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What Is Unwanted Hair, Anyway?

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What is unwanted hair, anyway?

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Have you ever noticed how strange ads about hair are? One minute you are watching an ad for shampoo that promises to sprout tons of hair. This shampoo, you are assured, has enough vitamins, proteins, and minerals to feed a football team and it is made to give you as much hair as possible. A second later, you see another ad, one which claims to get rid of unwanted hair, usually by some violent means - ripping, toxic chemicals, electrical volts, deathly sharp razors. And isn't it strange that balding men will do anything to generate hair on their heads - even if it means wearing bouffant toupees that look like large rodents - but will work equally hard to get rid of the hair on their back, which is growing just fine?

So who decides what unwanted hair is anyway? Why is hair anywhere but the head seemingly unwanted? Is it just a perverse fact that our bodies sprout hair where we don't want them to? Is it all a big conspiracy, with companies making millions by convincing us that some of our hair is unwanted?

You may not think it matters - unwanted hair is unwanted hair, after all. Bring on the hair removing tips, you may be screaming. But think about it for a minute. How you look at your hair determines your approach to hair removal systems. If you think unwanted hair is a terrible burden, you are more likely to try the more expensive systems that remove hair for longer periods of time. You owe it to yourself to at least consider what you think of as unwanted hair - and what makes your hair unwanted.

Are you getting rid of your body hair because you think unwanted hair on your body is disgusting? Are you just following trends? Some women may find that they are happy with a more casual approach to getting rid of unwanted hair. On the other hand, some women find that their body hair is unwanted because it interferes with their activities - a bikini line that peeks out of underwear or that makes wearing a bathing suit uncomfortable, for example. Some women think body hair is unwanted hair because it rubs against the fabric of their clothes and is uncomfortable. Some women find hair troublesome (especially unwanted hair along the bikini line and under arms) because it traps sweat and makes them feel uncomfortable.

No matter why you consider your unwanted hair unwanted or unsightly, you should consider your motivations for hair removal. Understanding why you want to get rid of unwanted hair may make you consider hair treatment options you had not considered before. If you want to get rid of your bikini line because you just don't want hair visible when you wear a bathing suit, you may realize that you don't need a Brazilian bikini wax after all - a less painful and time-consuming wax just along the bikini line will suit your needs. If hair irritates your skin and you are using harsh depilatories to get rid of it you may not be happy with your hair removal system because it does not accomplish what you really want - greater comfort.