Waxing

This is when a strip of material is pushed tightly against your skin, and pulled off in one quick movement, taking the wax (that has been applied earlier) and the hair with it.

There's also two main kinds of waxing. The first kind is a hot wax. This is when the wax (which is around body temperature) is spread over the area to be waxed, and as it hardens it becomes attached to the hair. So when the wax is removed it takes the hair with it by the roots. This can be painful for some people, but when you have it done professionally it's surprisingly not too bad.

The other kind is cold waxing. This is when the strips are already pre-coated with the wax. You simply press the strip against the area to be waxed, and then pull it off quickly.

So how long do the results last? For most people, they don't see significant hair re-growth from around 3 weeks all the way to 8 weeks. This means it's quite effective, but it's not as good as something like laser hair removal (although waxing is definitely cheaper).