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There are many different ways to remove underarm hair. Underarm hair may be shaved, waxed, or chemically sloughed off. Laser and electrolysis hair removal options exist as well. You could even remove underarm hair by plucking it.
Shaving is a temporary method for removing underarm hair. This method involves snipping hair off at the skin’s surface. When you remove underarm hair by shaving, it tends to grow back rather quickly, requiring you to shave new growth all over again. There are many different types of razors or shavers on the market, including electric shavers. Some people prefer electric razors because they eliminate the risk of being nicked or cut.
Waxing is another popular method used to remove underarm hair. With this method, warm wax is spread over the underarm area. As the wax cools, underarm hair becomes implanted in it. Once the wax is cooled, it is pulled off very quickly, moving away from the direction of natural hair growth. This motion pulls hair out of the follicles. Fleeting discomfort may be felt when the wax is removed from the skin.
Plucking is another possibility for removing underarm hair. This method involves pulling the hair out with tweezers. In order to remove underarm hair in this manner, the hair must be long enough to grab and hold with tweezers. Generally speaking, this method of hair removal is not very practical for the underarms, as it takes a long time to accomplish. Furthermore, many people find plucking in the sensitive underarm area uncomfortable.
Some people choose to remove underarm hair by using depilatories. Depilatories are chemicals designed to dissolve unwanted hair. Typically available in cream, spray, or liquid form, a depilatory is spread or sprayed on the underarm area and allowed to sit for a period of time. Once it has done its job, usually in less than 15 minutes, it is wiped or rinsed off, leaving hairless skin behind. Sometimes, depilatories can cause skin irritation.
Electrolysis may also be used to remove underarm hair. Electrolysis uses an electric current to destroy the hair follicle. This method removes hair permanently, but may require several treatments, as hair follicles may survive the first try. Electrolysis is time-consuming, as it is necessary to treat each hair follicle separately.
Laser hair removal is another method used to remove underarm hair. This method is not permanent, but is considered long lasting. It involves using beams of light to destroy the hair in a follicle. Serious complications can occur with laser hair removal, but are rare.

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Electrolysis costs between $50 and $150 an hour with significant variations between cities, regions and countries. Most salons charge in minimum increments of 10 minutes or so of treatment. This is quite useful in reducing costs when you get to the end of your course of treatment and require just a few hairs to be removed.
Even at the beginning of a course of treatment, unwanted hair from a small area such as the upper lip can be treated in about 15 minutes whereas a larger area such as the back or legs would take much longer – maybe an hour or more.
As the treatment may have to be repeated many times to ensure that all the hairs have been permanently removed you need to factor into the cost the number of electrolysis treatments you will need and unfortunately this is almost impossible to predict. You may find you need just a few sessions to deal with your excess hair or you may need (as I did) to make regular visits to the electrologist for over a year to achieve permanent hair removal.
If you want to go for electrolysis it is probably safer to ensure that you either have a very flexible budget or you can finance your hair removal treatments each month from the money you have within that month – then it’s just like a regular appointment at the beautician for a waxing or other beauty treatment. And, in fact, electrolysis costs no more than many beauty treatments you might pay for but this one has permanent results!
In some circumstances, however, it may feel it is better to go for laser treatment especially for removing hair from larger areas of your body if it works out as a more affordable (and less time consuming) option for you, at least in the short term.
You really have to weigh up the benefits of achieving permanent removal of excess hair against the cost and time factor when looking at the price of electrolysis versus the price of laser hair removal because you are not comparing like results. Lasers have only been shown to achieve permanent hair reduction and not removal so you will need ongoing maintenance treatments with laser hair removal which are expensive on an ongoing basis.

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