At Home Permanent Hair Removal Systems

There are a number of hair removal systems on the market today that offer surprisingly professional results. This article will take a look at a few of them, and give you some valuable information about at home hair removal that you will find useful. Hair removal doesn’t need to be a costly procedure that involves going to a professional for repeated office visits (and fees). You can do it in the privacy of your own home and with a minimum of hassle and fuss. Read on to find out some valuable information about at home hair removal and how you can benefit from the latest products and techniques on the market as well as basic background knowledge and know how.

One great at home hair removal product on the market today is the Tria laser hair removal system. This award winning system, which has been declared safe by the FDA, uses laser technology to remove hair so that it, basically, never grows back. The laser targets dark pigments in the hair, and uses them generate heat. This heat knocks out the ability of the hair follicle to produce hair. Because hair grows in cycles, the process has to be repeated several times, first at intervals of weeks, then months. But when the process is done, a woman can experience hairless skin for long periods afterwards. And all of this is without the need for time consuming office visits or expensive procedures.

The Tria system is one of the best systems on the market today. In a simple hair removal process, the woman simply shaves her legs, sets the laser device to the skin sensitivity setting she is comfortable with and covers the area of her legs from which she would like to remove hair as thoroughly as she can. The laser device has three contact sensors , all of which must be focused on the skin in order for it to emit its pulses of laser light. Since the diode laser targets hair pigments, it can perform its removal process without damaging the surrounding skin. And the sensors guard against the device emitting unwanted laser energy when not in specific contact with the skin area. This is a great and very safe system for at home hair removal.

Silk’n SensEpil is one of the main competitors for the Tria system. It is similar to the Tria system technologically, and is about half the price. It also has been cleared by the FDA for safety, and generally produces great results. Like Tria, Silk’n SensEpil is a laser device that targets hair pigments, generating heat and gently burning away the hair follicle so that it doesn’t regrow. The device has even been certified safe for use even on facial hair from the cheek bone line downwards. Of course, it is important to take special care that the laser is not aimed at the eyes. Also, care must be taken to avoid too much sun contact after laser treatment.

At a reduced cost and similar effectiveness level to Tria, this product is definitely one to consider. While not as streamlined looking as the Tria device, it saves money and is a reputable, safe, and well regarded hair removal product.

It should be noted that both of these products can be used by men as well as women. Women are the chief consumers of them, but men who want to remove hair from various areas of their skin can benefit from these technologies and brands too.

The age of at home hair removal has definitely arrived. In addition to the two mentioned above there are a plethora of products now that can be used safely and quite effectively at home. These products range from the least technologically advanced – waxing, sugaring and plucking – to the more advanced technologies of electrolysis and lasers. All of these techniques have the same goal – to get rid of unwanted hair for long periods or for good. Which product you select depends on your budget and the recommendations of doctors or dermatologists. It helps to know a bit about how the entire process works when selecting a product or system, so here’s a little primer on the basics.

Here in list form are the principles you need to know to get rid of unwanted hair:

• Hair has three basic states or stages that it can be in – growth, technically known as the anagen phase, regression, called the catagen phase, and resting, called the telogen phase. Each of the hairs on your body is in one of these stages. The majority of your hair – about 90% is in the growth or anagen phase at a given time, leaving about 10% in the resting or regression phases. A single hair consists of a follicle, which is under the skin, and the hair shaft itself. 

• Hair removal is most effective when the hair is in the growth or anagen phase. This means that though the majority of your hair can be removed permanently or semi permanently at one time, not all of it can. You usually need to come back later and destroy resting or regression phase hairs when they have gone into the growth phase.

• The first step in hair removal is removing the hair shaft itself. This can be done either by plucking or shaving the hair. Shaving does not do as thorough a job as plucking of course, but since the next step deals with regrowth of the hair, this may not matter so much. Any small portion of hair left under the skin will fall out soon if the regrowth ability of the hair is arrested.

• The next step is to destroy the hair follicle. The hair follicle is a tiny formation under the skin from which the hair shaft springs. It is pointless to talk about permanently removing hair without talking about stopping the follicle’s ability to regrow hair. So all the treatments, from the simple techniques of waxing all the way up to advanced laser treatments aim at destroying the follicle so that the hair cannot grow back. Lasers and electricity are often used to so this and are usually the most effective. They target the hair follicle and, using heat, knock it out of condition for a long time or even permanently. 

• The final step is to repeat this process as remaining follicles go into their growth stage. As noted, not all hairs you want to get rid of are in the growth stage at the same time, so it is virtually always necessary to repeat the follicle destruction process, usually weeks or months later when the dormant hairs go into growth mode.

• Take precaution after hair removal treatment because the skin is sensitive afterwards. Don’t expose the treated skin to too much sun just after treatment, and give your skin time to recover. It may be especially sensitive after a hair removal treatment, and you should spend the following day mostly indoors and avoid activities that might rub and irritate the skin such as running, climbing many stairs, sports, and so on.

At home hair removal is not difficult, and the current state of technology makes it a mostly painless and comfortable experience. Often the cost of at home hair removal devices are the same or less than just one session at a hair removal office, so there are obvious monetary advantages to doing it on your own. Just make sure to follow the techniques recommended by the product manufacturer or other professionals. This will insure you have a safe and effective at home hair removal experience, and will be happy with the results.