Facial Hair Removal for Women: A Necessary Evil

Men have it easy when it comes to facial hair: if they let it get a little out of control, some people actually find it scruffy and sexy. However, frequent facial hair removal for women is a must in today's society. There are many ways in which women deal with unwanted facial hair. Spas and salons offer customized facial hair removal treatments which include waxing and plucking of eyebrow hair, upper lip hair, chin hair, etc.

Eyebrow waxing and plucking is fairly routine: often, a woman will go to a salon to have this taken care of professionally approximately once a month and then they will be able to maintain the shape the aesthetician has created for them in the meantime. There is also a new technique called eyebrow threading that is also becoming common.

Often, when a woman goes for her monthly eyebrow treatment, she can have an additional facial area or two waxed by the aesthetician for a small additional fee. This is how most women take care of their upper lip hair, and how some get rid of chin hair.

But what about at-home solutions for those of us unwilling to pay for monthly salon treatments for something we can do ourselves? Drugstores offer a number of products to help women manage their unwanted facial hair: most of these products are either waxing kits or cream hair removers.

Drugstore facial hair waxing kits usually either include a jar of wax you heat in your microwave along with wooden applicators and specially-treated paper strips, or else they contain strips that already contain the wax necessary to remove the hair.

Unfortunately, these kits can often end up causing women more pain than salon treatments, especially when you are just starting to use them. As this wax is usually of a lower quality than salon wax, it is often less effective in removing hair, and you will need to apply the wax more than once. Unfortunately, most kits carry the warning that you should not use them more than once a day in order to allow your skin time to heal before you reapply it. In addition, because your microwave is less-advanced at achieving the ideal temperature for hair removal, it is easy to burn oneself if it's too hot or cause it not to work if it is too cold.

The other option is to use a cream hair remover. These are often easier with which to be precise, as it is possible to have better control over where the cream is going; however, every brand has the same unpleasant odor, and this is especially unfortunate when taking care of upper lip hair, as it is going to have to be right under your nose for a few minutes at least.

As you can see, there are a number of options for facial hair removal for women. It is important to consider the various advantages and disadvantages of each treatment when selecting which is the best for you.

Jenny Evans, "Laser Facial Hair Removal", Laser Hair Removal Guide and Resources