Intimate Hair Removal: What is it? How is it practiced? Pros and cons

superfluous, in a more or less lasting way, from the bikini area (groin, inner thighs and pubis). The regions near the genital organs are very delicate and, as such, require some extra attention.

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Intimate hair removal can be tackled with various techniques: from razor to depilatory creams, passing to the alternatives represented by waxing and the electric epilator or to innovative methods that exploit selective photothermolysis, ie laser and pulsed light.

The type of intimate hair removal that best suits your needs should be chosen based on the characteristics of the hair and skin. In this sense, help can be provided by your dermatologist, to whom you can turn to ask for advice, know the contraindications and understand if there is a "predisposition" to develop adverse reactions to the method for which you are more inclined.

From now on it should be specified that intimate hair removal removes the superficial part of the hair, not affecting its "vitality"; unlike epilation, in fact, the methods used (razor and depilatory creams) do not affect the hair bulb that remains in the skin, so regrowth occurs after about 2-7 days.

from the regions near the genital organs, ie the groin, the inner thighs, the pubis (bikini area) and, for men, the scrotum. Total, integral or complete intimate hair removal (or epilation) may also involve the perineum and the region near the anus.