Threading is one of the oldest methods of hair removal, practiced in the Middle East and in India. It’s most often used to remove facial hair, especially to shape the eyebrows, though it can be used to remove hair from the upper lip, chin, cheeks or hairline as well. Like waxing or depilatories, it’s not a permanent method of hair removal, but results can last several weeks.
How to Find a Threading Practitioner
Anyone who wants to try the threading hair removal method needs to find an experienced technician. Threading takes time to learn and to perfect. Some of the best threaders in the United States come from countries such as India or Egypt, where threading has been practiced for centuries.
Some threaders operate in salons devoted only to hair removal, while others operate in beauty salons. Search in directories under Eyebrow Threading or Hair Removal
What to Expect From Threading for Hair Removal
To remove hair by threading, the technician takes a long piece of twisted cotton thread and holds one end between her teeth and the other in her left hand. She forms a loop of thread around the index and middle fingers of her right hand. She uses this loop to catch up the stray hair to be removed, draws the loop tight, and plucks out the hair.
Most people experience little, if any pain during threading. Since a single hair is pulled out at a time, threading is much less painful than waxing. After threading, the client may experience slight redness at the sight of the hair removal, but this disappears very quickly.
A skilled practitioner can pluck even a single hair at a time. This makes threading ideal for precisely shaping eyebrows. It’s not messy and no smelly chemicals are involved. The hair will stay gone for two to four weeks.
Threading Precautions
Threading can be used on other body hair, but it works best on a flat surface, which makes it easier for the thread to snare the hair right where it enters the skin. This means threading isn’t practical for areas like the knees or the bikini line. Threading works well for facial hair such as hair on the upper lip or eyebrows.
Anyone with active acne should avoid threading, as it could make the outbreak worse, although threading is ideal for anyone with sensitive skin due to use of Acutane, Retin-A or other medications.
When done by an expert, threading is fast and painless. Threading is the preferred hair removal method for many women, especially for removing facial hair and shaping eyebrows.
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