Temporary Methods of Hair Removal

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Temporary Methods of Hair Removal

• Vickie l. Mickey, CT

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Hair Removal Methods

• Shaving
• Waxing
• Threading
• Chemical Depilatories
• Tweezing
• Bleaching
• Abrasion
• Mechanical Epilation
• Electronic Tweezers
• Hair Reduction Creams

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Shaving

• Most common method of removal
• Cuts hair off at epidermis
• Can cause the folliculitis
• Does not stimulate hair growth!!!
• Barbers still give great shaves!

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Waxing

• Warm or cold wax applied to skin
• Pulls hair out of skin
• Hair can break off in skin
• Can cause follicultis
• Salon waxing can be expensive
• Stimulates hair growth of certain facial areas!!

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Threading

• Employees a looped twisted thread
• Does not cause trauma to skin
• Inexpensive
• Very Popular in Middle Eastern countries
• Hard to find in US

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Chemical Depilatory

• Dissolves hair below skin surface
• Strong odor
• Skin reacts as natural barrier is removed
• Depilatory chemicals
• 1. Calcium thioglycolate capable of causing
  keratin of hair to degrade
• 2. Sodium thioglycolate dissolves hair
• 3. Sodium hydroxide strong alkaline
  substance
• Chemical used for years to remove hair from
  animal hides!

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Tweezing

• Employees tweezers
• Time consuming
• Uncomfortable
• Can stimulate hair grow
• Can destroy hair in thin skin areas!
• Employed by electrologist to remove epilated hair
  from skin

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Bleaching

• Not a method of hair removal used to lighten
  hair
• Strong odor
• Do not use on pelvic and eye areas
• Bleaching agents
• 1. Hydrogen peroxide removes color
• 2. Ammonium bicarbonates softens hair

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Abrasion

• Pumice stone
• Abrasion gloves
• Skin held tight while modality is employed in a
  circle to buff hair away
• Removes hair at surface of skin

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Mechanical Epilation

• Electrical spring like device with coils that
  epilates hair
• Painful
• Takes time to tolerance
• Hair must be ¼ in long to work

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Electronic Tweezers Home Electrolysis Devices

• Hard to use
• Hair does not conduct current in tweezer devices
• Home electrolysis devices does not conduct energy
  to permanently remove hair
• Professional tweezer devices not permitted in
  Ohio!

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Hair Reduction Creams

• Prescription only
• Expensive
• Not to be used with electroloysis or laser hair
  removal treatment plans
• Use only on face
• Inhibites hair growth
• Vaniqua trade name
• Requires compliance