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Hair. We are covered with it. Hair had numerous indispensable functions in those times when our prehistoric predecessors still lived in caves and slept on the hard earth. Hair furnished them with warmth, shade, and also a fence to prevent insects from crawling and gaining entrance into bodily crevices.

Nevertheless, in this modern age where humans now mostly live indoors, an abundance of hair has come to be considered as something undesirable. In women, hair found in the armpits, legs, bikini line, neck, and/or face is not only undesirable but is seen as a reflection of the state of a woman’s personal hygiene.

Considering society’s sense and fixation about unwanted hair found in ladies, plenty of hair removal methods are available for those plagued with a surfeit of hair in the parts of the body enumerated earlier.

Shaving lends a short-lived solution to the excessive hair growth issue. Nevertheless, it is considered the most convenient way of hair removal.

Tweezing is another hair removal process viewed to be better at keeping hair regrowth to a minimum. Nevertheless, it is considered very time-consuming because one needs to pluck out the hair strand one at a time.

Another hair removal procedure is waxing. Waxing strips are warmed and then put on the legs. The hair strands stick to the soft warm wax. Once cool enough, the strips are pulled off (ideally in the opposite direction of hair growth); the hairs are pulled up from their follicles.

Laser is purported to be the process that permanently eliminates hair from the skin surface. The process works by vaporizing melanin, thus dark hair regrowth is discouraged.

If considering laser hair eradication, consult a certified dermatologic medical practitioner to learn more about the pros and risks of this technology.