Facial Hair Removal Cream

 The traditional method of removing facial hair is through shaving. Men have been shaving since the beginning of time. Facial hair is a secondary sex characteristic meaning that is not part of the reproductive system. Facial hair is very common in women as well as men. Women more often than men do not like to shave their facial hair because they do not like razor burn or do not have that much facial hair to perform the ritual of shaving. Facial hair is unwanted in about eighty percent of men where as with the other twenty percent they like having a beard, moustache, goatee, or sideburns. There is another way to remove unwanted hair and that is by using a facial hair removal cream.

Whether you have only a few hairs on your chin or upper lip or whether you have a whole face full of hair using a facial hair removal cream is the perfect method for you. Women always find facial hair as a pain in the butt. Probably because it just is not normal for a woman to have facial hair. Have you ever heard the term “peach fuzz”? Most people have because it is what our mothers called the small hairs on our back and upper lip. The medical term for “peach fuzz” is “vellus” hair. Thick dark hair is called “terminal” hair. Everyone has both types of hair and it can be quiet bothersome.

With all the methods of removing unwanted facial hair most people tend to stick with the traditional shaving method, because it has been around for many years and is very reliable. The main reason that most people tend to stick with shaving is because they have never been introduced to any other method. In women tweezing is preferred over all the other methods because most women only have a few “terminal” hairs that they want to get rid of and it is a lot of grief to go through the ritual of shaving just to remove a few unwanted hairs.

There are many types of facial hair removal creams on the market today whether it be an over the counter or prescription cream. Depilatories come in forms of gels, creams, lotions, aerosols, and roll-ons. Depilatories contain a high amount of alkaline chemical which is usually calcium thioglycolate. Thioglycolate easily dissolves the protein structure of hair making easy to fall off of the skin. The most important thing that you must be aware of when using the facial hair removal creams is an allergic reaction or sensitivity to the area that the cream is applied. These creams work by leaving them on the skin any where from three to fifteen minutes.

Many types of facial hair cream will remove the hair growth but some kinds will prevent the hair from growing back to that area as quickly as it normally would by shaving. This facial hair cream must be prescribed by your physician and contains the active ingredient Elfornithine. Elfornithine will prevent the hair from growing back as fast as shaving but you will still need to shave prior to using the cream. It does not remove unwanted hair only prevents fast hair growth. This facial hair cream is very effective but must be obtained by a prescription.

With all the different methods of removing unwanted facial hair the easiest and safest is the facial hair removal cream. It is important that you watch for any type of allergic reaction or any type of sensitivity and stop using the cream as soon as this is noticed. Be careful when using these creams on broken or red skin because it can cause inflammation or irritation.