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Cosmetic or Plastic Surgery Things You Need to Know About Hair Removal

Different cultures have different views on body hair . The ancient Egyptians thought all body hair was ugly and unhygienic. In ancient Greece, women removed it all. Even in the 20th century some Turkish women would have all their hairs removed one by one before their wedding.

Today, most people will make their own decision whether to remove or leave their body hair. There are various options open to those who wish to remove hair, which range from the very cheap and easy to the more expensive but more permanent options.

Anyone who has a problem with unwanted hair will know how soul destroying this problem can be. It can eventually turn a rational human being into a paranoid individual who will not open the front door without first having shaved the offending area or covered it up.

Who needs hair removed?
Serious cyclists like to remove all the hair on their legs.
Swimmers like to remove it from the bodies.
Transvestites, transgender and transsexuals need to remove hair from their faces, arms and legs and anywhere else it causes them a problem.
Medical conditions include:-
Hirsutism is the medical term for a masculine pattern of hair growth in women.
Hypertrichosis is generally an over growth of hair in either sex and is usually genetic.
Hormonal Imbalance can be caused through pregnancy, the menopause or due to having Polycystic Ovaries.
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Malfunction of the adrenal glands
Reactions to some drugs particularly drugs to assist with fertility

If you think you have a medical problem, ask your GP to help you. This will give you a good indication as to whether the condition can be removed altogether or how it can be managed without too much difficulty.

Hair growth cycle
There are different types of hair growing on the body in different places at different ages. These include Lanugo, Vellus and Terminal hair. There are also Asexual, Ambisexual and Sexual hair.

Understand it to get rid of it
Anagen is the growing stage of the hair. Catagen is the transitional stage between growing and becoming dormant.
Catagen is the transitional stage between growing and becoming dominant.
Telogen is the stage when the hair is inactive or dormant.

An easy way to understand how hair grows is to think of it as the laundry. One set of sheets is on the bed, the other is in the airing cupboard waiting to be used and the third is in the wash. There will always be three lots of hair to be treated whatever removal method is used.

Depending on where the hair is growing on the body, it is in the anagen stage for approximately 13 weeks on the arms and up to 6 years on the scalp. (See Cosmetic and Medical Electrolysis and Temporary Hair Removal by R N Richards MD, G E Meharg RN, Medric Ltd 1991). The hair you can see and treat is usually in the anagen stage. Then the next two stages grow and need treating at different times.

Removal methods:-   Shaving - Abrasion - Plucking - Depilatory Creams - Waxing - Bleaching - Sugaring - Threading - Electrolysis.

Then along came lasers

Before commencing treatments with any type of laser system, ask how many treatments are likely to be needed for a permanent reduction of hair.

Note: Lasers generally only give a reduction of hair or management of hair growth. They are unlikely to give permanent removal.

This is not a full list and any information about other systems would be welcome.

Lasers have varying degrees of success and can sometimes be painful. They operate on various frequencies and the photothermal destruction of the hair follicle is sometimes poor. The skin types that can be treated varies greatly.
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