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  Armpit Hair - LoveToKnow Hair
The first appearance of underarm hair is a sign of puberty, often occurring during the middle or late stages of that biological change.
Underarm hair is generally longer and coarser than other bodily hair, and depending on an individual’s body chemistry, it may gradually darken over time.
While armpit hair does not appear to serve any physiological purpose today, biologists theorize that its initial evolutionary advantage was to reduce friction between the upper arm and the body during vigorous labor or motion.
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  Underarm hair - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Underarm hair is the composition of hair in the underarm area.
The physiological purpose of this hair is yet to be explained, but it has been suggested that it serves to collect pheromones and to lessen the effects of friction on the skin during locomotion.
Female underarm hair removal became popular in mid-1980s although today, the practice is diminishing, particularly if women are not required to wear formal sleeveless dress like strapless gowns etc. Increasing awareness of the association of armpit hair with sexually-stimulating pheromones has also resulted in a shift away from shaving.
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 Underarm Hair
underarm hair removal atlanta, For risk information on the specific laser treatment that you are considering ask your physician or operator for the patient labeling for the laser device New York laser hair removal specialists, guaranteed permanent hair removal, laser hair removal in New York using the latest laser techniques.
Permanent hair reduction with guaranteed results Body hair removal by laser medical experts is permanent and effective and virtually painless for back hair, chest hair, abdominal hair, underarm hair and neck hair This is the stage in which underarm hair typically grows, so I wouldn't worry about it.
Underarm hair is a great place to start for the laser hair removal neophyte As long as it promised to take underarm hair away.
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 Permanent Body Hair Removal : Laser
The remaining hair is given a "V-shape" thus providing the perception of having a toned abdominal region.
Our female patients often tell us the most rewarding aspect of having underarm hair removal by laser is that they never have to experience the discomfort caused by applying deodorant to newly shaven skin.
Underarm hair removal by laser is quick and simple, often taking less than 10 minutes.
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 Laser Hair Removal Consumer Guidebook -- Laser Hair Removal For Underarm Hair
Underarm laser hair removal is a common procedure for patients seeking to remove unwanted underarm hair.
The laser targets those hairs which are in their growth phase, and as hairs go through cycles, multiple sessions may be needed to remove all hair permanently.
Since there is usually a small area to treat underarms, removal of underarm hair is one of the fastest procedures in laser therapy, requiring only several minutes of treatment time.
www.hairlaserremoval.co.uk /laser-hair-removal-part-underarm.htm   (228 words)

  
 Strandloper - To hair is human
Children start out by having hair on the scalp and eyebrows only, while the rest of the body is practically naked (what hair is there is generally so fine that it is invisible).
Morris speculates that the Western obsession with removing underarm hair in women is motivated by a desire to be a child once more – a rather illogical desire, since this desire for hairlessness is accompanied by a craving for sexual desirability.
And hair on the feminine breast hardly compares with the typical hairiness of the male chest and abdomen, which typically becomes more pronounced as a man approaches the age of 30.
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 Underarm Hair -- Recommendations and Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In the sport of cricket, an underarm delivery is a ball bowled by a bowler to a batsman in which the bowler's arm does not rise above the level of the shoulder.
Later, an English woman, who was playing cricket alongside the gentlemen attired in the dress of the day for a lady (a long, widely blousing dress) was having difficulty in bowling with an underarm action due to the blousing dress and to counter this she began to bowl with an overarm delivery method.
By the 20th century, underarm bowling had disappeared from the game and bowling underarm was considered both weak and unsporting, almost tantamount to cheating.
www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/152/underarm-hair.html   (940 words)

  
 Hair Mineral Analysis
As hair grows, nutrient and toxic elements are deposited from the blood stream into the hair follicle and hair shaft.
Substitutes for head hair are pubic hair or clippings of finger nails (underarm hair is not acceptable).
Hair that is approximately 1.5 inches in length from the scalp typically represents 2-3 months of growth.
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 Hair Loss Help Forums - FUE - Alternative hair sources
The reason I'm pretty sure you shouldn't use underarm hair is because of the sweat glands in the armpit area (one's underarm stink would sort of travel with the follicles).
The only reasons I can think of that prevent the usage of any type of hair are being difficult to extract the hair from that location and/or the characteristics of that hair not being able to blend in well with the existing hair at the recipient area (even after some adaptation of the hair).
When the doctor extracts the hair follicle with an FUE punch this pic shows the sweat gland is really close to the hair follicle.
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 View topic - Underarm hair as donor source?
Chest hair, for example, is usually not as thick or dense.
The ratio of the amount of hair extracted to the size of the strip removed isn't favorable with body hair.
i find it is a little more difficult to remove underarm hair than some other regions of body hair, but it is possible to remove it, it grows long, and it grows quite nicely.
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 Laser Hair Modification
Areas of unwanted hair causing repeated shaving, such as underarm hair, bikini line hair, and leg hair, have long been sites of therapies in the past utilized in an effort to remove hair in these regions.
The number of Hair Laser Modification treatments is variable from region to region on the body and from patient to patient.
If unwanted hair is a problem of yours, then there are few centers with the degree of experience that Dr. Chernoff has with thousands of cases performed to give you the most meticulous results.
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 Teen Puberty - Female Puberty :: Hair
Hair in certain places is a nightmare for women, they have it most often in place where they dont appreciate it, such as the leg, underarms and of course their bikini lines.
So keeping your underarms shaved is one way to stay fresh and it is also important, the best way to do this is by having a moist surface on the skin and a layer of soap to prevent underarm rash which may accure with irritation to the skin.
The hair on womens legs is usuallu simular of that to their underarm, although it is not nessasary to shave it as it doens old bacteria like our underarms do.
www.teenpuberty.com /index.php?section=female&page=hair   (358 words)

  
 ACS :: Antiperspirants and Breast Cancer Risk
Underarm shaving allows cancer-causing substances in antiperspirants to be absorbed through razor nicks.
Men have a lower risk of developing breast cancer because they do not shave their underarms, and their underarm hair prevents chemicals in antiperspirants from being absorbed.
Another study published in 2003 reported that women who used underarm antiperspirant and shaved their underarms tended to be diagnosed with breast cancer at a younger age than women who do not.
www.cancer.org /docroot/MED/content/MED_6_1x_Antiperspirants.asp   (1321 words)

  
 Underarm Laser Hair Removal
Underarm laser hair removal is a common procedure for patients seeking to remove unwanted under arm hair.
The laser targets those hairs which are in their growth phase, and as hairs go through cycles, multiple sessions may be needed to remove all hair permanently.
Since there is usually a small area to treat armpits, removal of underarm hair is one of the fastest procedures in laser therapy, requiring only several minutes of treatment time.
www.hairremovaljournal.org /treat_underarms.htm   (272 words)

  
 Electrolysis
Hair begins to grow in an area with a major follicle producing a coarse hair, surrounded by finer follicles that may or may not be producing hair at this time.
The hair that seem to appear as regrowth often is in reality additional adjacent hair now beginning to grow.
This is the reason it takes time to accomplish permanent removal of all the hair, the ones that are visible and growing and also those that have the potential to grow.
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 LASER HAIR REMOVAL for Chic & Slim || annebarone.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The hairs are still showing on my face, but if things go as they should, these will die and fall out in the coming days.
As for the underarms that were treated with laser, when I checked this morning, almost all the hair had fallen out of the left underarm.
The portion of the underarm where the treated hairs have fallen out is very smooth and there has not yet been any growth of untreated hairs.
www.annebarone.com /laser1.html   (1785 words)

  
 How Can I Remove Underarm Hair?
When you remove underarm hair by shaving, it tends to grow back rather quickly, requiring you to shave new growth all over again.
Generally speaking, this method of hair removal is not very practical for the underarms, as it takes a long time to accomplish.
Laser hair removal is another method used to remove underarm hair.
www.wisegeek.com /how-can-i-remove-underarm-hair.htm   (496 words)

  
 ACS :: How Do I Deal With Losing My Hair?
Not all chemotherapy drugs will make you lose your hair, and some people only experience mild thinning that is only noticeable to them.
Hair loss can occur on all parts of the body, not just the head.
Facial hair, arm and leg hair, underarm hair, and pubic hair all may be affected.
www.cancer.org /docroot/mbc/content/mbc_2_2x_how_do_i_deal_with_losing_my_hair.asp?sitearea=mbc   (251 words)

  
 HAIR REMOVAL!
Because underarm hair grows in so many directions, its best to shave up, down and side to side.
When it is warm it enters the hair follicles, allowing the hair to be pulled out from the root.
Whereas shaving cuts off the hair at the skin's surface, creams gently dissolve the hair leaving a soft tip under the surface meaning that regrowth is softer and stubble free.
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 The Straight Dope: Who decided women should shave their legs and underarms?
The gist of the article is that U.S. women were browbeaten into shaving underarm hair by a sustained marketing assault that began in 1915.
The aim of what Hope calls the Great Underarm Campaign was to inform American womanhood of a problem that till then it didn't know it had, namely unsightly underarm hair.
The budding obsession with underarm hair drifted down to the proles fairly slowly, roughly matching the widening popularity of sheer and sleeveless dresses.
www.straightdope.com /classics/a3_012.html   (772 words)

  
 Hair loss during treament
Hair loss may start within a couple of days of beginning treatment or may not occur for some weeks.
Body hair may also be lost, that is underarm and pubic hair, eyebrows and eyelashes.
For example, if radiotherapy is given to the breast or chest, only chest and underarm hair will be lost; if your head is being treated, only head hair will come out.
www.royalmarsden.nhs.uk /RMH/cancer/livingwithcancer/hairloss/hairlosstreatment.htm   (533 words)

  
 Ask Karen - March 2005
If you do decide to have your underarms waxed for the wedding, your timing can be planned to allow for any reactions and how long it will take for your underarms to be back to normal for product use.
I have frizzy hair which I now understand is due to the textures of my hair (wavy/curly) and the fact that I have colored it and use a lot of hot styling tools.
Normally I don't pay much attention to her hair because she agonizes over it all the time but have started noticing some unusual physical symptoms including unexplained thinning around the hairline and hair loss.
www.hairboutique.com /askkaren/askkaren-3-2005.htm   (1406 words)

  
 FamilyLife Forum: Underarm Hair Question
posted 05-20-2005 09:01 AM Her hair is medium brown on her head, but her underarm hair is fl.
It takes the hair from the root, she should not have the stubble or any darkness.
If she has tried it on her own it is very difficult (I tried this) as you can't keep your arm stretched, put the wax on thin enough, and then use another hand to stretch the skin while you rip the wax off (one hand short).
www.familylife.com /community/forums/ubb/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=39;t=001619   (939 words)

  
 Armpit Hair Remover at Folica.com
With two speeds, the unwanted hair from legs, underarms and bikini line is removed quicker, leaving the skin smooth and silky.
A luxurious hair removal system with new pain reduction technology that removes unwanted hair gently and effectively, gives you smooth, silky skin for up to 6 weeks.
A rechargeable hair removal system that removes hair from the root for up to 6 weeks, leaving skin silky soft and smooth.
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 Your Laser Hair Removal Solution! | Permanent Laser Hair Removal Cost!
Dark skinned individuals could not use these lasers for effective hair removal because early generation lasers were unable to distinguish between skin pigment and hair follicles, which led to the burning of those with darker skin.
When researching laser hair removal, consumers come across many concerns including, typical cost of laser hair removal, seeing before and after shots of laser hair removal pictures and any laser hair removal risk that could be involved, including laser hair removal side effects and undergoing treatments for laser hair removal during pregnancy.
The average cost of laser hair removal and overall laser hair removal danger are concerns that vary from clinic to clinic based on the area in which the clinic resides and the experiences clinics have had with their patients.
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 » Hair Removal Techniques for the Underarm Area - Serum - Hair Removal Tips
Hair growth inhibitors are a new development in hair removal.
After hair has been removed by the roots, the serum can then penetrate the open hair follicle, interacting with the protein as it forms a new root cell.
Prepare the area to be treated by removing all body hair using a hair remover that removes the hair by the roots.
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 Ask an Expert: Underarm hair develpopment
Pubic hair growth tends to develop any time between 10-16 years of age and facial, chest or extremity hair can develop between 12-17 years.
One way to determine if there is merit for concern or not is to notice the hair growth on other parts of his body such as his arms or legs.
Certainly on the other hand patterns of early baldness or lack of hair growth could be indicative of other endocrine problems, but there are usually other indicators, such as short stature, lack of voice change, etc. Discuss these with his pediatrician or physician should the concern continue for him and you.
www.netwellness.org /question.cfm/14854.htm   (384 words)

  
 » Hair Removal Techniques for the Underarm Area - Waxing - Hair Removal Tips
Waxing uproots the hair from its follicles for the longest-lasting (up to eight weeks), smoothest results of all temporary hair removal methods.
Warm waxing is recommended to remove hair from the underarms.
Quickly zip the cotton strip backwards against the hair growth direction, holding hand close to skin, thus removing the wax and unwanted hair.
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