| What kind of tweezers are best?Buy a good quality | | | | Many of these devices have tweezer discs in the |
| pair. Don't skimp on price. Make sure the | | | | head which |
| two tips of the tweezers meet and form a good grip | | | | rotate picking up the hair in the process and plucking |
| on the | | | | them |
| hair.What is the best way to pluck hair?Stretch the | | | | from the root. Many are contoured in such a way as |
| skin slightly, grip the hair close to the root, | | | | to glide |
| and pull gently, firmly and evenly. Yanking the hair may | | | | easily over all parts of the body.How long before the |
| | | | hair reappears after tweezing? |
| cause it to break off thus increasing the risk of | | | | Many weeks, between 3 and 8.How painful is |
| ingrown | | | | tweezing? |
| hair.**Use good tweezers. | | | | A slight stinging or pricking sensation is often felt. Red |
| **Make sure you are in good even light. | | | | bumps may appear due to swollen hair follicles but |
| **Pull the hairs in the direction of growth. | | | | they |
| **Tweezing after a bath or shower is easier when | | | | usually disappear after some hours. The risk of |
| the skin is | | | | infection |
| warm. | | | | with epilating can be reduced by using an antibacterial |
| **Rub an ice cube over the area after tweezing to | | | | agent before and after the procedure.What are the |
| reduce | | | | main advantages and disadvantages of tweezing? |
| redness. | | | | This is generally a very economical method depending |
| **Avoid plucking just before a period as more pain or | | | | on how |
| discomfort may be felt at this time.Which body areas | | | | much one wishes to spend on good quality |
| are particularly suitable for tweezing? | | | | tweezers.Electrical devices range anywhere from $30 |
| Stray eyebrow hairs, scattered hairs in the abdominal | | | | to $60. The main |
| region, stray hairs on the nipples and chin hairs in | | | | disadvantage of hand tweezing is the time required. It |
| women | | | | is a |
| past the menopause.Eyebrow hair differs in that the | | | | painstaking process and requires much patience.On |
| majority of them at any | | | | the other hand some have expressed that they enjoy |
| given time are in the resting or telogen phase. This | | | | it and |
| means | | | | find it therapeutic with the procedure becoming almost |
| their regrowth rate is slower than other hair. It is wise | | | | |
| therefore to avoid over plucking eyebrow hair.Where | | | | compulsive.Recommendation: As tweezing removes |
| are electrical epilators most and least effective? | | | | hair by the roots, it is |
| Most effective: Large, flat areas like the arms and | | | | particularly effective when followed up with a hair |
| legs. | | | | inhibitor which significantly reduces the hair growth |
| Least effective: Curved areas like the underarms, and | | | | thus |
| may cause significant trauma to the face and other | | | | reducing the frequency of tweezing. |
| thin skinned areas.How do electrical epilators work? | | | | |