Welcome - Epilator Hair Removal
People from almost all cultures have plucked hair from their bodies for centuries, for a wide range of social, medical, religious and other reasons. Epilation is the permanent removal of hair, along with the part under the skin.
About Epilators
Epilators are electric gadgets which grasp several hairs at the same time, pulling them out. Because epilation can be painful the first time, some people have a professional wax, and then use an epilator when the hair grows back. Some people also use numbing cream.
Released back in the mid-1980s, the first epilator was the 'Epilady', designed with a rotating coil spring. Once this was moved over the skin, the hairs became caught up in it and so were pulled out. This line of epilator is no longer widely available.
The second kind of epilator was devised by Remington. Instead of a spring, the design incorporated a series of metal discs.
This design has now been improved so that the head of a modern epilator is made up of metal plates whose tips move together and apart to create a tweezing effect as the device is moved over the skin. Hair caught between the plates is tweaked as the plates rotate away from the skin, and released as the plates separate. This creates a repeated cycle of gripping, pulling and extracting hair.
Buying
No parts of an epilator need replacing regularly, and you can buy corded, rechargeable and battery operated designs. They are available from a lot of retailers, check out our for sale page for lots of listings, here are a couple of popular products to start your search off.
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Our site shows a good selection of even more epilators on the market today. Have a browse and see which ones suit you and your budget.