Hair Removal - Advantages and Disadvantages

Advantages and Disadvantages

There are several disadvantages to many of these hair removal methods.

Hair removal of any kind can cause some issues: skin inflammation, minor burns, lesions, scarring, and increase in rate of growth, thickness of hair, ingrown hairs, bumps and infected hair follicles.

Most are not permanent, can cause medical problems and permanent damage, or have very high costs. Some of these methods are still in the testing phase and have not been clinically proven.

One issue that can be considered an advantage or a disadvantage depending upon an individual's viewpoint, is that removing hair has the effect of removing information about the individual's hair growth patterns due to genetic predisposition, illness, androgen levels (such as from pubertal hormonal imbalances or drug side effects), and/or gender status.