By Valentina Tu Summer is coming, if it is not already here. For many people, summer screams SKIN! To get the smoothest and clearest skin in the world, you have to remove your hair. Here are some facts and tips about hair removal. These are the painless ways to remove hair
How they work: They do not cause pain because the following methods just cut the hair from the surface of the skin. The upsides of shaving are that razors are really simple to use, easy to come by, and cheap. You can buy disposable ones at 7-11. The fact that it does not hurt is also a plus. However, the downside is that, after a day or two, you (and people) will notice the newly grown hair and it looks like stubble. It does not feel good to the touch, which means you have to shave again to maintain the smoothness. However, it is just an urban legend that shaving makes your hair grow thicker or darker. Shaving does not affect your follicles. You only feel that the hair is coarser because the new grown hair is short and has a blunt tip, but eventually, it will grow back to its original state. (It takes an average of three months to do so.) There are few side effects to shaving, including cuts, slight irritation of the skin (aka razor burn), and ingrown hairs or razor bumps. And if you have ultra sensitive skin, do not use hair removal creams. The painless means are recommended for those with little or soft, thin hair. Methods Tool and where to get it Suitable areas Tips Costs Shaving Razor/ get quality razors at Watsons/ both Schick and Gillette have good razors Arms, underarms, legs, bikini areas
100-300 NTD for replaceable blades Hair removal cream Hair removal cream/ get it at Watsons/ go for Veet, Nair, or Sally Hansen online Upper lip, arms, legs, underarms, bikini areas
Painful ways to remove hair How they work: When you wax, epilate, or use tweezers, you pull your hair out from the root. The feeling is like being slapped, hard. I am not going to lie like some commercials that those methods do not hurt. They do cause pain. However, after you get used to the sensation of your hair being pulled out, it does not hurt that much. The good things (yes, there is more than one) about these sadistic methods are that first, you do not have to shave everyday, and second, after you wax/epilate/tweeze, your skin is as smooth as a new born baby’s. Take me for example, before I found out the wonders done by waxing and epilating, I used to shave. My hair grows fast; therefore, after I shaved in the morning, I could see unsightly black stubble in the evening. But with waxing or epilating, I do not have to remove my hair daily. As for the smoothness part, I have really coarse and dark hair, so shaving just makes it feel worse. The new grown hair after you wax or epilate is like soft baby hair. The best part is, waxing or epilating damages your hair follicles; therefore, after a long period of doing it, you stop growing hair altogether. However, ingrown hairs and razor bumps are side effects. The painful means are for those with a lot or coarse, dark hair. Fine, thin hairs are harder to pull off with epilators. Methods Tool and where to get it Suitable areas Tips Costs Waxing Wax/ get it at Watsons or go online since The Body Shop in Taiwan has stopped selling it Arms, legs, bikini areas
Epilation Epilator/ both Braun and Philips have good reviews Arms, underarms, legs, bikini areas
Tweezing Tweezers/ get them at Watsons Brows, upper lip
After you get rid of the hair After you shave, apply creams that contain aloe vera or moisturizers to soothe your skin. You can do the same thing after you wax or epilate. You can also spray your newly waxed/epilated skin with cool water or run it with ice cubes. Resist the temptation to scratch if you get big bumps like mosquito bites; normally they go away in a couple of hours. Personally, I find mentholatum ointments suitable for anything wrong with my skin. If I get a rash from hair removing, I put some on, and it stops the itch. One common side effect of these hair removal methods is ingrown hairs or razor bumps. They are basically hairs that gets trapped in the follicle and sometimes curl back into the skin. To avoid ingrown hairs or razor bumps, exfoliate and use products with salicylic acid. If you already have them, pick the ingrown end out with tweezers but do not pluck the hair. a
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