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Permanent hair removal options are getting popular nowadays. The reason for this is that women, and sometimes even men, are exploring this option instead of the usual methods to remove hair temporarily such as epilating, waxing, plucking, using depilatory creams and shaving. But what are the advantages and disadvantages of having permanent hair removal on problem areas?

Advantages

The major advantage of this is that one will no longer have to repeatedly shave, epilate, wax or pluck. This means that the skin will no longer exhibit signs of constant "abuse" due to hair removal like discoloration, redness and having mini bumps on the skin. This will make the particular area smoother, clearer and at the same time, reduce the risk of irritation. It gives an overall enhancing effect.

This will also ensure that one will save time. Daily shaving or weekly waxing regimen will be removed thus, adding more time in your social calendar to spend. For example, you spend 10 minutes a day in shaving your legs, that translates to 70 minutes a week, more than an hour saved that you can use to do other things, like exercise or spend more time with the people that matter to you.

One will no longer experience those awkward stages of regrowth wherein one cannot wax or pluck yet because the hair is not in the proper length.

Having permanently removed hair will also mean that one will no longer have embarassing instances where one is sporting very skimpy shorts but he or she forgot to shave. Such embarassing experiences will be avoided completely if hair is permanently removed.

Disadvantage

The biggest disadvantage of this treatment is the cost. Laser treatments cost $300 on average per treatment. Electrolysis cost $120 for an hour. These amounts are not mere loose change for most people.

These treatments also require multiple visits to the salon or clinic. This is largely because hairs on areas treated do not grow on the same rate. So for maximum effect and benefit, several sessions will need to be booked. This multiple booking will definitely be a considerable amount of cost for the person being treated.

There are minor side effects for some people undergoing these treatments. For example, some folks experience having slightly burned skin if their laser technician is not well trained.

There are also some people, depending on their level of tolerance, who experience hair removal as a painful experience. While most people say that they only feel a certain sensation due to this treatment, some people, especially those with low pain tolerance, say that this is a painful treatment to undergo.

As with everything in live, this metod of hair removal has its ups and downs. But the thing is, it depends on the person what matters most to them. If what matters to you is convenience and having smooth and hair-free legs, face and armpit all the time regardless of the cost, then permanenet hair removal is a defintite option to seriously consider.