Epilation Aftercare: These Are the Mistakes to Avoid. (2024)

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Epilation Aftercare: These Are the Mistakes to Avoid.? ›

Touching and handling your recently epilated skin can cause irritation. It also encourages the formation of redness and ingrown hairs. It's also worth remembering an essential rule: never pierce ingrown hairs yourself, as this can inflame them and lead to the appearance of a post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation mark.

Epilation aftercare: keeping your skin soft and smooth

Treat your newly smooth skin to the care it deserves after epilating. Gentle exfoliation will clear the surface of the skin again to prevent any ingrown hairs. Then, apply your favourite moisturiser to get your skin super-soft and glowing.

Moisturize your skin after using an epilator to reduce irritation. Don't forget to clean your epilator after each use to reduce the risk of a skin infection. Remove any lingering hair, and use alcohol to clean the device.

Do not expose the skin to the sun! Even if you use a a high SPF sunscreen, it is not advisable to go to the beach immediately after a hair removal procedure, especially after epilating with wax, epilator or cream.

6. Wet or dry? Its up to you but if dry, make sure your skin is completely dry. If wet, apply a little shower gel.

A big side effect of epilation is redness and inflammation, because the hair has been pulled out with some force.

To prevent your hair from growing, you may have to perform between two and four cycles of epilation in conjunction with applying the FRÉNÉSIES cream. In extreme and very rare cases, the treatment may take up to 6 cycles to achieve the permanent results.

Small and portable epilators can easily be used on privates. An epilator is any device that removes body hair by pulling it out from the roots. Small and portable epilators can easily be used on privates.

After rinsing off your skin, apply a non-comedogenic moisturizer. This can soothe newly epilated skin and keep dry skin from clogging your pores and hair follicles. Moisturize twice a day to ease any redness or inflammation from epilation.

What is the disadvantage of epilating? ›

“Cons include minor discomfort and potential irritation, and broken shafts can lead to ingrown hairs or infections.” There are a few different types of epilation.

Always epilate in the opposite direction that the hair grows. For legs, work in an upward motion, and for underarms, go down. If not, the hair will be cut off at skin level instead of being removed from the root.

If you're more sensitive or prone to pain, epilation might not be the best for you.

Epilating pulls out hair from the root. Some after-effects like itchiness, redness or tightness after using your Philips epilator are normal, especially if you have sensitive skin. You may also see small bumps on your skin or experience a burning sensation. This goes away with time and is nothing to worry about.

Do not repeatedly epilate the same area in one go. After wet-use pat your skin dry instead of rubbing it. As after-care gently apply an alcohol free aloe vera creme or lotion. You may also use an after-sun creme as these have cooling properties.

Have a bath - Epilating wet skin generally works better and is more painless than epilating dry skin. The skin is also more relaxed and desensitised when it has been bathed in warm water first. If you're epilating wet, do so in the bath under the water rather than the shower.

Make sure to exfoliate your skin before epilating your hair and keep it moisturised as an aftercare. This will surely keep strawberry legs at bay!

Exfoliating once a week is a great way to avoid ingrown hair – it clears dead skin cells from the surface and clears the way for new hairs to grow in the way they're supposed to. If epilation is your favoured way of removing hair we recommend exfoliating two days before epilating for the best results.