Although electric shavers and disposable razors are very efficient and inexpensive, none of them can match the close precision of a wet shave at the barbershop.
People have to purchase a wet shave just to experience it for themselves. The barber uses a remarkable set of tools to make the face feel as bare as a baby’s bottom.
A face shave begins with the barber tilting back the head rest and reclining the chair. This gives him or her the ease and comfort to shave closely on the face with a single-edge straight razor. After applying a hot towel onto the face for a few seconds, the barber usually applies a cleanser to the face. This opens up the pores of the skin so that the face is nice and clean for a shave.
Then the barber lubricates the facial hair with a warm lather. This mix consists of shaving cream and hot water, typically mixed together in a basin known as a scuttle. The barber then applies the warm lather onto the skin using a barber brush.
Once the barber has sufficiently lubricated the face, he or she begins to carefully shave the face using a single-edge straight razor. Unlike cheap shavers that are shaped like a garden hoe, the barber’s expensive single-edge folds out in the same manner as [click to continue…]
Although hairremoval.org covers a wide range of hair removal procedures, people often ignore one of the more primitive types of treatment. This method uses friction energy to exfoliate skin and to remove hair.
With the special powers of friction mitts or pumice stones, people can simply rub all the hair off of their body.
They are not the most conventional tools, but these tools can actually remove hair. It may take some time to find a friction mitt or a pumice stone. Although, there are plenty of brands, not every drug store or clothing store sells mitts and pumice stones. If worse comes to worse, people can order them online.
For people who haven’t heard of these tools at all, these are simply tools with an abrasive surface. Friction mitts such as the Hair Off have a rough surface which people use to rub and exfoliate the skin. Pumice stones are volcanic rocks that have a similar rough surface which people can use to rub off hair.
To remove the hair, the person should rub the stone or mitt in a circular motion over the hairy section that he or she wants to remove. The rubbing will remove skin from the surface, as well as dead skin cells. People may want to apply baby oil or some other lubricant on the skin to reduce the irritation from the rubbing. They may also want to apply it on the mitt or the stone to make the hair removal much easier.
In comparison to methods such as waxing, pumice stones and friction mitts are [click to continue…]
Although there is a wide range of various shavers for women, shavers for men are often limited to the standard face shaver. There aren’t many shavers tailored to handle every type of men’s body hair. Thankfully, Phillips Norelco’s new shaver may usher in a new age of shavers for men.
The Norelco Bodygroom Pro is pricey at $70, but it brings many new shaving opportunities for men who need fast and easy hair removal. It is an evolution of the original Bodygroom, which also received rave reviews from Popular Mechanics magazine.
For men who really need the hair on their back and chest removed quickly, the Bodygroom is a more efficient tool than many of the other options available. The main head consists of razor blades covered by a piece of foil, stuffed between two clippers. Unlike the original Bodygroom, the pro edition uses a 3D pivoting head that neatly adjusts to the contours of a person’s skin.
The pro model also changed the bottom of the shaver by adding a trimmer. This attachment is specially designed to shave off the coarsest hairs near the pubic section. The trimmer also has a handy adjustable trimmer guard. It is adjustable from 1/8 to 11/25 of an inch. This especially helps if people are having trouble combing with thick, tangled-up hair.
The shaver also has plenty of other nifty features. It is [click to continue…]
Many women want the hair removed on their body so that they can look attractive to the people around them. However, some women need their hair removed because of the natural conditions of their body.
One of these precarious hair growth conditions in women is known as hirsutism which can actually turn more serious than people expect.
Hirsutism is a condition in which unwanted hair grows in places where it usually grows on men. This includes areas such as the face, the chest and the back. This type of hair growth often consists of coarse, pigmented hair, sometimes in massive amounts.
Hirsutism is often associated with high levels of androgens which are male sex hormones that allow the fine hairs on the body, vellus hairs, to become dark, curly and coarse. These hairs are known as terminus hairs. The high level of androgens causes the unwanted growth in the number of terminus hairs.
The high androgen levels can be caused by numerous conditions. For instance, polycystic ovary syndrome could cause hirsutism which is also caused by an imbalance of sex hormones. Polycystic ovary syndrome also causes irregular periods, obesity, infertility and multiple cysts on the ovaries.
Cushing’s syndrome could also cause hirsutism. It is caused by a high level of exposure to the steroid hormone cortisol, which is used in the body’s response to stress. High levels of cortisol could alter the balance of sex hormones in the human body, causing hirsutism.
Some of the other conditions that cause hirsutism include congenital [click to continue…]
Some people may have seen an infomercial claiming that the No! No! is a portable device that can remove hair permanently and painlessly. Although it isn’t as miraculous as the advertisement claims, it certainly removes the hair without any pain.
The No! No! infomercial promises to remove about 65 percent of the unwanted hair on a person’s skin, but it isn’t quite a permanent solution.
The No! No! is a painless tool that is very easy to use. After people charge the product, they can literally use it instantly to remove the hair on their body. They can just place the provided attachments onto the head of the No! No! and roll the tool along the skin.
This device is somewhat similar to laser hair removal. It uses electricity to remove hair from the skin. However, the No! No! uses an electrical wire on the head to burn the hair off. Although this seems extremely painful, the electrical charge of the No No! is low enough to keep people from feeling anything.
There are a few tedious problems with using the No! No! Although the device works reasonably well, people have to be sure to hold it perpendicular to the skin at a 90 degree angle. They have to also roll it smoothly so that it can catch all the hair on its head. It isn’t a perfect hair removal device, so don’t expect it to catch some of the smaller hairs on the skin.
The hair grows back for the first few weeks, so it may take [click to continue…]
When men are shaving the hair off their body, they might also want to shave their heads as well. In that case, they could consider using a unique new product known as the Headblade.
There isn’t anything especially earth-shattering about the design. It is pretty much just a razor blade shaver on wheels. However, the tool deserves all the praise that is has received from magazines and online reviewers.
The headblade is available for only $13 at headblade.com and amazon.com. The Headblade can use two different types of blades. These are the Schick Ultrex and the Gilette Atra pivoting twin blades. The blade is positioned in such a way so that people push it along the surface of the head.
To use it, people slip the headblade onto their middle finger. They can then shave off the hair in a motion as if they are combing their hair back with their hands. The headblade quickly shaves the hair off like a lawn mower.
This might seem like a painful razor shave on the head, but the razor actually can glide smoothly along the head. The design is made in the shape of a car so that the two wheels on the back easily roll the headblade over the skin. The blade also pivots loosely to adjust to the shape of a person’s scalp. This keeps the blade from cutting the skin. Be sure to also use shaving cream as well, so that the blade doesn’t scrape against the skin.
It might take some time to get used to using the headblade properly. Some people might initially [click to continue…]
Although laser hair removal is fairly popular because its precision in removing hair, the procedure could become difficult if a person’s skin is dark.
Before anyone gets the idea that this is racial discrimination, consider how the laser could dramatically affect the pigment of the skin. If the person’s skin has a dark pigment, the skin is more likely to burn from the laser. This happens primarily because light that makes contact with dark colors generally gets converted into heat energy.
Normally when a laser hits light skin, much of the laser energy can easily target the darker-colored hair on the skin. This allows it to easily remove the hair out of its shaft. With dark skin, the laser could just as easily burn the skin because of the immense surface area that can burn from the laser.
Throughout this entire process, it cannot easily target the hair anymore, unless the practitioner uses the proper adjustments on the laser. The laser obviously cannot adjust itself automatically to keep itself from injuring the person’s skin. Thus, the practitioner should identify the proper laser and the amount of energy to be emitted before doing anything else.
For darker skins, thorough knowledge of the laser removal process is especially important. The laser is specifically designed to only hit the melanin pigment in the hair shaft, not the rest of the skin. In order to specifically hit this area, practitioners use [click to continue…]
Many websites praise the benefits of home laser hair removal systems, but few of them ever mention the dangers of using one. There is always a potential risk of injury when people are using a laser.
The permanent side effect of a laser is certainly nothing to joke about. The laser can burn the skin if the color of the skin is dark enough. Normally, the laser would only hit the hair. However, dark skin has the greater tendency to absorb the light from the laser and convert it into heat energy. Thus, darker-skinned people may want to stay away from most lasers, to keep their skin safe.
Laser energy can also damage a person’s sight. This isn’t the type of harmless laser that is often used in business presentations. Lasers such as the DM 5000 have the power to emit 5,000 milliwatts of energy in every pulse and although this doesn’t seem like much, it could cause serious damage to the eye if someone is not careful. As one can see, a home laser could cause permanent damage or blindness if used improperly.
Almost all of the home lasers are equipped with a skin contact sensor, to keep them from inadvertently shooting someone in the eye. That doesn’t make them any less dangerous to use on the face. In fact, every home laser manual recommends to not [click to continue…]
Although many women try not to mention anything about pubic hair trimming, there are some women who really want to trim the edges of the pubic area for important reasons.
A woman’s pubic area is commonly known as the bikini area. Women often ask for a bikini line trim, which removes the hair along the edges of the bikini area. Some women feel that the hair along the edges look unsightly and somewhat embarrassing with a bikini on. Thus, they usually look for a method to remove those unwanted hairs.
It’s not always easy to trim the “bush” without complications. Although the frequency of health problems caused by bikini line trimming varies from person to person, many experts and websites recommend women to hold back on pubic hair trimming. This is because the bikini area is one of the most sensitive parts of the body.
For instance, there is always the possibility that the pubic area could get infected. Shaving could also cause bumps or razor burns. It could also cause ingrown hairs to grow inside the skin, causing irritation.
In worst-case scenarios, shaving could damage the hair follicles and cause folliculitis, which is an [click to continue…]
Although many people understand what it means to get their body hair waxed, not everyone is familiar with sugaring. Many websites have stated that sugaring is one of the oldest hair removal methods, first used in Egypt in 1900 B.C.
In many ways, sugaring is very similar to waxing. Sugaring still involves removing hair from the roots by using a topical paste or gel. However, the procedure uses all-natural ingredients.
Sugaring typically uses a mixture of sugar, honey, lemon juice and water. Unlike waxing, the ingredients for sugaring are water-soluble, so people can easily clean it off with a shower.
There are two types of sugaring mixtures. The traditional form of sugaring uses a warm, thick paste. The practitioner first molds the sugar paste onto the skin in the opposite direction at which the hair is growing. The sugar seeps inside the hair follicles and wraps around the hair shaft. The person can then flick the sugar paste off to gently remove the hair from the body in the direction of growth.
The other form of sugaring uses a sugar gel. Unlike the paste, the gel is applied in the direction of hair growth. The gel is then removed in the opposite direction.
Both forms are literally much easier to pull off. Because sugaring uses natural ingredients, it isn’t as painful as waxing. The gel or the paste will not remain stuck on the skin. Thus, people are less likely to experience skin irritation, bumps or bleeding.
The entire process also progresses more quickly than if the skin was waxed. Waxing proceeds at one segment at a time, because the wax can quickly [click to continue…]
