Women have been shaving their legs since early in the 1900s. Some women have rebelled against the idea that they need to shave their legs in order to conform to selective societal customs, and, in truth, it was the fashion industry that started the trend of women needing to shave their legs in the first place. But these days, many women still like to have smooth legs when they bare their legs in public.
I must admit, if I know I won't be showing my legs because I'll be wearing trousers for several days in a row, I will often neglect to shave my legs for long periods of time. Why bother, when no one is going to see my unshaven legs anyway, right?
But I would love it if I could have smooth legs without all the effort of shaving them every day. That goes ditto for my armpits. Fortunately for most women, there are technologies available to them which can permanently remove their leg hair and armpit hair. Unfortunately for me, most of those technologies do not work on light hair. (or do not work as well).
The technology for permanent hair removal has to do with lasers. It is usually done in a dermatologists clinic or with a specialist, but nowadays, they have home laser and IPL devices for hair removal. Lasers use pulses of light, which the hair follicles absorb through the melanin in them and this weakens the hair follicle, which, over time, stops it growing.
IPL, or intense pulsed light, does not use light as a laser does, but instead emits a spectrum of colours and wavelengths that reduces hair growth which delivers one single wave of red light and permanently removes the hair follicle.
The drawbacks from these devices is that they don't work on dark skin or light hair. What can you do if you have dark skin or light hair?
Well, it's much more time-consuming, requires more sessions, and is not good for areas of high hair growth, but for spot areas such as small hair growth on chin or chest (for women), electrolysis can permanently remove hair. Electrolysis uses needles that are smaller than the size of your hair follicles to direct electric pulses into each hair follicle individually. It can sting a bit when being done; some areas of the body will hurt more than others, but the pain isn't horrible and doesn't last long. One serious draw-back for some women is that the first few sessions, while removing some hair follicles can also stimulate the growth of new hair follicles. And it takes many sessions to completely get rid of an area of hair.
This is why many people go for the none-permanent method of waxing. The removal of hair in this way leaves your skin smoother than shaving does, but it only last for between three to six weeks.
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