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To find hair removal practitioners near you once you’ve read how to choose an electrologist or how to choose a laser practitioner, please select from the list below: Canada Alberta British Columbia Manitoba New Brunswick Newfoundland and Labrador Northwest Territories Nova Scotia Nunavut Ontario Prince Edward Island Quebec Saskatchewan Yukon United States Alabama Alaska Arizona … Continue reading “Directory”
Whether cheap and easy methods or more powerful topical anesthetics, there are certain minor risks associated with hair removal pain management. The most common problem with pain management is that it turns off the body’s ability to tell if you are being overtreated during a hair removal procedure. Topical products have additional risks which are … Continue reading “Risks in hair removal pain management”
Topicaine Topicaine (lidocaine base 4%) is a topical anesthetic product. This may be the solution to hair removal pain for you, or it may not. Some people swear by products like Topicaine; others say it does nothing for them. I have very rarely experienced 100% anesthesia from topical anesthetics. However, they can do an excellent … Continue reading “Topicaine topical anesthetic”
Here are a few of the most common methods of pain management. Try these first. If these don’t work well enough, you might consider Topical anesthetics. Disclaimer: A pain medication which works perfectly for one consumer may not work at all for another. I make absolutely no guarantee that any product mentioned in this section … Continue reading “Cheap and easy hair removal pain management”
Businesses that sell rotary tweezers, electrolysis, waxing, and laser sometimes use euphemisms like “discomfort” and “sensation,” but I’m here to tell you hair removal occasionally hurts! Not all the time, but every now and then, YEOW! Luckily, there are plenty of ways to deal with it. Purchase LMX-5 or other pain medications online here without … Continue reading “Managing hair removal pain”
Everyone experiences pain differently. For some, hair removal causes almost no sensation. For most, it’s painful at times, but basically bearable. Most clients can get effective treatment on all but the most sensitive areas by taking no more than a couple of Tylenol. For an unlucky few, it’s the most excruciating thing they’ve ever experienced. … Continue reading “Factors in hair removal pain”
Disclaimer A hair removal method which is bearable for one consumer may be unbearable for another. I make no guarantee how any method will feel for you or if it will feel better or worse for you than another method. For details, see my  Hair removal pain management intro page. Waxing This can feel like getting … Continue reading “Hair removal methods: how much does each one hurt?”
General Doctors and practitioners are salespeople, too. They are trying to sell you something that will cost you a lot of money. They have to make payments on a laser costing tens of thousands of dollars. That’s a lot of sales they have to make. Doctors are not perfect. Doctors can also be fooled by marketing … Continue reading “Choosing a light-based hair removal practitioner”
After reviewing the medical literature discussing hair removal products and eye injury (such as O’Grady 1989), I have included precautions about hair removal methods. Lasers When getting laser hair removal: Always wear opaque government-approved eye protection. You should not be able to see light coming in around the edges when you have the eye protectors … Continue reading “Eye safety during hair removal”
Eventually, I hope to link up glossary terms with corresponding pages, but for now, please use this glossary in combination with the search feature. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z # YAG: Yttrium Aluminum Garnet, … Continue reading “Hair removal terms: Y”
