You know hair is a fascinating thing – its grows where we don’t want and doesn’t grow where we want it ! It’s just not fair L

But did you know hair growth can be affected by a number of things:

Previous over plucking – this will over time decreases the regrowth of hair on eyebrows and may even lead to permanent non regrowth

Weather = hot and humid weather grows body hair and nails much quicker than hot weather due to heat and humidity – if you see a big improvement in nail growth and your head hair its more than likely it will affect all hair on your body!  That is why a lot of clients after returning from hot humid weather (Florida etc) they needs waxed much quicker.

Medication – different medications can either stunt hair growth or increase it two fold so please check the side effects of any medication you take – I find this is a major factor in changes in hair growth of clients

Health – poor health and low immunity, vitamin deficiencies and being run down can lead to poor hair growth – pregnancy on the other hand can lead to increased hair growth due to a change in hormones  that can kick start hair growth – this is especially visible in clients who have had IPL in the past and their pregnancy then kick starts the hair growth hormone and sometimes hair starts to grow back in the IPL area.

Diet – can have  a major impact on your hair – poor diet = poor hair condition = dry brittle hair = hair breaking when waxing = not a clean wax L

Underactive Thyroid – tend to have very sparse eyebrows due to this condition (I am proof!)

Age – your hair growth will slow down the older you get unless you are very unlucky!

Dry hair – if you have dry skin your likely to have dry hair – this type of hair is brittle

Humidity and Temperature – hair growth tends not to thrive in the cold but if its cold outside remember we put our house heating on so a warm house is ideal for hair growth – those that don’t use the heating much will see a decrease = when it’s hot and even better when humid be prepared to see an increased growth in your hair that is why the summer will see an increase in hair growth especially those clients who take overseas holidays in warmer climates so sometimes their wax will not last as long due to this.

I hope the above is useful for clients who get waxed!