by Wahidabi Sulaiman

Created on: May 20, 2010

Whether you have hair on your upper lip or your forehead, under your chin or anywhere else on your face, it is no doubt that it is unsightly. The fact about facial hair is that it is extremely embarrassing and many times can cause you to be so self conscious that you just cannot socialize well with others for the fear of humiliation or embarrassment. This is especially true if you are a young lady.

Facial hair camouflaging is an option and so are the other permanent facial hair removal technology available in the skin care market. The evolution in the facial hair removal treatments is tremendous and it is a relief to know that we can actually do something about that unsightly hair growing on our face. Here are some options that are available at your disposal.

Temporary Solution

Threading, tweezing and shaving have been around for many years. Tweezing refers to plucking out the hair one by one using a tweezer. Tweezing facial hair takes time and lots of patience. If you have lots of facial hair tweezing is not the best option. Also, it is quite painful and the chances of getting skin infection and skin irritation are greater.

Shaving using a razor is much faster and pain-free. However, the solution is temporary and the hair will grow back faster than any other method of facial hair removal. Hence, be sure to shave once a week at least in order to maintain a hair-free face.

Waxing caught on with crowd in the recent times and is highly sought after for facial, especially upper lip hair removal. The method is simple and the wax is affordable. Although slightly painful, the solution is much lasting compared to tweezing and shaving or even threading. Also, it takes much less time to wax. However, the downside of waxing is that it is painful if you leave the wax on for too long. Your sin can get discolored as well.

The best way to avoid this is to ensure that you clean the area you are preparing to wax with a cleanser and water. Apply wax in the direction opposite of hair growth. If you apply in the direction of hair growth, chances are that not all of the hair will be removed. Once you are done with waxing, apply antiseptic cream in order to cool and calm your skin as well as prevent any infection due to open pores.

If you are the cautious type who fears that tweezing shaving or waxing is going to make your facial hair worse overtime, you can opt for the camouflaging method. Bleaching is the option available for you. Bleaching the part of the problem area will help

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