Epilation is a general term used to describe mass plucking of hair. Epilation techniques have their origin in the ancient Middle East and in Egypt to be more particular. With such levels of advancement it is a wonder what led to the collapse of such an empire. Egyptians called it fatlah. This word describes threading as we now it today. This technique was considered less painful than plucking- depending on your pain threshold, you may consider this to be true!
While tweezing, threading, and plucking are still in use using the same techniques as have been used for thousand of years, technology has made its inroads into this craft. Thanks to electricity, epilation techniques have become quite easy and fast. Epilators now come as a row of rotating tweezers that are equal to the task. Some more ingenuous inventors have made epilators that use vibrating wire to accomplish the task. By the simple act of plugging in and running the gadget over the skin, the hair is plucked by the root. The speed by which this is accomplished will not leave you a tearful wreck as is the case with some of the manual techniques.
Let us go over some advantages of this technique:
1. Hair takes long to grow back as it has been plucked from the root giving you a few weeks of hair free living.
2. Just like in waxing, the re-grown hair is soft and gets softer with continued epilation
3. Epilation is an easy home alone exercise especially with the electric epilation machines.
4. It is a clean and hygienic way of hair removal. Epilators aren’t usually shared and this makes it cheaper as well in the long run because you only buy an epilator once.
On the other side, not all is rosy:
1. People with thick hair will find it painful to use this technique
2. There are some hard to reach areas like the back of the legs.
3. For this technique to be effective, the hair has to be of a certain length otherwise the tweezers won’t be able to pluck the hair.
4. The re- growth produces very fine hair and this is harder too remove effectively.
A warm room is best for epilation. Generally, epilation will give good results if the skin is pulled tight to prevent snagging. Having a hot bath will not hurt as well. This technique works well for some and not so well for others, especially those with dense hair. It is however one of the cheapest and most tolerable options for removing unwanted hair.
