Hair removal tips

Below are some ways to make hair removal easier, safer, and more effective.

Reducing pain
Do-it-yourself electrolysis
How to purchase
a home unit
Choosing a light-based
practitioner
Questions to ask at a light-based
hair removal consultation: PRINTABLE FORM
Choosing an electrologist
Eye safety during
hair removal

Medical data

This section lists published clinical data on various methods
of hair removal. In some cases, I have included unpublished reports
for methods with little or no published data.

Citation ratings

To help consumers focus on the most useful information, I have
marked each citation as follows:

= recommended only for in-depth researchers rather
than consumers
= may be worth ordering
for thorough or specialized consumer research
= strongly recommended
for any consumer researching that method

Citations without stars have not been reviewed yet.

Methods and devices that remove hair chemically or mechanically

Shaving
Waxing, plucking,
and tweezing
Topical preparations

Devices that emit electric energy to remove hair

Electrolysis
X-rays
Electric tweezers
"Transdermal
electrolysis"
Laser/Light
(choose if you don't know laser/light type)
Photoepilators
Argon lasers
Flash lamps
Nd:YAG lasers
Ruby lasers
Alexandrite lasers
Diode lasers
Other laser topics
Microwave hair
removal