What is hair removal, today, probably, everyone knows. This is a special way to remove hair on the skin of the body. This occurs due to trauma to the hair papilla and follicle. This causes a gradual cessation of hair growth in the area of โโhair removal.
Before starting the procedure, the cosmetologist needs to evaluate the skin. It is also necessary to find out why excessive hair growth occurs.
Causes
A common cause of this phenomenon is a genetic predisposition. The second is an imbalance in the human hormonal background. There may be several reasons for it. This is the reception of steroid hormones or hormonal contraceptives, and hyperandrogenism. Any of them requires serious treatment by a doctor - an endocrinologist. Without solving these problems, it will not be possible to achieve beauty and smoothness of the skin.
Of course, effective ways are:
1. Photoepilation.
2. Laser hair removal
3. Electrolysis.
You canโt believe commercials that promise in one session to permanently rid the body and face of excess hair. To date, there is no such method.
Electrolysis Method
This method is based on the inhibition of the functions of the hair follicle when exposed to electric current. He requires painter and thoroughness from the cosmetologist. It is very laborious and time-consuming than photoepilation or laser hair removal.
Even with flaws, this method is very effective. And they can be the following:
- Excessive requirements for disinfection of the skin. For example, before the procedure, it is necessary to treat the skin with a mixture of 70% alcohol and 0.05% chlorhexidine.
- The electrodes must be disposable.
- The procedure is rather painful. Modern medicine has a wide range of painkillers to nullify discomfort.
- Rehabilitation striking in its duration. It depends on the technical features of the procedure and can be both twenty-minute (rare cases) and two-week. Often, the skin responds to a burn by the onset of the inflammatory process.
- Even tissue edema can provoke hair removal. Bikini and armpit zones can retain swelling for up to two days.
- On the third day, the crust-forming process begins. Depending on the strength of the current, not only crusts can appear, but also bruises, and even small scars.
- Cases of hemorrhage have been reported. This is only due to the technique for hair removal. The electrode could touch the subcutaneous plexus of the vessels. Bearing in mind this drawback of electrolysis, it is not recommended that it be carried out several days before critical days and for people taking blood-thinning drugs.
- Frequent cases of hyperpigmentation. This method of hair removal provokes the appearance of post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation. This occurs after 4-5 sessions and passes no earlier than after 8-9 months. Therefore, it is recommended to plan electrolysis for the autumn-winter period.
- A frequent complication is infection. Disinfection of the skin is required. Consumables must be disposable. The skin must be absolutely healthy.
- Scarring. This disadvantage appears only due to the low qualification of the cosmetologist and violation of the rules of the procedure.
- Ingrown hairs. In this case, it is necessary to treat the skin with special cosmetic formulations based on alpha-hydroxy acids. But all the same, the ingrown hairs must be removed mechanically (cut the skin and remove them).
Light Hair Removal Method
What is hair removal, we figured it out. And what exactly is this method? This is oppression of hairs using high-power light sources (these are IPL systems and lasers). The destruction occurs due to thermal effects, when the chromophores absorb the light beam. The length of the light source should correspond to part of the absorption spectrum of melanin (visible part of the spectrum (350-700 nm), UV radiation (100-400 nm), infrared part of the spectrum (1200 nm)).
The main advantages are non-penetration and speed of exposure. The disadvantages are very insignificant: it is not suitable for every skin type and complexion, and the effectiveness is somewhat lower than that of the previous method.
Photoepilation method
What is photoelectric hair removal? It is based on the action of a broadband long-pulse source of a non-monochrome light beam.
For this, IPL systems with the following characteristics are used: energy flow - 30-55 J / cm 2 , wavelength - 500-1200 nm, spot diameter - 0.8x2.0-2.0x2.0 cm. It differs from the others in high efficiency, speed, safety and low invasiveness of the skin. The light source does not work with a beam, but with a spot, which significantly reduces the time of the procedure.
Disadvantages and complications of the procedure
The disadvantages are as follows.
- The effectiveness of the procedure depends on the color of the hair: the worst are red, light and gray.
- The most expensive type of hair removal of the existing.
- Pain is lower than previous methods. Anesthesia is used if they work in the bikini area.
Complications also occur:
- Hyperpigmentation.
- Hypopigmentation. Whitening spots appear on tanned skin after photoepilation. Naturally, this procedure is prohibited for tanned skin. A cosmetologist can admit photoepilation no earlier than a month after receiving a tan.
- Burns of the skin. May appear due to incorrect program selection. And, as a result, there are cortical coatings, swelling, bubbles with fluid inside.
- Scarring. Appear on skin prone to scarring. For photoepilation is a very rare case.
- Ingrown hair. For this type of hair removal, an atypical complication.
Fashionable direction elos hair removal
Every year there are more and more methods for removing unwanted vegetation. Now we will talk about the elos procedure. Such a modern hair removal has been developed in Israel, and has been successfully used in Russia for more than 10 years. A current and a high-frequency light pulse are directed to a skin area with unwanted hair. Due to the action of two energies, optical and electric, the hair follicle is inhibited. The cost of elos hair removal has a large price range. It depends on the color of the hairs, the density and density of the hairline and, accordingly, on the number of sessions.
Benefits and contraindications
What is Elos hair removal? This is a hair removal procedure that has many advantages:
- there is practically no pain;
- efficiency of 100%;
- there is no period of rehabilitation and negative consequences;
- even cannon hairs are removed;
- The program is developed for each client separately.
There are contraindications. But they are for every
type of hair removal. These are any cancers, herpes (crisis period), epilepsy, diabetes mellitus (severe) and lactation.
Remove hair at home
Ladies who want to save not only money, but also time, can carry out the procedure in their room. Home hair removal (depilation) is of three types.
1. Depilation using an electrical appliance . The device is purchased at a specialized store or pharmacy. His work is based on the rotation of metal discs, which, in contact with the skin, pull out the hairs. The procedure is very painful.
2. Depilation with strips of hot wax. Heated wax is applied to the skin treated with the lotion, and a strip of fabric is applied to it. Remove with a sharp movement. Painful sensations are slightly less than the previous method.
3. Depilation with sugar, the so-called shugaring. The method is almost the oldest. A thick sugar solution is applied to a strip of tissue, applied to the skin, wait a few minutes and sharply removed. The pain is so severe that it is not recommended to carry out the procedure in the groin and in the armpits.
The difference between the procedures?
And finally: it is necessary to distinguish what is epilation and depilation. Skin hairs have an outer part, the hair itself and the subcutaneous part, the follicle, root and bulb. So, hair removal is aimed at the destruction of the subcutaneous part. In turn, depilation removes only the hair itself (therefore, requires frequent repetition of the procedure).