Facial hair can be cause for much annoyance, but it’s a fact of life. If you’re troubled by pesky hairs on your chin, cheeks, or upper lip, you’ve possibly used various methods of removing them without success. Whether you have used at-home kits or visited a professional brow salon, there are two main methods often used for facial hair removal: waxing and threading.
Each method has pros and cons that may make one a better alternative to the other. To help you decide between the two methods, this blog post is outlining each method below to choose which looks to be suited to your needs based on aspects like time commitment and cost.
The Pros of Threading
You may have heard of threading, a popular hair removal method that many people prefer over waxing. Eyebrow threading makes use of a cotton thread (a good quality organic thread is most preferred) to remove unwanted facial and body hair. It may be worked on to remove hair from eyebrows, upper lip, chin, cheeks, and sideburns.
If you’re thinking about trying threading for the first time or replacing your current method with it, consider the following pros:
- It is less painful than waxing. The pulling sensation from threading is not so intense as is with waxing because there is not as much heat generated in this technique. Plus, just a single strand at a time is removed at a given moment. This minimizes pain and allows for more accurate means of shaping brows or removing certain areas. Or pulling a chunk of skin that can lead to scarring.
- Lower costing than waxing, it costs as low as $15 per session, relying on where you go.
Waxing is a great method of removing body hair, but it is found to cause skin irritation and lead to other problems.
- Waxing may cause skin irritation in different ways. The wax is full of chemicals that irritate the skin. So, your beautician has to be very careful when applying it. If you’re undergoing a bikini wax, the process would be painful as you’re plucking off a majority of, hair on your body at one time.
- This means a lot of ingrown hairs will pop up if you were just getting your legs done. Redness and bumps are a normal occurrence due to this reason — the friction between waxes pulls at the skin too much for some people’s comfort levels. This makes for an uncomfortable situation where they’re left with irritated skin that looks red or bumpy after having waxed off entirely by their technician.
The Conclusion
As is obvious, there are benefits to both threading and waxing facial hair. If you’re not confident which method will be apt, just book an appointment of a professional waxing or eyebrow threading salon to get firsthand information about the process. Your skin type may furthermore play a vital role in your final decision, & any existing skin conditions like eczema or psoriasis. That may be aggravated by some products used during the hair removal. In the end, it’s up to you!
