Depilation means hair removal.

The most common methods are:

• Shaving.
• Chemical hair removers.

The term Depilation is derived from the latin word “pilus” meaning, “hair.
supplementing the latin work by adding “de” in front of it means, “be rid of or remove”.
In english, adding “ation” to the end of a word, turn the term into an action word.

Depilation is a short term method of hair removal, only lastin for a few days, unlike waxing or other methods that remove the hair from the root.

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Depilation is a personal preference and varies between the sexes.

• Legs - Became popular when nylons were hard to come by during world war 2.
• Arms- To lessen the hairy male looking arm effect.
• Underarms - Providing a smooth look and to reduce underarm odor.
• Shoulders and back - To soften the look when wearing a dress or top that exposes these areas.
• Torso - For that bare look when wearing a bikini or short top.
• Pubic region - Again, who wants unsightly hair poking out from around the bikini line. Although, removal of pubic hair also has some sexual preferences too. Hair in the pubic are is often shaped or reduced, if not completely removed.
  

  Shaving terrors include nicks, cuts and razor burns.

  
  

Usual Male Habits:

• Beard - some males only worry about a nice clean shavin face.
• Arms - Not usually an area a male worries about.
• Underarms - Again, not usually worried about.
• Shoulders, Back and Torso - some males remove hair from those areas for various reason.
• Pubic region - For swim trunks issues and for sexual preferences theirs or their partners.

For the short term, depilation is a cheap method of removing hair temporarily.

Shaving is quick and easy for the legs, face and easy to access areas of the body. Extra care must be take when shaving those private areas. With the improvement in shaving technologies today both disposable razors and electric razors, provide a fairly quick and smooth shave. Use of such devices require some evaluation to find out what works best for your skin type.

Depilatory creams an lotion are an easier way to remove hair from those harder to reach and large areas. These areas include, the back, torso and buttocks. They are not a good alternative for the more sensitive areas like, underarms, face and pubic areas.

Shaving and Depilatory solutions should never be used on acne or rash affected areas. Doing so will just aggrevate the affected areas.