Different Hair Types

Before removing hair, it helps to know about the different types of hair on our bodies. All hair is made of keratin, a hard protein that's also found in your fingernails and toenails. Hair growth begins beneath the surface of your skin at a hair root inside a hair follicle, a small tube in the skin.

You have two types of hair on your body.  

Vellus hair is soft, fine, and short. Most women have vellus hair on their chest, back, and face. It can be darker and more noticeable in some women than others, especially those with darker complexions. Vellus hair helps the body maintain a steady temperature by providing some insulation.

Terminal hair is coarser, darker, and longer than vellus hair. It's the type of hair that grows on your head. Around puberty, terminal hair starts to grow in the armpits and pubic region. On guys, terminal hair begins to grow on the face and other parts of the body such as the chest, legs, and back. Terminal hair is there to provide cushioning and protection.

In some cases, excess hair growth, called hirsutism (pronounced: hur-soo-tih-zum), may be the result of certain medical conditions. In girls, polycystic ovary syndrome and other hormonal disorders can cause dark, coarse hair to grow on the face, especially the upper lip and chin, as well as on the chest, belly, and back. Some medications, like anabolic steroids, also can cause hirsutism .

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Chest hair is a good thing. It sets you apart from the effeminate bodies of the 98-pound weaklings on the beach. It’s an the fact: women are attracted to masculine man with high levels of testosterone, and chest hair is one of the main ways you show it. (Thick facial hair can be, too, but that ebbs and flows. Rather than a full beard, you may be better off with a mustache. Hey, it’s worked for Tom Selleck all these years, right?)

That evolutionary impulse has its limitations, however. Hair where it’s not supposed to be – on the back, for example – pushes potential mates away. The lesson here is this: if you want to meet girls at the beach this summer, get rid of that rug on your back.

So, how do you do it? Well, if you’ve seen 40 Year-Old Virgin, you know that waxing isn’t just for women anymore. Waxing works like this:

1. Spread a thin layer of hot wax material over your back hair.
2. Apply a cloth strip to the wax.
3. Rip it off in a quick fashion.
4. Scream like the little schoolgirl you are.
5. Repeat every 2-8 weeks.

Sure, there are similar methods that use things like honey and sugar, but trust me, it’s still not a sweet process. It hurts like hell, and has to be done every few weeks.

There are chemical peels that you can use, too. Some guys will have a severe rash as a result. You can shave, of course, but unless you’re only going to the beach for a single day, this is probably the dumbest way to handle it.

You can also look at more aggressive back hair solutions. There are things like electrolysis and laser removal. Laser hair removal tends to be cheaper than you might think. It also takes several sessions, so if you want to get some sweet beach time in without looking like a medieval rug dealer slogging your wares on your back, you should get moving on it now.

Seriously, dude. Don’t wind up finding your pic on Facebook in front of a “no bears allowed on beach” sign. Competition is stiff in the sand, and that back hair is going to send the message that either you don’t care how you look, or you’re too stupid to realize just how unattractive that back hair is. Either way, those beach babes are going home with someone else.

Manscaping

 You think we all women have problem with unwanted body hair?

Think again.. You might never realize that nowadays more men is taking all off.. Yes all off.

Can you imagine getting a bikini wax alongside your woman? Neither can we. However, men have come a long way since the days of showing up to work in an unbuttoned button-down that revealed an army of hair fighting its way past the nape of their necks -- haven't they? While you likely won't go the Brazilian route, you might be surprised (or not) to hear that men are taking it off -- their body hair, that is.

Maybe it has something to do with the weather? Or to attract opposite sex? Or, maybe just curiosity? Whatever the motivation, men have already arrived at this point. Between waxing,shaving, electrolysis, tweezing, trimming, and laser hair removal, men of all ages, sizes, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, and professions are getting rid of excess body hair.

 We're not advocating waxed legs or arms -- jeez, a dude should look like, well, a dude -- but we do advocate taking the time to do your homework to figure out what's best for you.

Waxing and sugaring

What is it? Waxing is a hair removal trend for men that involves spreading hot wax on to the desired area, and then applying a strip of cloth or muslin onto the wax, rubbing it and ripping off the strip in one fell swoop -- wax, hair, root, and all. Sugaring is similar to waxing, only it uses sugar paste (which usually consists of a mixture of sugar, lemon, water, and even citric acid and gum arabic) instead of wax and is a method of hair removal that goes as far back as ancient Egypt.

(According to USA Today, men are not only waxing their backs, but also their bikini lines. Yikes. The goal? Increased sex appeal and a "cleaner" feeling. Would you believe us if we told you some men are even waxing shapes into their pubic regions?)

Since some men might be embarrassed about getting waxed at a salon, there are at-home aestheticians who can perform this at home. There are even do-it-yourself waxing kits -- but unless you're a glutton for punishment, it's pretty hard to put yourself through such torture and it can get very messy.

If you opt for waxing, go to a professional. If you choose to get your genital area waxed, keep in mind that most spas and aestheticians simply wax the areas surrounding your crown jewels -- so only the regions around and above the base of the penis get the royal treatment.

Men are also booking appointments at salons or spas for eyebrow waxes. With guys like David Beckham boasting nicely shaped brows, it seems men aren't settling for less.

Guys, this really isn't about becoming a pretty-boy -- it's about not walking around with a unibrow. Makes sense. Don't aim for a perfectly arched eyebrow, but waxing is a good way to get rid of eyebrows that are out of control.

Ideal parts to wax: Eyebrows (unibrow), back of neck, back, chest, genital area, toes, and knuckles

Pain factor: 8/10

Bottom line: With repeated use, hair gradually becomes thinner because the roots are weakened, but the hair will grow back, albeit at longer intervals. So, if you want to lessen the hair that grows on your toes or chest without permanently abolishing it, this would be the ideal way to go.

Electrolysis

What is it? While electrolysis sounds more threatening, the premise behind this method is that a needle zaps the hair at its root and kills it. Electrolysis offers permanent results, but, of course, there is no guarantee and effectiveness varies from guy to guy, hair follicle to hair follicle. This procedure must be performed by a professional electrologist and requires weekly appointments for optimal results. The upside is that electrolysis weakens hairs at the root and eventually eliminates growth.

Ideal parts to zap: Eyebrows (unibrow), sporadic hairs on face or neck
Pain factor: 6/10
Bottom line: Since it's significantly more expensive and more time-consuming than waxing (it could take up to a year to eliminate body hair completely), save the electrolysis for your unibrow or other small patches of hair that you want to get rid of for good.

Laser treatments

What is it? Laser treatment involves a laser beam basically killing the hair follicles. Results depend on your skin pigmentation and the colour of your hair (dark hair absorbs the laser energy, making it easier to treat), so you will first need to find out if you are a good candidate for the procedure. 

While laser hair removal offers a permanent reduction in quality or quantity of hair. The total cost depends on the size of the desired body part, as well as factors like hair density and number of treatments required.

Laser hair removal requires several sessions and now its more affordable and it can be considered an investment, as you will never need to worry about hair removal in the desired area again. Just ask your woman how many times she's had to go for a wax and you likely have a pretty high grand total. Laser hair removal is especially popular for athletic men who feel that their body hair hinders their performance.

Ideal parts to laser: Back, unibrow, nape of neck
Pain factor:1/10 (feels like hot stone massage)
Bottom line: This is the mother of all hair removal methods in terms efficiency.

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Between the various hair removal trends for men, there is no reason for a guy to let his pubic area grow out of control or his unibrow to attract attention. You could always stick to shaving, but there are some areas that require more care and shaving can cause irritation and razor burn.

Try the method that best suits your needs and your budget.

At De-Hair Laser Hair Removal , we can help you eliminate those unwanted body hair for good.

Just call at +62 21 571 0353 or email at info@de-hair.com 
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History Behind Hair Removal

History Behind Hair Removal

We know since long time ago, men has problem with hairs growing all over the place.
Im not talking about the hair on the head, but some other places (you know what I mean).
But have you ever wonder the history behind hair removal.
Let me give you some ideas about the history of removing hair.

For thousands of years man has been fighting a battle with his facial hair - over 25,000 hairs as hard as copper wire of the same thickness.
The hairs grow between 125mm and 150mm per year and man will spend an average of more than 3,000 hours of his life shaving them.
Egyptians shaved their beards and heads which was a custom adopted by the Greeks and Romans about 330BC during the reign of Alexander the Great.
This was encouraged for soldiers as a defensive measure to stop enemies from grabbing their hair in hand-to-hand combat.


Back then, they have to be shave to survive. There have been speculations that for safety, scraping off the beard and hair on the head would take away the advantage of an adversary having anything to grab onto. For cavemen it was possibly known that those with less hair had less mites, hence scraping the hair from the face.

Men scraped their hair away in early times man with crude items such as stone, flint, clam shells (ouch!) and other sharpened materials. He later experimented with bronze, copper and iron razors.

And waxing was from the ancient egyptian. A smooth and hairless body was the standard of beauty, youth and innocence for a woman in Egypt. The wife of the divine Pharoah set the example and every Egyptian woman took care that there was not a single hair on her body. They used depilatory creams and waxed with a sticky emulsion made of oil and honey, similar to what we now call "sugaring".

Later, the Greeks adopted this ideal of smoothness. The old Greek sculptures show us that. The sculptures of women are polished, shiny and all, and there is no pubic hair at all, whereas the sculptures of men do show pubic hair! The Greeks thought pubic hair on women was ugly and upper class ladies removed it. The Romans did not like pubic hair either and young girls began removing it as soon as it first appeared. They used tweezers, which they called the "volsella" and had a kind of depilatory cream, the "philotrum" or "dropax", the forerunner of the current depilatory creams! Waxing was also a way of depilating and this was done with resin or pitch.

In 1520, Bassano de Zra wrote: "The Turks consider it sinful when a woman lets the hair on her private parts grow. As soon as a woman feels the hair is growing, she hurries to the public bath to have it removed or remove it herself." The public baths all had special rooms where the ladies could get rid of their hair. Nowadays the hamams, or public baths, have special rooms for the ladies to depilate.

The habit of depilating fell out of fashion after Catherine de Medici, then queen of France, forbade her ladies in waiting to remove their pubic hair any longer.

In the sixties, smoothness was rediscovered with the invention of the bikini, and today many woman remove hair somewhere on their bodies. It is the fashion to have smooth armpits, legs, bikini lines. Today, even men are getting smooth. The greater "exposure" of athletes, models and even porn stars continue to lend to the trend.

If you are interested in hair removal, you can log on to De-Hair Laser Hair Removal or email at info@de-hair.com