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  2. Chemical depilatory - Wikipedia

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    Chemical depilatories are indicated in the treatment of hirsutism in polycystic ovary syndrome. Depilatory ointments, or plasters, were known to Greek and Roman authors as psilothrum. [3] In Jewish lore, King Solomon is said to have discovered a chemical depilatory made from a mixture of lime and water and orpiment (arsenic trisulfide). [4]

  3. Hair removal - Wikipedia

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    Hair removal is the deliberate removal of body hair or head hair. This process is also known as epilation or depilation . Hair is a common feature of the human body, exhibiting considerable variation in thickness and length across different populations.

  4. Epilator - Wikipedia

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    Epilator in use. The first type of epilator was the original Epilady released in Israel, and manufactured by Mepro in kibbutz HaGoshrim in 1986. [2] The design incorporated a coil spring, which was bowed into a curve such that the coils on one side of the spring were squeezed tightly together while on the other side the coils were spread apart.

  5. Waxing - Wikipedia

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    There are many benefits to waxing versus other forms of hair removal. It is an effective method to remove large amounts of hair at one time. It is a long-lasting method, as hair in waxed areas will not grow back for two to eight weeks. When hair is shaved or removed by depilatory cream, the hair is removed at the surface rather than the hair ...

  6. Plucking (hair removal) - Wikipedia

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    Plucking or tweezing can mean the process of human hair removal, removing animal hair or a bird's feathers by mechanically pulling the item from the owner's body. In humans, hair removal is done for personal grooming purposes, usually with tweezers. An epilator is a motorised hair plucker.

  7. Thallium(III) acetate - Wikipedia

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    Thallium(III) acetate is the acetate salt of thallium, with the chemical formula Tl(CH 3 COO) 3. As a selective culture medium in microbiology, [1] thallium acetate is toxic, [2] but it can also be used as a hair loss agent. Koremlu, a depilatory that contained the rat poison Thallium acetate was widely marketed during th 1930s.