Management of Unwanted Hair

    January 2009 in “ Elsevier eBooks ”
    Gurpreet S. Ahluwalia
    TLDR The chapter explains why and how women remove unwanted hair, comparing methods like shaving and waxing.
    The chapter discussed the management of unwanted hair, emphasizing that while hair's primary function in mammals is environmental protection, in humans, it is often removed for cosmetic reasons, especially by women. Hair removal methods were categorized into depilation (removing hair at the skin's surface) and epilation (removing the entire hair shaft from the root). Common techniques included shaving, depilatory creams, bleaching, waxing, and plucking. Waxing and tweezing, though more painful, provided longer-lasting results compared to depilatories, as they removed hair from below the skin's surface, delaying new growth for several weeks.
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