If you follow this simple yet effective step by step guide to epilating, you will have a far more pleasant epilating experience than most other women who use an epilator. And that expensive epilator that you purchased will not be left lying, forgotten, in the bottom of a draw, never to be used again.
Make sure you hair is not too long
Most modern epilators can remove body hair as short has 0.5mm in length. However, if the hair you intend to remove is too long, this may lead to problems. The hair removal process will be far more painful than it needs to be, causing more discomfort for you. The best way to avoid this is to remove the hair before you epilate, either by shaving, waxing or using creams. Then wait until the hair starts to grow back to the minimum recommended length by the epilator manufacturer, this can as little as a few days growth, before using your epilator.
Make sure you skin is clean
Have a shower or bath before you start to epilate. This will help remove any oils that may be on your skin or hair. Doing this will help the epilator to grab hold and extract you hairs far more easily, thus helping to remove far more hairs in one pass and reducing the time you have to spend epilating.
The right technique
Just moving the epilator randomly over you body will not be sufficient to give you the best results. There are certain techniques you can use that will help you to get the best results possible.
Pull or stretch the area of skin you intend to epilate; this will help smooth out the skin and make it far easier for the epilator to remove the hairs. This is especially important when you are epilating your under arms where the skin is far more loose than other areas of you body.
Exfoliate
Once you have finished epilating it is very important that you exfoliate your skin. With any form of hair removal, especially with those that remove the hair from below the surface of the skin like waxing and epilating, there is a chance that when the hair starts to re-grow it gets trapped under the skins surface and becomes in-grown. Using some form of exfoliating system can help to prevent this.
Clean after use
Make sure you clean the epilator after every use. You can do this by detaching the head of the epilator from its body and washing the parts under running water. It may also be a good idea to use some anti bacterial solution to help remove any bugs that may be lurking. This is good practice and may help prevent infections from accruing and is especially important for those of you with sensitive skin.
I hope my simple yet useful step by step guide can help you get the best results from your epilator. The more you use your epilator, the easier and less painful the epilating sessions will become.
