The hair on our body can be embarrassing for aesthetic reasons or when doing sports activities. Women find extensive hair growth especially embarrassing. Extensive hair growth has two types: hypertrichosis and hirsutism. Hypertrichosis means enhanced hair growth on the entire body; hirsutism means enhanced hair growth on those areas of your body that are otherwise typical of men (moustache and beard, chest, below the navel).
There are several ways to remove hair. When choosing a hair removal method the most important aspect is how long the results last. We can achieve temporary or permanent results depending on the applied method.

Temporary hair removal:

Plucking: We can remove unwanted hairs by using tweezers. This method is suitable for those who only have one or two stronger hairs on the moustache or beard area. After 2-3 weeks the hairs grow back again.

Shaving: It cuts the hairs above the surface of the skin and then after a few days they are again visible and can be felt. This method is fast and painless, but as a common side effect is that the hair does not spring to the surface through the hair follicle but stays below the surface of the skin and causes inflammation. Contrary to popular belief, there is still no proof that shaving makes hair grow back thicker.

Waxing: A fast, but not totally painless procedure, it pulls out the hairs by their roots. Leaves your skin smooth for about 3-4 weeks.

Chemical depilation: This method uses materials that make an alkaline substance when mixed with water. Keratin dissolves in the alkali solution so that the hairs can be easily removed and wiped off. Chemical depilation has the disadvantage of dissolving the keratin content of the skin as well and making it dry.

Permanent hair removal:
In the course of  permanent hair removal, hair follicles are destroyed. For several years the only effective method was needle-depilation. Earlier, heated needles were used; today, electric needles are applied. The thin needle enters the skin alongside the hairs, penetrating to the hair follicle (3-5 mm deep) where the follicle is burnt. It is not recommended for people who are prone to the formation of keloids. As a possible side effect, smaller indentations may appear where the hair follicle used to be. The treatment usually has to be applied several times in one or two hair follicles, which increases the chance for the formation of indentations.

Laser: There are various machines operating with different wavelengths. The wavelength of the laser is adjusted so that the hair follicle can absorb more energy than the surrounding skin. The proper amount of energy burns out the hair follicle. If the laser also burns the pigments of the skin as well, white spots may appear around the hairs.