Chapter 17- Hair Removal

Brazilian Bikini Waxing

Waxing technique that requires the removal of all the hair from the front and the back of the bikini area

Depilatory

Substance, usually a caustic alkali preparation, used for the temporary removal of superfluous hair by dissolving it at the skin surface

Electrolysis

Removal of hair by means of an electric current that destroys the hair’s growth cell

Epilator

Substance used to remove hair by pulling from the follicle’s base

Intense pulsed light

Also known as photoepilation and IPL": permanent hair reduction method that uses intense light to destroy the growth cells of the hir follicles

Laser hair removal

Permanent heir reduction treatment in which a laser beam is pulsed on the skin, impairing the hair growth

Sugaring

Temporary hair removal method that involves the use of a thick, warm sugar-based paste

Threading

(Banding), temporary hair removal method that involves twisting and rolling cotton thread also the surface of the skin, entwining the hair in the thread and lifting it from the follicle

Tweezing

Hair Removal method that involves pulling one hair at a time out by the root using tweezers