Tips & Clinical Data

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 In some cases, I have included unpublished reports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

Related medical topics

Hair anatomy and
growth cycle

Pain reduction