Sugaring is a gentle alternative to waxing for hair removal.
It combines natural ingredients.
The technician mixes together sugar, lemon and water. This paste is warmed with the hands to make it more supply for easier application. It’s different from waxing in that sugaring pulls out hairs without impacting the surface of the skin. Waxing attaches to the hair as well as the skin, removing skin cells. The pain is more intense and plus it can cause redness, swelling and inflammation. Sometimes the wax is too hot, and then there’s the possibility of burning the skin. Sugaring reduces the level of irritation to the area and is not as painful. The sugar paste is especially soft and malleable, so it penetrates all the way down to the root of the hair. It minimizes the likelihood of hairs breaking off at the surface. When I attempted waxing, my skin ended up breaking out in red patches. I could never schedule waxing right before I hoped to look nice for an event. Unfortunately, I’d need to wait for my skin to clear up, and by then the hair had always grown back. Following a sugaring treatment, I never have any redness at all. It feels similar to tweezing, with a pinching that’s not terribly painful. Another reward of sugaring is that it eliminates dead skin cells and residue which could clog hair follicles. The process is good to prevent ingrown hairs. By removing the root, the follicle becomes weaker over time and there’s less hair growth. Any hair that grows back will be finer and sparser. Following sugaring treatments, you can expect the hair that grows back to not be as thick or course. It will become light and feathery.