The beauty of the female body at all times was praised and revered, was the object of worship and admiration. With the passage of time nothing has changed - a beautiful female body remains the limit of aspirations and everyday painstaking labor of the fair sex.
Contents
- Depilation: the method of queens and slaves
- What is depilation?
- Can I visit the solarium after depilation?
- Which is better: depilation or shaving?
- Depilation at home: depilation cream
- Depilation at home: his majesty epilator
- Depilation at home: waxing
- Depilation at home: shugaring
- Video. Comparison of shugaring and waxing
Modern women go for all sacrifices for the sake of beauty,
and when it comes to getting rid of unwanted vegetation, they even start all the hard. What is depilation, what are the tricks of this procedure and what kinds of it exist that we will consider in this article.
Depilation: the method of the queens and slaves
It is known that the first mention of depilation in historical sources refers to the I century BC, when the beautiful Cleopatra used the semblance of modern wax depilation for removing hair from the body. Slaves in ancient Egypt removed the hair with wax, and with the help of plucking, using small tweezers( analog of modern tweezers).In ancient Greece there was a cult of a "smooth" body - removing hair, Hellenes tried to imitate the gods, so depilation was popular both among women and men. Later, in the Middle Ages, even the monarchs of Europe removed hair on the body with the help of various mixtures, which included lime, removing not only the hair, but also forming serious burns.
Fortunately, the progress in cosmetology has long gone forward from medieval barbaric methods and today the depilation procedure is performed with minimal pain and health risks. In addition, there are several types of depilation, different cost, effectiveness and complexity of the procedure, so a woman who follows her body, there is always a choice.
What is depilation?
The depilation procedure consists in removing the visible part of the hair. Unlike hair removal, in which the hair follicle is destroyed,
does not affect the integrity of the bulb during depilation, but the hair shaft, sometimes with the hair root, is removed. Such a procedure does not imply full or prolonged disposal of unwanted vegetation and the need for its recurrence ranges from one to several times a week, depending on the individual characteristics of hair growth.
Depilation is actively used in salon practice, but the simplicity of the procedure allows you to get rid of hair by this method and at home. Typically, with the help of depilation, you can get rid of vegetation on any part of the body, but if you follow the recommendations of experts, some of its types are only used isolated in certain areas of the skin, without affecting intimate places and have a number of contraindications and precautions.
Can I visit the solarium after depilation?
So, many women are asking this question. Specialists unanimously assert that not only after depilation, but before this procedure should refrain from going to the solarium.
IMPORTANT: If you wish to visit the solarium, you should wait two days before depilation and the same after, so as not to harm your health.
Which is better: depilation or shaving?
Often depilation at home consists in an elementary shave with a disposable machine or razor. Simplicity and cheapness of the procedure does not require special conditions and knowledge, besides shave off unnecessary hair - it is quick and painless. On this all the advantages of this method end. As a rule, hair after shaving grow very quickly, many women with active hair growth, the next day grows bristles, so the procedure has to be repeated again and again.
IMPORTANT: If you shave incorrectly( against hair growth), many adult hairs appear, the skin becomes inflamed in places of growth, and purulent lesions appear.
If, in spite of the drawbacks of this method of depilation, you prefer shaving, then it is necessary to follow the simple advice of specialists:
- shave only with a sharp machine or razor in order to prevent irritation;
- give preference to wet shaving and machines with a moisturizing strip;
- use after shaving products having anti-inflammatory properties( creams, ointments, sprays, powders);
- do not apply any cosmetic products to the skin before shaving.
Depilation at home: depilation cream
For a longer effect, in order to get rid of unwanted hair, apply a variety of creams for depilation. A wide range of similar products with a variety of price indicators makes the depilation cream affordable for almost everyone.
The procedure for removing hair with a cream involves applying it for a certain time, indicated in the instructions, and removing it with a special spatula or sponge. Together with the cream, the softened hair rods are removed, besides, the aggressive effect on the hair makes them thinner and after several such procedures they can completely stop growing.
IMPORTANT: Depilatory creams aggressively affect not only the hair, but also the skin, so you should be extremely careful and carefully monitor the application time.
Depilation at home: his majesty the epilator
A more effective method of depilation is the use of a depilator. He tears the hair from the root, but does not destroy the follicles, and, in fact, is an automated hair pincer, which causes quite strong pain, especially in the first times of use. But, over time, the pain threshold becomes higher and with prolonged use of the epilator the pain becomes less tangible.
There are a lot of different models of epilators, their functionality and effectiveness can be judged by the numerous reviews and advice on various forums that say that this method of depilation is in demand and popular with the masses.
Home depilation: waxing
Among the salon services, waxing is highly popular - the removal of unwanted hair with the help of wax. Wax depilation is produced both with cold wax and hot, and if the first can be done at home on their own, hot depilation with wax is not only a complicated procedure, but also dangerous, so it is often performed only in beauty salons. The wax mixture is heated to the optimum temperature and applied to the hairy area of the skin, after that special strips are applied and the wax with the hair is removed. Hot waxing is a painful procedure, but fast, effective and allows you to quickly lose hair in large areas of the body.
Cold wax depilation involves the disposal of hair with the help of special wax strips that are widely available at retail in almost any supermarket. In order to remove the hair, warm up the strips and, slightly rubbing in the hands, glue them to the skin.
IMPORTANT: It is painful to rip off the wax strips and if they are not warmed up enough, some of the hair will remain on the body.
Depilation at home: shugaring
In recent years, quite common and popular shugaring. This type of depilation is akin to wax waxing, except that a special sugar mixture is prepared instead of wax. Shugaring is most commonly used to remove hair in the bikini zone, but it is also possible to remove hair using this method on other skin areas. This procedure is carried out by both specialists and independently.
Important : When carrying out the shugaring it is necessary to lubricate the skin with talc, after which it is applied a layer of caramel paste against the direction of hair growth.
Sugar layer is removed with hair, but in the direction of hair shaft growth. This allows you to pull hair from the root, which ensures their slow growth in the future: the hairs become thinner and rarer, until they disappear completely after a number of procedures.
What method of depilation you have not chosen and wherever it is carried out - at home or "handed over" your body to the hands of specialists - it is worth remembering that beauty is a great force that requires many victims from us, but they are worth it. And the proud name "Woman" is given to each of us in order to defend this title every day and to prove that there is no limit to perfection.