal with their respective advantages and disadvantages:
Depilatory cream
- Advantage: painless, regrowth hair is fine.
- Disadvantage: Lengthy. Exposure time varies, then remove and clean, not suitable for sensitive skin.
Wax
- Advantage: Thorough hair removal, hair grows back only after a month. With cold wax little time consuming, regrowing hair is fine.
- Disadvantage: Practice needed, warm wax procedure is time consuming, pain takes getting used to.
Wet razor
- Advantage: easy to use, wide range of models.
- Disadvantage: Hair grows back quickly, regrowth stubble is harder than longer hair, risk of cutting.
Dry razor
- Advantage: cordless razors can be used anywhere, usually even in the shower. No risk of injury, painless.
- Disadvantage: Hair grows back quickly, regrowing hair stubble is harder than longer hair.
Minishaver
- Advantage: can be used everywhere because small and battery operated, length adjustable, painless.
- Disadvantage: Only suitable for underarms and bikini area.
Epilator
- Advantage: fast application, thorough, hair grows only after a month, regrowth hair is fine.
- Disadvantage: pain takes some getting used to, pimples may appear at times, not suitable for sensitive skin. Can only be used with power supply at home.
Laser, ISP treatment
- Advantage: painless, permanent, many different modern methods.
- Disadvantage: Time-consuming and costly, hair can partially grow back after all, treatment only by specialists.
Body and pubic hair removal over time.
Already in ancient times, a hairless body was part of the ideal of beauty: men shaved and wore bald, women removed armpit, body and pubic hair. In addition to aesthetic reasons, hygiene always played an important role.
In Islam and many other cultures, hair removal is a natural part of personal hygiene. In Europe, it has been common practice for women to remove their body and pubic hair since the Middle Ages in different eras – for men, this custom was rarer and usually due to hygienic circumstances, for example in wartime situations. Overall, the greater public display of certain areas of the body led to a change in aesthetic perception, which was accompanied by depilation.
In the meantime, the removal of pubic hair in particular is taken for granted by many young women and men. The hair is usually epilated by a special waxing treatment; the method is performed by a professional in a studio.
