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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 In some cases, I have included unpublished reports for methods with little or no published data.

Citation ratings

To help consumers focus on the most useful information, I have marked each citation as follows:

= recommended only for in-depth researchers rather than consumers
= may be worth ordering for thorough or specialized consumer research
= strongly recommended for any consumer researching that method

Citations without stars have not been reviewed yet.

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

Related medical topics

Hair anatomy and growth cycle

Pain reduction

 

 

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