Hair removal is the most common and most used procedure to get rid of unwanted hair and look more attractive. Hair on armpits and bikini line or male penile area is removed by more then 85% population of this world. Hair on these areas is a source of germs and can cause skin and other diseases. Hair on face, arms, abdomen, back and legs comes in the cosmetic category and are removed to get more beautiful and attractive and mostly opted by females.
There are many procedures to remove the unwanted hair. In the common and self handled procedures, hair are removed by shaving, bleaching, waxing, plucking and tweezering. In cosmetic surgery or dermatologists procedures, hair are removed with the help of electrolysis, laser technology and ultrasonic waves. In self handled procedures, the methods are easy and inexpensive but provide a temporary solution to hair removal. Some of them are good for one purpose but not accurate for another: like shaving male penile or female vaginal area is good for the sexual health but it is not good for the bikini women because it affect the skin color on the bikini line.
Learning the natural hair growth procedure help us to understand how to stop hair from growing. Each hair is contained in a Pilosebaceous unit, which consist of a hair shaft, hair follicle, sebaceous gland, and erector pili muscle. Hair growth is completed in three phases: the Anagen phase the initial growth, the Catagen is the transitional or intermediate state and Telogen is the final or resting state. Hair spend different amount of periods in each phase depending on the genetics, hormones and area of the body. The initial phase anagen is more susceptible to injury and to be avoided before opting a procedure.
Latest Hair Removal Procedure: Ultrasonic
After the laser hair removal procedures, now the ultrasonic waves are being used to remove the unwanted hair. A new procedure which uses the IMPRESA technology is introduced by Applisonix Ltd. Applisonix uses the ultra sound waves on a hair shaft which travel to the hair root and then sound waves converted into heat and damage the hair root. Results of this hair removal procedure are 38% after the initial use. Some benefits of this procedure are,
- The ultra sonic head and the acoustic energy concentrate directly on the hair shaft channeling the sound energy to the hair root, where it change into heat and damage it completely.
- The surrounding skin is not affected.
- This procedure is equally useful for both men and women.
- This procedure is fit for all hair and skin tones.
- It is safe and no pain or very less (if any) pain is involved.
- This procedure could be used on all parts of body and have no side effects.
