Shooo!! Off u go unwanted hairs!!

Hairy legs?!!

It's really disturbing to see the above image right?

Nice looking but.... hairy legs??!!! Big NO NO!

Eye sore

So hair removal is a MUST for women these days
 if u want to flaunt those nice legs of yours, especially living in the hot hot Malaysia.

A must do!

Desire smooth, hairless skin?

There are many ways to remove unwanted hairs,
but aren't we sick of painful hair removal methods like plucking, waxing, threading and the time consuming shaving?

Ouch!!

Painful >.<

Girls or women nowadays have a new cool gadget to remove unwanted hair- the great invention for females- Depilatories! 

Haven’t heard of it??! 

Depilatory creams are commercialised hair removal creams that ‘magically’ get rid of unwanted hair by just applying it on. 

Quick, pain-free, smooth skin and hair grows back less stubbly!

Economical method

Large variety to choose from :)

Wondering how does it actually works? Here’s the mechanical behind it..

First of all, hair is made up of keratin- a hard protein that is also found in nails.  Therefore, depilatories use chemicals that can effectively dissolve proteins like keratin. Letting the dissolved hairs to be washed and wiped away without any fuss. Fast and economical method right?

All these depilatories contain a chemical called thioglycolate mixed with sodium hydroxide, calcium hydroxide or titanium dioxide which is able to literally melt the unwanted hairs away. 

This is because thioglycolate will disrupt the disulfide bonds that are the chemical bonds which hold the skin and hair cells together. 

The disulfide bonds that hold hair cells together contain more of the protein cystine than the disulfide bonds which hold skin cells together. 

Thioglycolate is more effective on bonds which contain higher amount of cystine.

 Hence, this will ensure that the thioglycolate in depilatories will not break the disulfide bonds that hold the skin cells together. 

In the simplest term, depilatories have the ability to weaken the root of your hair and allowing it break off.

Using hair removal cream

A depilatory is applied to the area with unwanted hair and left on for 3 to 15 minutes. During this time the chemical dissolves the hair and the resulting jelly-like substance is wiped or washed off after the appropriate time. 

Bear in mind to follow the exact instructions that come together with the cream, because the chemicals may melt away skin cells and cause skin irritation if used incorrectly or left on for too long.

Despite the advantages of depilatories, some people do not use them due to the unpleasant odour of these creams. 

Unpleasant odour 

Do note that although the hair cream smells before applying it onto our body, the cream is completely harmless. Don’t worry, it’s perfectly normal because the horrible smell is just simply the chemicals in the cream have unpleasant odours. And the smell will get even worse after the chemicals start breaking down our hairs, due to the release of sulphur as a by-product of the process of thioglycolate dissolving the disulfide bonds. 

Dissolved disulfide bonds gives hair removal creams that bad smell.

Sulfur- not the most pleasant of scents

The smell will be washed away with your hair, so you've just have to bear with it for a short period only. :)

So, that's all about depilatories.

What are you waiting for? go grab one and have nice smooth skin!!

Confidently showing off your skin!