People usually cut, shave, wax hair off body parts like arms, legs, chest and facial hair. Shaving is the easiest method to get clean arms, and then there are depilatory creams like Nair or Veat in the market. Women prefer using such creams, because their use makes the new growth come out softer. The truth is that exposure to the cream makes the hair-ends finer. If you are neither interested in shaving nor using depilatory creams, there is always the option of waxing. This removal method not only offers results that last longer, but the re-growth also feels softer.
There are also permanent techniques of hair removal, like electrolysis and laser treatment. They require repeated treatment in several sessions, and thus can be prove to be costly for most people, which is why they are not recommended usually.
At present, no growth inhibitors are being sold over the counter in the market, and those that are being advertised to slow or reduce hair growth have not been as successful as in theory.
It is important to clear a few widespread misconceptions. Shaving, cutting or removing arm hair in any way does not make it grow thicker and darker. When the hair changes from vellus to terminal hair during puberty and people shave it off, they think it has grown thicker and more noticeable. The truth is that the hair that grows after shaving from the same point is in its new state. Sometimes, hair growing in different areas of the skin is partially worn down because of being regularly subjected to friction from clothing and other body parts. When the hair is shaved, then the new hair that grow out have not been subjected to the same physical stresses and grow out prominently.
