A to Z about unwanted hair and hair removal methods

How to remove your unwanted hair?

Some women have a great body but still don’t wear bikinis because of the embarrassment caused by unwanted hair. These unwanted hairs on any part of the body can be easily removed with the help of any suitable hair removal method.

Why do humans have body hairs?

The process of hair growth is natural and progresses after a certain age. With an exception to the head, hair growth starts on the human body during and after puberty. The average puberty age is 9-14 years for girls and 10-17 years for boys.

With the onset of puberty, boys experience growth of facial hair, body hair and pubic hair in addition to other physical changes. The facial hair among body may grow in phases during puberty. These hairs tend to grow at corners of the upper lip at first and then spread to form a moustache. This is normally followed by hair growth in other parts of the face such as upper part of the cheeks and under the lower lip. Most of the boys can experience hair growth on chest during or after puberty years. Hairs can also grow around their pubic areas, especially at the base of penis. As the boys start ageing, their whole pubic area becomes dense with hair.

Among girls, puberty brings physical changes such as growth of pubic hair, under arm hair and fine hair on legs or arms in addition to other physical changes. In some cases, the pubic hair can spread to the thighs, abdomen and navel. Most of the girls also experience fine facial hair.

With exception to the head, hair on other parts of the body is considered unwanted and needs to be removed. Both men and women use various methods for removing their unwanted hair. However, these unwanted hairs can’t be removed permanently and they re-grow again. It can be annoying as well embarrassing for both men and women.

Growth stages of hair follicle

The various stages of hair follicle growth are Anagen, Catagen, Telogen, and late Telogen. Let’s briefly describe each of these stages.

Anagen

This is known as a growing phase of a hair follicle. The bottom of a hair follicle is known as bulb and the hair grows from the bulb. This phase normally last for about 3 years on an average. In some cases, it may vary from few months up to 10 years.

Catagen

This is the next stage of hair growth, also known as transitional phase. It normally lasts between 1-2 weeks. In this phase, the bulb of a hair follicle is drawn towards skin surface.

Telogen

This phase of hair growth normally last for about 2-3 months during which the attached hair easily falls down. It’s also known as the resting phase.

Late Telogen

It’s the final stage of growth of a hair follicle and last for few weeks. During this phase, a new hair follicle is formed around the empty follicle.

Variations in facial and body hair

There can be ethnic variations in facial and body hair of people. For example, both Asian men and women tend to have little body hair when compared to people living in Mediterranean countries such as Greece and Italy where people normally have thicker hair on their body.

The people living in African countries normally have a dark skin and little body hair as compared to white people living in the same countries. Body hair of people with dark skin are normally thick, curly and easily noticeable.

Hair removal methods

Irrespective of the variations or type, unwanted hair on any part of the body can be removed with the help of suitable methods. Some of the popular hair removal methods are shaving, waxing, threading, tweezing, depilatories, electrolysis and laser hair removal. You can choose any of these methods depending upon your hair type and convenience. However, despite using various hair removal methods, hair grows again and again. You can either slow down the growth of your unwanted hair with the help of hair inhibitors or go for laser therapies, which are effective but expensive at the same time!