Depilation (de + lat. Pilus - hair) removal that does not affect the hair follicle, as a result of which hair growth is not disturbed. Depilation removes hair only for a while, not forever. Depilation includes Shaving; Chemical depilation; Electric electric depilator; Removing hairs with tweezers, threads (threading); Waxing Shugaring
Traditions
Chemical depilation of eyebrows, eyelashes, chin hair in men and pubic hair in women using hot rubber , hardening on the hairline, and then tearing off with the hair, has long been practiced by the Indians of the Amazon rainforest in Peru [1] .
See also
- Epilation
- Bikini design
Notes
- ↑ Steward, Julian Haynes ; Métraux, Alfred . Tribes of the Peruvian and Ecuadorian Montaña: The Záparoan tribes. // Handbook of South American Indians . - Washington, DC: US Govt. Printing Office, 1948. - Vol. 3: The Tropical Forest Tribes. - P. 642.