One of the major beauty concerns that women have is body hair and facial hair removal. A lot of hair on face or body or both leads to a lowering in self esteem and unnecessarily complexes towards one’s looks. You can get ignorant towards your body hair at some times but facial is something that needs to be tamed always. Improperly maintained eyebrows, upper lips and side locks give you a really untidy appearance and reflect badly on your hygiene practices.
In this write up, we shall talk about what all different methods are available on how to get rid of facial hair and also some kitchen remedies that claim of reducing your facial hair growth if, used regularly in due course of time.
Best facial hair removal :
Natural recipes to get rid of Facial Hair:
Before proceeding, I would like to mention that since all the following methods are natural and completely devoid of chemicals, they take their own time to work and cannot work as a quick fix remedy. You need to follow these with a lot of discipline in order to get noticeable and appreciable results. Also, these remedies work just fine for fine for thin and fine facial hair, you cannot depend on them if your facial hair is thick and coarse. Rest, you can be assured that you wouldn’t get any bad effect on your skin and in fact, these remedies would also help by improving your complexion and skin texture in addition to retarding facial hair growth.
Facial hair removal cream :
you can remove facial hair with a few hair removal preparations but most of them are full of harsh chemicals and do not go well with your skin. So you can try some natural recipes to get healthy hair free skin.
Haldi/ Turmeric facial hair growth retarder :
Mix nearly two tablespoons full of pure turmeric powder with nearly 1 tablespoon full of Rose water. The Rose water could be home-made or the one that us commercially available. You need to mix these two things in order to make a thick, smooth paste. Next, apply this paste over the area where you have more facial hair like upper lips or cheek bones or side locks. Let is dry out completely. It would take nearly 15 to 20 minutes. Rinse off using lukewarm water.
Apart from hair reduction, haldi also acts as an antiseptic and anti inflammatory agent. Rose water acts like a mild astringent and face freshener.
Sugar and lemon facial hair growth retarder :
Make a mix by stirring nearly 2 tablespoons of sugar with the juice of a freshly squeezed out lemon. You can dilute this a little using nearly 1 tablespoon of plain, Rose or coconut water.
The mix shall be sticky in nature and would stiffen on drying. Apply this Lemon sugar mix in a direction opposite of facial hair growth and let it dry out totally for at least 15 to 20 minutes before rinsing it off.
Gram flour or Besan/ Gram Flour facial hair growth retarder :
Mix in nearly a tablespoon gram flour/ Besan with a tablespoon of curd and ½ a tablespoon of freshly squeezed lemon juice. If your skin type is sensitive and you find the stinging sensation caused by lemon a bit too much to handle then, you may switch lemon juice with Orange juice, Which is milder in nature but it takes more time to show results. Mix In all the mentioned ingredients together and apply this besan/ Gran flour based face pack in a direction opposite to hair growth. After it has dried, wet your hands and rub in a gentle manner using circular strokes in the direction of facial hair growth. Let it dry for another ten minutes and rinse off with plain water.
Gram flour also works to reduce acne by soaking up excess facial oils.
Honey based facial hair growth retarder :
You will need to mix 2 tablespoons if raw honey with freshly squeezed juice of half a lemon. You can see how extensively lemon is being used in all the recipes. Well. This is because lemon acts as a natural bleach to make the appearance of facial hair less prominent by lightening them in a safe and natural way. Make a smooth paste by mixing both of the above ingredients and apply a thick coat of this paste in direction opposite of facial hair growth. Let it stay on for 15 to 20 minutes and rinse off Using plain water, thereafter.
Honey acts as an anti bacterial agent too. It also helps in deep cleansing facial pores.
How to remove facial hair :
Waxing the facial hair
One of the oldest and most reliable methods of removing facial hair is using a wax to pull them out. It does take care of the issue for at least two to three weeks. While removing facial hair, it is wise to concentrate on small patches of skin at a time to get a precise removal. Also, covering a smaller patch of skin at a time makes the entire process much less painful.
Before you go for facial wax, it is very important to make sure that you have removed all your makeup and washed your face with an antiseptic face wash. It is necessary to get some exfoliationfor your facial skin using a mild scrub before you go for facial wax is quite important.
Go to an experienced beauty expert to get your facial hair waxed and make sure that the strips and spatula they use are sanitised and hygenic.
Threading
You may visit a parlour to get this done or even use it on your own. After threading, put a little astringent over the area to close pores and follow with an antiseptic ointment as you do not want to get acne!!
Facial hair removal for women :
Hair growth retarders
There are certain products that can be sprayed or rubbed onto the required area. Overtime, they reduce growth of hair. These are best used after waxing as they seep into the open pores and inhibit the functioning of hair follicles. It slows the process of formation of the new facial hair at root level by interfering with Anagen stage of activity of hair follicle. The hair also grow thinner and finer. These take usually a month to show results. Most of these are made from herbal and plant extracts.
Epilator Stick
It is a bendable stick made out of multiple springs. This is most suitable for use over the upper lip region. You need to bend it on the required area and then roll oi over. To avoid pain, you may apply a topical anesthetic ointment to numb that area.
Facial hair removal :
Tweezing
This technique also allows you to get rid of the hair right from the root and it takes a while before the hair grows back. but this method is time consuming and painful too. but you can use a handy epillator which works much like tweezers and pull hair out from the follicles.
Laser hair removal
This is a good way to get rid of dark and thick hair. This method stops hair growth for a while before it starts to regrow. You must seek advice from a skin specialist before taking up laser hair reduction sessions as the feasibility of treatment varies from case to case. This may take multiple sittings stretched out over a span of 6 To 8 Months to show some reduction in facial hair growth. There might be booster sessions needed after 6 To 12 Months after the initial laser hair reduction treatment gets completed.
Electrolysis
This one is a long-term solution for facial hair removal. In this method of hair removal, a metal probe is used to deliver electric shock right to the hair follicles. This leads to permanent hair reduction of facial hair. Many people do not opt for it as it is quite heavy on pocket and it takes upto 4 Years for the hair growth to stop entirely. Side effects include redness and mild swelling in the concerned area.
Removing facial hair :
Home made facial hair wax
You may also prepare your own, homemade wax to remove facial hair.
Yes, you read it right. There is an easy way to prepare your own facial hair remover wax at home using simple kitchen ingredients.
You need to boil one-fourth cup of water and add near about 2 cups of sugar to it.
Then add ¼ cup of lemon juice from a freshly cut lemon.
Heat this mixture in a non sticky pan till it gets thick. Now, take it off from heat till it gets cooled. Take a clean spatula and apply it on the area to be waxed. Press on a clean waxing strip and pull in a direction that is opposite to the growth of hair.
Follow this with an astringent and antiseptic lotion to avoid getting pimples. You may also rub in some ice cubes to tackle the heat on skin. Also, You may apply some cool Aloe vera gel or sandalwood face pack to soothe your skin.
Visit your gynaecologist or dermatologist
Many a times, the reason behind excessive facial growth is fluctuation in the levels of certain hormone in your body that needs specific medical attention. So, you must get yourself checked if you feel that the texture and growth of your body and facial hair is abnormal.
Herbal preparations
There are certain drugs like Brahmi , saunf, jethimadhu, tulsi and flax seeds that can be consumed on regular basis to reduce the growth of body hair.
Over the counter depilatory creams
These creams when applied locally can lead to dissolving of proteins that form hair.
So these were some of the techniques you can use to get rid of facial hair. I hope you know how to get rid of facial hair, so go get rid of those unwanted facial hair and look perfect all year-long.
