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Thinking of buying a hair removal cream? Get a better understanding of how depilatory hair removal creams work when getting rid of unwanted hair and avoid unnecessary injury
Hair Removal Creams – How do they work?
How Do Hair Removal Creams Work?
Hair removal creams work by using an active chemical ingredient to break down an essential component of the hair’s structure called Keratin.
Keratin is an essential protein which makes up 65% – 95% of the hair’s total fiber by weight and it is this that forms the strength of your hair.
Most depilatory creams contain a foul smelling chemical component called Thioglycolic acid (TGA) often in salt forms such as calcium thioglycolate and sodium thioglycolate, which is used to break down the structure of the keratin enabling the hair to weaken and dissolve so that it can be easily wiped or washed away from its follicle, just below the skin’s surface.
All you need is to apply the hair removal cream onto your skin, wait for a few minutes, then shower or in some cases use the tool provided in the package to remove the treated hair – it’s that simple!
The mechanical action of removing the cream using the spatula or sponge helps pull away the dissolved hair from the surface of the skin.
As the epidermis is rich in keratin, too, the skin may become irritated and sensitive if the preparation is left on for too long
It is important that you follow the instructions on the pack of any depilatory or hair removal product that you buy to the letter.
As the top layer of the skin (epidermis) is rich in keratin too, the skin may become irritated and sensitive if the preparation is left on for too long or even result in a burn.
Hair removal creams are similar to using shaving sticks as they both remove hair at the surface of the kin. The main difference is that the shaving stick cuts the hair at the surface of the skin, whilst the hair removal depilatories dissolves the hair at the skin surface and the results last much more longer than that of shaving
Hair removal creams don’t hurt because your hair isn’t pulled out from the root like it is when you wax. Some hair remover creams such as Veet Gel Hair Removal Cream are also infused with ingredients like aloe vera, green tea extract, and vitamins A and E, giving it the revitalizing properties of a powerful moisturizing lotion to help restore the skin hydration levels so your skin is left feeling softer and smoother with no stubble feel to regrowth.
