The Best Methods for Armpit Hair Removal

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At work, while sleeping or at the swimming pool: your armpits have to endure a lot. Deodorants, friction or chlorinated water, there are many reasons why your armpits easily work up a sweat. That‘s why it is important that you find the right hair removal method for you to protect your sensitive skin.

But which method is the gentlest to remove your armpit hair? Whether you want to shave your armpit hair, epilate it or even consider waxing your armpit hair: here you’ll find out how to use the different methods correctly and which one caresses your skin rather than irritates it.

Shaving armpit hair and avoiding irritation. Is that possible?

It is! Only with an electric shaver. You should say goodbye to your manual shaver – its exposed blades can easily lead to cuts in uneven areas such as the armpits. The Philips Lady shaver , however, has rounded tips behind the shaving foil which make it glide gently over the skin.

Shaving armpit hair – the most important tips:

Make sure your shaver is always in full contact with the skin to achieve a smooth shave
You can use the SatinShave Advanced in the shower – and a wet shave is a skin-friendly alternative.
To shave your armpit hair, raise your arm and put your hand behind your head to stretch the armpit skin. Move the shaver slowly against the hair growth. You can shave in both directions with the SatinShave. So you don’t have to turn it over before changing direction.

See our guide on avoiding razor burn to keep your armpits nice and smooth post shaving.

Woman removing armpit hair with epilator

Waxing armpit hair, sugaring or epilating: is the pain worth it?

When we women remove armpit hair, we are often willing to go far. But should one go as far as to have ones armpit hairs pulled out with the sugaring method or with wax? They remove the hair with its root. Since they are pulled out in one move, these methods are painful. They can also adversely affect the skin.

It is better to epilate armpits with an epilator such as the Philips Lady Shaver, hair is removed quickly and effectively, which reduces the uncomfortable pulling feeling. It can even grip the finest hairs that are four times shorter than with waxing. This way you can enjoy smooth armpits for two to three weeks.

Make sure to use gentle deodorants on your armpits to avoid irritation and check out our guide on avoiding ingrown hairs to keep your armpits looking and feeling smooth.

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Epilating armpit hair – the most important tips:

For a gentle epilation, you can use the Satinelle Prestige in the shower on your wet skin. If your skin goes red after epilating nevertheless, you should epilate in the evenings so your skin can regenerate overnight.
Use the trimmer attachment of the Satinelle Prestige before epilating to trim longer hairs to a maximum of 4 millimetres length. The shorter the hair, the more comfortable the epilation.
Raise your arm as with shaving to stretch your skin and epilate your armpit hair – against the hair growth.

Shining a light: removing armpit hair with IPL (Intense Pulsed Light)

If you are looking for a skin-friendly, long-lasting hair removal method for your armpits that you can do at home, then IPL is the best choice. The Philips Lumea Advanced is a handy IPL device which is about the size of a hair drier. It emits light impulses, which are absorbed by the melanin, which colours your hair. This way growing hair is being put into the resting phase and falls out over time. New hair growth is inhibited.

IPL is becoming more and more popular amongst women, because it removes armpit hair gently and painlessly, doesn’t affect the skin and with regular treatments, leads to long-lasting smooth armpits. At the same time, you can use it quickly and comfortably: With the Lumea Advanced, you can depilate both armpits in only three minutes*.

Removing armpit hair with IPL – the most important tips:

Choose the armpit attachment of the Lumea Advanced, which has a specially curved design to remove even hard to reach armpit hair.
Before treatment, make sure your skin is clean, dry and free from long-lasting deodorants. Your hair should be as short as possible, so that the light can penetrate the hair roots under the skin surface more easily.
To depilate your armpit hair, turn the Lumea Advanced on, choose the matching light intensity for your skin tone and hold it at a 90 degree angle directly against your skin. Push the trigger to activate the light impulse. After two seconds, you can continue with the next skin area. Gentle hair removal can be this easy!

For other areas of your body check out our full body hair removal guide to find out the different methods and pick the best one for you.

* if used corded.