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Facial sugaring is the most popular method of removing unwanted hair. This is due to the fact that it is effective and safe, and the procedure itself can be carried out at home.

Causes of facial hair

Light fluff on the skin of the face is the norm for a woman. Facial sugaring is a very popular procedure for women, as many are concerned about the intense growth of hair on the upper lip and other areas. The reason may lie in the following:

• Increased levels of male hormones in the body;
• Thyroid diseases;
• Diseases of the adrenal glands, ovaries.

Advice! If you have increased hair above the upper lip, we recommend that you undergo an examination and consult an endocrinologist.
In addition to serious health problems, facial hair can appear due to:

• Hormonal changes in the body (menopause, pregnancy, puberty);
• Heredity;
• Taking hormonal drugs and certain medications;
• Severe stress.

Sugaring: what is it and what are its advantages?

Sugaring comes to the rescue in the fight against body hair - a procedure that allows you to quickly and permanently forget about an unpleasant problem.

Sugaring is a widespread type of depilation with sugar paste. This method of hair removal is used by women all over the world due to its accessibility and minimal contraindications.

Advantages of sugaring:

• An ideal way to remove short hairs;
• Minimal risk of developing allergies;
• Low level of pain during the procedure;
• Low chance of ingrown hairs.

Contraindications

Sugaring is contraindicated for people with the following diseases:

• varicose veins (removal of bulbs can lead to blood clots);
• diabetes mellitus (microcracks occur more often, there is a possibility of glucose entering the blood);
• tumors (both malignant and benign); epilepsy (painful sensations cause stress, which can cause a seizure).

It is recommended to temporarily postpone hair removal in the following situations:

• skin injury (increases the likelihood of inflammation and infection);
• pregnancy (there is a risk of uterine hypertonicity);
• menstruation (increased pain sensitivity).

The procedure is prohibited for people allergic to honey or sugar. If you are not sure that a person is allergic to these products, you need to apply the paste to a small area on the body (usually the elbow crease) and observe. If there is no redness, the mixture can be used for sugaring.

Sugaring of the face - is it possible to do?

Let's try to clarify whether it is possible to do sugaring on the face? Of all the procedures for getting rid of facial hair, sugaring is recognized as the safest. But there will be no unpleasant consequences only if you use high-quality sugar paste that does not contain dyes, flavors and preservatives.
Pastes containing plant extracts and essential oils are best left for other parts of the body.
They have a beneficial effect on the skin, but on the face they can cause allergic reactions and redness. Reference! The procedure does not damage the facial skin, removing only the upper dead layer of epithelium. Thanks to this, the skin not only gets rid of unnecessary hair, but also becomes smooth.

Possible consequences

If you properly care for your face after the procedure and follow the technique, the likelihood of unpleasant consequences is quite low. Women experience minor allergic irritations, which are eliminated with antihistamines, including well-known ointments like Akriderm or Fenistal, as well as regular baby cream.

After sugar hair removal, it is better to refrain from visiting the solarium or the beach for several days. Otherwise, pigment spots or burns may occur that are difficult to remove.

If the sugar mass is removed incorrectly, bruising may occur.

Sugaring technique

If you decide to get rid of hair using sugar paste at home yourself, then first practice on other, less noticeable areas of the body . Having obtained the necessary dexterity, you can begin to depilate your face.

Removing vegetation using the sugaring method occurs in several stages:

• Preparation. The skin is disinfected with a special solution (for example, chlorhexidine). Then a cleansing lotion is applied before depilation. After drying, the area is treated with talcum powder to ensure stronger adhesion of the hairs to the sugar paste.
• Depilation. heated piece of paste is applied against hair growth and removed according to hair growth . When applied to a large area of ​​skin, use 3-4 fingers; in the area of ​​the face, armpits and bikini, it is enough to use two fingers. Remember: the paste is distributed over the skin with smooth movements and removed abruptly. Removal usually occurs in two or three stages, using small stitches.
• Final care. At the last stage, the remaining material is removed from the treated area using wet wipes, and a soothing post-depilation lotion is applied . Additionally, you can use a product to slow down hair growth.

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With proper preparation,
the procedure takes little time, and the effect lasts up to 3 weeks .
Hair growth noticeably slows down after the first depilation with sugar, and the hairs themselves become thinner and easier to remove.

To do sugaring yourself, you can either buy a ready-made mass or make it yourself. Read how you can make hair removal paste with sugar paste at home.

Ready-made pasta or your own?

Professionals unanimously claim that a ready-made store-bought mixture is better than one prepared at home. Why?

Firstly

When making pasta at home, you must strictly adhere to the technology.
At the very beginning of your sugaring journey, it is difficult to figure out how long to cook the mixture to the desired consistency. Secondly
, store-bought pasta is prepared from fructose and glucose and due to this acquires amazing elasticity.
As a result, epilation is much more convenient with it. And thirdly
, the finished mixture differs in the degree of hardness/softness: the denser it is, the more suitable it is for depilation of the most sensitive areas.

Sugaring of the face using bandage technique

For facial depilation using bandages - special fabric or paper strips, soft sugar paste is suitable. Before applying, it must be slightly heated in the microwave so that it acquires the consistency of liquid honey .
Advice! The paste should lie easily on the skin, but not spread.
If it flows, it means the room is too hot or humid. It is optimal to carry out the procedure in a cool, dry room or use air conditioning.

Facial depilation technique using bandages:

1. Take a little warmed sugar paste using a spatula and carefully apply a thin layer to the desired area of ​​the face against hair growth.
2. Place a bandage strip over the paste, press and smooth it. Glue the strip so that one side protrudes slightly beyond the edge of the paste.
3. With your free hand, stretch the skin and remove the strip with a sharp movement in the direction of hair growth.

One strip can be used two to three times, depending on the thickness of the hair. The material is then replaced with new material.

Little tricks

These helpful tips and tricks will help you perform facial sugaring correctly:

• If you are working with previously prepared pasta, do not heat it all at once. You need to transfer the sugar to a smaller container, this will help control the temperature of the composition. It is better to reheat the paste again than to overheat it and get burned.
• Do not use a paste that you have already used to remove hair during another procedure. Even if the product remains externally clean, it still contains skin particles, microhairs and bacteria.
• If the mixture remains liquid for a long time, you may have heated it for too long. This is not difficult to fix: the mass must cool down, and an ice bath will help speed up the process.
• Too high a temperature and humidity in the room where sugaring is carried out can cause the sugar mass to remain liquid for a long time. Then you need to choose a cool day for the procedure or cool the skin before depilation using an ice pack.
• Be sure to check the temperature of the sugar before applying it to your skin to avoid burns.

The paste can be heated in the microwave: it will take very little time

Never add water to sugaring paste, otherwise the composition will become unusable. Keep all sugar depilation devices dry and there should be no moisture on the skin.

Removing antennae

A couple of days before the procedure, it is advisable to lightly exfoliate the area above the upper lip or scrub the area daily. This will remove dead cells and clean pores , and will also prevent ingrown hairs.
Sugar depilation using the bandage technique is done according to the principle described above. Bandage strips can be cut to obtain the material of the desired size.

If manual sugaring technique is chosen for hair removal, then depilation is carried out in several stages:

• The skin above the lip is thoroughly cleansed. Before the procedure, you can also make a soothing warm compress with a decoction of St. John's wort or chamomile.
• The paste is preheated and kneaded in your hand until it acquires a whitish tint.
• A small piece of material is applied to the area above the upper lip - from the middle to the edge of the mouth. The mass is carefully smoothed against the growth of the antennae.
• After all the manipulations, the piece is sharply torn off in the direction of hair growth.
• The skin is cleansed of paste residues with warm water and soothed with lotion after depilation.

For manual sugaring, it is better to use medium-hard or hard sugar paste, depending on the abundance of vegetation and the thickness of the hair.

Sugaring face at home

If you have already performed depilation with sugar paste yourself, then you can easily do facial sugaring at home. Sugaring paste can be purchased at a specialized store or cooked yourself from water, sugar and citric acid (for a recipe for sugaring for the face, see the article on making paste at home).

To perform sugar depilation, follow these recommendations:

• Do not apply overheated paste to your face - this can cause a burn. Better wait until it cools down.
• If only single hairs remain after depilation, do not repeat the manipulation several times in the same place. It's better to use tweezers.
• Do not use sugar paste if you have damaged skin - herpes, allergic rashes, microcracks and wounds.

Useful tips

Sugaring of the face is a simple procedure; you can do it yourself if you follow some rules:

1. The temperature of the sugar paste should be slightly higher than body temperature. You can check this by touching your wrist.
2. You should refrain from the procedure if you have wounds or inflamed pimples.
3. In order not to injure the skin, you should not remove the remaining small amount of hair with paste; it is better to use tweezers.
4. To prevent infection, you need to treat the skin with an antiseptic before and after the procedure.

Eyebrow sugaring

Eyebrow correction using sugaring is a complex and therefore not so popular procedure. It requires a lot of skill. If you decide to do this operation yourself, you risk removing excess hair and ruining the shape .

Advantage over other correction methods

The paste used for such procedures allows you to get rid of hair for a long time. Unlike wax, sugar mass does not cause allergies . The process itself is much more painless, since the strip of paper is torn off according to the hair growth. Another advantage of this method is its low cost compared to wax depilation.

What technique to use

To correct eyebrows, it is best to use the bandage technique. It is much simpler than manual and also much faster. The manual method allows you to reduce discomfort and save sugar paste, but due to its complexity, it is best to stick to the bandage technique.

Here is an example of a video of eyebrow correction using the spatula technique.

Stages of correction (at home)

To carry out the procedure yourself, you will need paste, chlorhexidine for disinfection and paper strips.

To make the paste, heat a solution of water, sugar and lemon juice on the stove. For 1 lemon there are 2 tablespoons of water and 20 tablespoons of sugar. It is necessary to heat the mixture until it acquires a golden color.

The process then consists of the following steps:

• Comb your eyebrows with a brush and outline the contours;
• Disinfect the skin;
• Heat the pasta in the microwave;
• Apply a thin layer according to hair growth;
• Press the paste on top with a thin strip of paper;
• Holding the skin, sharply tear off the strip along the hair growth;
• Disinfect the skin again.

Facial sugaring for men

Removing facial hair with sugar paste has many advantages over conventional shaving .
Many men cannot live a day without a razor, which leads to irritation and dry skin. After sugaring, irritation is minimized, and you can forget about hair removal for several weeks.

With the help of sugar paste, a man can not only remove hair from the upper lip and chin, but also correct eyebrows, cheekbones, etc. Therefore, men's sugaring of the face and beard is not only safe, but also effective in combating excess hair on a man's face.

Since the hair of the stronger sex is stiff, hard sugar paste is better suited for manual depilation. It will allow you to get rid of hair in a short period of time, removing even the most unruly hairs.

How to remove irritation

Ice, which is briefly applied to the depilation area, helps reduce the irritation of hair removal. Exposure time is several minutes; the dermis should not be overcooled. An ointment with dexpanthenol, which soothes, cares for the epidermis and activates its regeneration process, copes well with irritation. You can find out about Veet warm depilatory wax here.

It is recommended to touch the dermis with your hands as little as possible to reduce the risk of infection, and not to use facial cosmetics for 24 hours after the procedure.

In order to reduce irritation and prevent the development of side effects after the session, it is necessary to avoid prolonged exposure to the sun and visits to the solarium for several days. Ultraviolet rays can cause the development of hyperpigmentation on skin that is thinned after a session.

Facial care after sugar depilation

There may be irritation after sugaring on the face, but in most cases, after sugaring the face, a special moisturizing cream or lotion is sufficient. But it happens that the procedure causes peeling and redness. In this case, the skin area needs to be treated with antiseptic drugs , for example, Malavit , Rescuer , etc.
Advice! To more intensively moisturize the skin after depilation, you can use natural milk cream . And washing with a decoction of chamomile, celandine, sage and oak bark will help relieve inflammation.

The juice of medicinal plants aloe and Kalanchoe, applied to damaged areas in the form of lotions, effectively combats irritation.
For dry skin, you can use essential oils of eucalyptus, tea tree and sea buckthorn , adding a few drops to moisturizing masks and creams.

Advantages and disadvantages of facial depilation with sugaring

Sugaring, like any other type of hair removal, has pros and cons. The advantages of hair removal with sugar paste include:

• Easy to perform – you can learn the procedure yourself and carry it out at home.
• Hypoallergenic - when using high-quality paste, the risk of allergies is minimized.
• Low cost - the procedure is available to almost everyone and its price, depending on the area being treated, varies from 100 to 1500 rubles.
• Duration of action - the skin after sugaring pleases with its smoothness for a long time, on average, from 1.5 to 3 weeks.
• Painless – unlike wax depilation, sugaring is less painful due to the special hair capture technology and the composition of the mixture used.
• No Ingrown Hairs – Compared to waxing, sugar hair removal almost never results in ingrown hairs.

Disadvantages of sugaring:

• For those with thin and sensitive skin, sugar depilation may cause more discomfort than for others.
• If the procedure is performed incorrectly, bruises may occur.
• Rarely, individual intolerance to the components of the paste may occur.
• The procedure cannot be performed for various skin tumors: moles, warts, papillomas, etc., as well as skin damage (burns, wounds, abscesses).
• In some cases, sugaring is not recommended for pregnant women, since stimulation of certain points on the body can cause miscarriage.
• If you have severe varicose veins, you should consult your doctor before performing sugar depilation.

Despite the contraindications and disadvantages, there are many more advantages to sugar hair removal than disadvantages. This makes it a favorite way to remove unwanted hair for many women and even men. By following the basic rules of the procedure, you can quickly and almost painlessly get soft and smooth skin on any part of the body.