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Lasers

• Laser hair removal is fast

• Almost painless at least can tolerable, less pain than electrolysis.

• Useful for large areas and all areas

• Once an area is lasered four to six times, the area will be about 80% hair-free for at least one year and up to 10 year.

• Laser hair removal is expensive

• Repeat treatments needed

• Not suitable anybody, dark skin or sun tanned skin take longer to get results because melanin

• Hair has to be dark

• Risk of scarring or skin pigment changes

Electrolysis

• Electrolysis is only truly permanent method

• Suitable anybody

• Electrolysis is very pain

• Might take years to achieve permanent result.

• Electrolysis is expensive

• Not treatment to large areas because each hair has to be treated individually

• Needs qualified therapist

• Risk of scarring

Shaving

• Shaving is fast, safe, easy and cheap.

• Fast regrowth. Stubble reappears quickly

• Risk of ingrown hairs

• Risks of skin irritation and cuts

Waxing

• Waxing is cheap and easy

• Waxing will removes hair by the root and the results can be kept for four weeks

• Hair growth is slower

• Hair growth reduced and grows back finer over time

• Suitable for most area

• Waxing is pain

• Hair regrowth will be faster

• Risks of skin irritation and cuts

• Women using any topical medications or other drying oral medications should also avoid waxing.

Epilation

• Epilation is cheap and easy

• Slow regrowth

• Regrowth reduces over time

• Long lasting smoothness.

• Epilation is pain

• Needs regular repetition

• Difficult to use in some areas

• Risks of skin irritation and cuts

• Risk of ingrown hairs

Depilatories

• Depilatories is easy, fast and painless

• Suitable for most area

• Less regrowth and stubble than shaving

• Possible allergic skin reaction

• Chemical smell of product

• Repeat used needed

• Hair regrowth will be faster

Threading

• Threading is fast

• Hair growth is slower same as waxing

• Threading only works on flat surfaces such as face and eyebrows

• Pain same as waxing

• Could irritate severe acne, causing it to rupture

• Requires experience or salon treatment