Q&A for How to Epilate Legs

Epilation is the process of removing hair from your body at the root using a device called an epilator. Compared to shaving, hair removed with an epilator takes a lot longer to grow back.

Make sure that your skin is taut. Then, work the device in circles over the area you'd like to remove hair from. Keep working like this over all areas until you achieve your desired result.

Apply a scent-free, gentle moisturizer over your epilated skin—this can go a long way in helping your skin heal.

Yes! In fact, you should always exfoliate your legs before epilating. This helps make the process more efficient, and allows the device to get closer to your skin.

I recommend starting on a less sensitive part of your leg, like the calf area. This will help you get used to the sensation as you're just starting out.

Yeah, there's no way around it. It's painful. With that said, I do know a lot of people tend to get used to the feeling. But if it's your first time using an epilator, it'll probably feel pretty odd.

You can if you'd like. It's comparable to waxing. It's a great way to get rid of hair but a lot of people don't like doing it.

Take a bath before you start epilating, which helps loosen the follicles. This means that you'll have to do fewer passes over your skin with the epilator.

Sure, if you have a waterproof epilator.

You can begin at any age but if you're under 13, discuss it with your parents first. Also be conscious of why you're doing it, rather than simply assuming it's the appropriate and necessary thing to do. Discuss it with your parents.

Moisturize daily on the skin area you will epilate. Never do it right before epilating. Also, relax. Don't think about how painful it is, because you're likely to set your mind into a stressful moment, and it would stress out the skin, too. Also, don't move the epilator too fast -- otherwise you might break the hair and it would end up not being pulled out of the root.

Shaving foam is recommended if you shave your legs because it minimalizes the risk of cutting yourself. When you epilate your legs, you do not have to use shaving foam because you simply cannot cut yourself. I personally do not use shaving foam because it is not necessary and you save money when you do not buy it.

Give your skin a good scrub before using your epilator. This will remove dead skin and prevent ingrown hairs. Use your epilator in the shower or bath to open up pores, which will significantly reduce the pain of epilation.

You can epilate any part of your body, but try to avoid more sensitive areas like your private parts.

No, perhaps your epilator isn't working properly. It isn't normal.

You can (if your are talking about the head) if your epilator is waterproof, but don't try to open the machinery or anything like that.

No younger than 18 years old.

Epilators miss a lot of hair and can just cut hair instead of unrooting it, plus, you cannot epilate further up your leg cause the pain in unbearable, even for people who epilate for years and have never tried another method of hair removal. Personally I would suggest waxing. It almost never misses a hair, it's quick, almost painless and removes hair from the root.

It may do so for about a day on the first and possibly the second time you epilate but after that you should only get red legs for about a couple of hours.

It will likely take several weeks for hair to grow back in, depending on how quickly your hair normally grows.