Having said that, there are a couple of things you can do to make it a notch or two easier. To begin, exfoliate for other body parts or dry your skin on the same day you have to epilate. This is very important: You should epilate on completely dry skin. Miss this part and you could end up with stubbles after epilation. If exfoliating is out of the question for health concerns, you could take a warm shower instead.
While it does damp the skin, warm water opens the pores and softens the hair, which makes it easier to get rid of the hair. This will help you get an even neater epilation. For Beginners. During your initial epilation, you may experience a lot of redness and pain. This is natural so keep your cool. However, as your underarms grow quite used to the process, it will be eventually pain-free.
Removing armpit hair with IPL — the most important tips:. For other areas of your body check out our full body hair removal guide to find out the different methods and pick the best one for you. Wondering how to remove hair permanently? In our guide we answer all your permanent hair removal questions and show you how to do it at home. What are the best ways to remove leg hair to get smooth legs and keep them smooth? Read our leg hair removal and maintenance tips.
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Philips makes no representations or warranties of any kind with regard to any third-party websites or the information contained therein. Shaving armpit hair and avoiding irritation. Is that possible? Shaving armpit hair — the most important tips: Make sure your shaver is always in full contact with the skin to achieve a smooth shave You can use the SatinShave Advanced in the shower — and a wet shave is a skin-friendly alternative. To shave your armpit hair, raise your arm and put your hand behind your head to stretch the armpit skin.
Move the shaver slowly against the hair growth. You can shave in both directions with the SatinShave. Waxing armpit hair, sugaring or epilating: is the pain worth it?
Play Pause. Epilating armpit hair — the most important tips: For a gentle epilation , you can use the Satinelle Prestige in the shower on your wet skin. If your skin goes red after epilating nevertheless, you should epilate in the evenings so your skin can regenerate overnight. Use the trimmer attachment of the Satinelle Prestige before epilating to trim longer hairs to a maximum of 4 millimetres length. The shorter the hair, the more comfortable the epilation. Raise your arm as with shaving to stretch your skin and epilate your armpit hair — against the hair growth.
Shining a light: removing armpit hair with IPL Intense Pulsed Light If you are looking for a skin-friendly, long-lasting hair removal method for your armpits that you can do at home , then IPL is the best choice.
Removing armpit hair with IPL — the most important tips: Choose the armpit attachment of the Lumea Prestige, which has a specially curved design to remove even hard to reach armpit hair. Nathalie Eleni assures that epilation offers a long-term hair removal solution, giving you hair-free skin for up to four weeks.
Another benefit of epilation is that it's faff-free and not as messy as waxing. You can do it at home at a time that suits you and you can also purchase epilators to use in the shower. If you've epilated before, you'll know that it is quite painful, depending on your hair type and pain threshold.
Note: an empty house, some loud music and a glass of wine is a set-up that shouldn't be overlooked if you're a newbie. If you're new to epilating, you should follow these steps to make it as pain-free as possible:. There are many different epilators available on the market to suit different budgets and different areas of hair. Make sure you invest in one that is good quality.
These tweezers work together to ensure more hairs are captured in each stroke and therefore reducing the treatment time with results which last up-to 4 weeks depending on hair regrowth.
Exfoliation is the key to successful hair removal, whatever the method. It removes dead skin cells, smooths skin and, most importantly, fights against ingrown hairs by promoting that the hair regrows in the correct direction.
Exfoliate using a loofah, exfoliating gloves or an in-shower body scrub, and massage the skin in circular motions. You should do this before you are due to remove any hair, but it's good practise to exfoliate every time you wash.
Just like waxing, if you bathe or shower before you are due to remove body hair it will be less painful because the hair follicles will be looser and hairs will come out more easily. Whatever your ablution of choice, try and soak in water as hot as you can stand - and without irritating or damaging the skin - for at least 10 minutes.
After you've washed, your skin should be free of dirt, lotions and moisturisers. Dry your skin thoroughly with a towel, and try pulling the towel in the opposite direction of hair growth so the hairs stand up. The dryer the hairs are, the easier it'll be for the epilator to catch them first time.
Put some time aside in your day and find somewhere comfortable to sit - it may take a while especially if you're a rookie because you'll be taking lots of breaks to manage the pain. It's also advisable to epilate in the evening as your skin will be red and bumpy afterwards - but will be looking smooth by morning.
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