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Medical data

This section lists published clinical data on various methods of hair removal. In some cases, I have included unpublished reports for methods with little or no published data.

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Methods and devices that remove hair chemically or mechanically

Shaving

Waxing, plucking, and tweezing

Topical preparations

Devices that emit electric energy to remove hair

Electrolysis

X-rays

Electric tweezers

"Transdermal electrolysis"

Laser/Light (choose if you don't know laser/light type)

Photoepilators

Argon lasers

Flash lamps

Nd:YAG lasers

Ruby lasers

Alexandrite lasers

Diode lasers

Other laser topics

Microwave hair removal