Olsen, 1999 (overview of methods)


Olsen, 1999

Title: Methods of hair removal.

Author: Olsen EA

Publication: Am Acad Dermatol 1999 Feb;40(2 Pt 1):143-55; quiz 156-7

PMID: 10025738, UI: 99148605

Affiliated institution: Division of Dermatology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.

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The methods of hair removal vary between simple inexpensive means of home treatment (shaving, plucking, depilatories) to expensive and potentially time-consuming means used by paraprofessionals, nurses, and/or physicians (electrolysis, lasers, x-ray). The ways in which these different methods induce hair removal, the duration of such removal, and the nuances between devices within the same category of methods are discussed.