As part of my occasional agony aunt series, which I like to call "Oh my God what's that?" Sarah has been in touch. She is in her early thirties, white, with very dark, thick curly hair. She was under the impression that the curliness of her hair extended across her entire body as she suffers with ingrowing hairs on her legs. I have done some investigation and discovered that the solutions to his problem range from common sense to very expensive.
The E:One is expensive but is a permanent hair removal device that uses Intense Pulse Light technology (which is laser) with medical certification to allow it to be used at home.
It works by the heat cauterizing the vessel connecting to the base of the hair, effectively destroying the hair causing it to fall out and never grow again. After 10-12 treatments skin should be completely hair free, with only 1 or 2 uses per year required to maintain. However; it costs £1,450 from www.e-swin.com. There's a payment plan, which allows you to pay it over the space of 12-60 months and at the moment it is £1,250.
Court House Clinics say that "people with curly hair are not particularly prone to in-growing hair." Their specialists recommend that Sarah exfoliates regularly as dry skin can block follicles, causing the hair to grow inward. I think that's a very useful tip - I'd never heard that before.
Court House offer a laser hair removal system, Soprano, the first painless system and one of the only lasers able to treat all skin types.
A full leg is £220 per treatment or £1,155 for a course of 6 (with treatments taking place every 4-6 weeks).
Emily Davies of www.bathandunwind.com suggests that Sarah should "exfoliate the affected areas very regularly with something like Murad AHA/BHA Exfoliating Cleanser as this contains Salicylic and Glycolic Acids (fruit acids) which work really well on this kind of problem. It may sting but this shows it's working. After a few applications it will stop stinging as skin gets used to it. After hair removal use Alpha H Liquid Gold which again contains Glycolic Acid ( and will sting at first – no gain without pain) . Or to soothe use Shave Works – The Cool Fix which releases trapped hairs from under the skin, kills the bacteria and prevents the ingrown hair reoccurring. It is suitable for every part of the body."
Dr Elizabeth Dancey of the Bijoux Medi-Spa says that either Sarah should go completely hairy and then the hairs would stop growing inwards or have them removed - once and for all by laser. Interestingly Dr Dancey says "there is a tiny muscle in the base of each hair follicle which pulls the short hair post having etc back into the follicle and then it grows under the skin." Waxing encourages this.
I have suggested to Sarah that she request laser tokens from her friends and family for Christmas - one limb each. Hairy Christmas.
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