How long does mens hair removal last?

How long mens hair removal lasts depends on several things. Foremost is how fast your hair grows back normally. Do you have to shave every day or every other day or perhaps only once a week? The answer to this will give you a baseline to compare to all other figures on the longevity of the various mens hair removal methods.

If you know a bit about how the hair removal technique works, it will also give you an idea of how much hair needs to grow back before it is at the same level as before. For example, shaving cuts the hair at about the level of the skin and grows back in 1 to 3 days. On the other hand, if you pluck a hair, you tend to take the hair out all the way from the follicle, so more has to grow back which can take anywhere from 3 to 8 weeks.

Depilatory hair removal creams works by dissolving the hair protein and it works down the hair pore but not all the way to the follicle. The result is that the hair takes from a few days to 2 weeks to grow back.

Sugaring and waxing which works in similar fashion, by ripping the hairs out in bulk from the follicles, takes from 3 to 8 weeks to grow back. Some people also report that if these methods are applied over a period of time that the hair takes longer and longer to grow back and might even be permanent.

Then there are electrolysis- and laser hair removal. Both of these work by zapping the hair down to the hair follicle by laser and electric charge respectively. Over several treatment sessions the effect can become permanent, though yearly or semi-annual maintenance session are recommended.

The cost of mens hair removal tends to go up in proportion to how long it lasts, so you have to carefully weigh the options and decide which mens hair removal option is the right one for you.