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One way to get rid of unwanted facial hair is threading. Many women visit salons for threading.Unwanted HairThey go to salons for their beauticians to thread their faces.

Visiting a salon can often take a lot of time, so it’s better to learn the art of threading for yourself. This way, you can do it when you’re in a hurry and avoid wasting time at the salon. In this segment of the fashion worldSelmaDermawe’ll introduce you to facial threading techniques.

Methods of Facial Threading

Step One: Required Tools for Facial Threading

To clean your face of unwanted hair, you first need to gather the necessary tools for threading. These tools include:

• A special threading thread: Thread is the most important tool for facial threading. Your thread must be 100% cotton. The more cotton your thread has, the better it can remove fine hairs around your eyebrows.
• A bit of alcohol
• Clean cotton
• A headband or wide hairband to keep your hair back while threading your face

Method One for Facial Threading:

• After preparing the necessary tools for facial threading.
• Wrap a headband or wide hairband around your hair to keep it away from your face.
• Cut the thread to about 60 centimeters, slightly longer than your forearm. If you’re taller with bigger hands, cut a bit more.
• Dip the cotton in alcohol and apply it to your threads to prevent breakouts.
• Then tie the ends of the thread together to form a closed loop.
• Hold this loop in both hands, with your fingers at opposite ends of the rectangle.
• To create an ‘X’ shape in the middle of the thread, twist it to form a butterfly shape.
• Then, place the thread on your facial skin and open and close it to remove unwanted hairs.

Method Two for Facial Threading:

• After disinfecting the thread, tie one end to your table leg.
• Hold the other end of the thread in your left hand.
• Twist the middle of the thread with your right hand in a triangular shape, similar to what you see in salons.
• By gently pulling with your left hand and opening and closing the triangle, unwanted hairs will get caught between the twists of the thread and be pulled out from the root.

Method Three for Facial Threading:

This is one of the methods requested by users from SelmaDerma’s fashion section, involving using your big toe for threading.

• Sit down and stretch your legs.
• Wrap one end of the thread around your big toe.
• Hold the other end of the thread in your left hand.
• Twist the middle of the thread with your right hand in a triangular shape, similar to what you see in salons.
• Then slide the thread over your face to gently catch the hairs.

Note:

• Learn the correct way to hold the thread from skilled individuals and beauticians to apply the second and third methods.
• If you are a beginner, the first method will be much easier for you.
• Correct movements in threading ensure that hairs get caught and are pulled from the roots.
• The thread used should definitely be new to prevent the transmission of some skin diseases likewarts.This helps prevent the spread of infections from one person to another.

Preventing Breakouts After Shaving and Face Threading

• Clean your skin with disinfectants.
• Make sure that the thread has not been used on someone else before threading and disinfect it.
• After threading, use products such as aloe vera gel or tea tree oil or post-shave creams because these products cool the inflamed skin that can lead to breakouts and reduce redness.
• Avoid touching the threaded area.
• Do not use cosmetics or perfumed products for 24 hours as your pores will be open and can quickly trap dirt or bacteria.
• If there’s redness and swelling after threading, apply calamine lotion, calendula,betamethasoneand zinc oxide.
• Thread your face every two weeks as this keeps unwanted hair from getting long and prevents the skin from stretching, reducing the chance of breakouts.

Is there any benefit to using antiseptic alcohol after threading?

Many women use antiseptic alcohol before and after threading to prevent skin irritation and breakouts. This helps kill bacteria on the skin and sterilize it, but it does not necessarily reduce skin inflammation and can actually cause more irritation in some people, drying the skin out. Therefore, it’s better to use post-shave gels instead.

Advantages and Disadvantages of Facial Threading

Advantages:

This method is cheap and quick, and does not use any chemical allergens. Threading does not harm the skin, making it the best method for removing unwanted hair for people with sensitive skin or undergoingacne treatment.Threading causes less pain than tweezing. The results last longer, with hair growing back more slowly (after 3-8 weeks).

Disadvantages:

Threading can be painful and cause itching and inflammation. For some individuals, it may lead to redness and skin irritation, folliculitis, and changes in skin pigmentation.