Day spas and beauty salons offer a wide selection of facial hair removal choices including wax treatments, creams and sugaring, and some salons and spas specialize in eyebrow threading hair removal. To find out which treatment is right for you, check out the info below.
Facial Hair Removal with Wax Treatments
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Wax treatments will remove thick and very fine hairs and many repeat clients experience finer hair growth with more and more wax treatments. While waxing may irritate sensitive facial skin, an experienced wax technician can apply a soothing lotion or facial cream after the treatment to reduce irritation.
Facial Hair Removal with Creams
A depilatory cream salon treatment is generally just as affordable as wax treatments and the technician will make sure the right type and correct amount of cream is used. Depilatory creams tend to cause less irritation than waxes, but the treatments do not usually last as long as waxing. In most cases, the effects of depilatory cream only last a few days before new hair growth is noticeable.
Facial Hair Removal with Sugaring
Sugaring is a type of hair removal technique which has been used for hundreds of years but it has just recently become popular in the States. Sugaring uses all natural ingredients including sugar and lemon juice to remove hairs and, unlike waxing, it can be used to remove very short hairs with only about one weeks worth of growth.
Sugaring is a labor intensive process, but for the purposes of facial hair removal the treatment does not take any longer than waxing and costs just a bit more (approximately $15 to $20 for complete facial treatments). Sugaring facial hairs will last about 4 to 6 weeks, and hairs often become finer and sparse with continual treatments.
Facial Hair Removal and Eyebrow Threading
Eyebrow threading can be used to remove hairs on other areas of the face, not just on the eyebrows. This type of hair removal technique uses fine threads to gently remove hairs. Eyebrow threading facial hair removal costs around the same amount as sugaring, results last about 2 to 3 weeks and, while the procedure is not pain free, it is less irritating to the skin than waxing. Threading to remove facial hair generally takes around 15 minutes and must be performed by a skilled and experienced aesthetician.
