Survey of Facial Hair Removal/Management Methods

There are several means of removing facial hair that are currently practiced with shav­ing, plucking, waxing, and depilation being the main methods. While each method has certain advantageous attributes, the duration and acceptability vary and all these methods possess significant shortcomings in the context of a beauty regimen. Figures 6.1 and 6.2 show the distribution of hair removal method and the frequency of removal, respectively, on the upper lip as determined from a P&G Ipsos Insight Study with a basis size of 423 sub­jects. Consistent with what has been reported elsewhere in the literature, the major methods

of hair removal include shaving, plucking, depilation, and waxing. Eighty-four percent of the women surveyed reported removing hair at least once a month with 16% removing hair weekly.