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Nair is a chemical depilatory cream that dissolves hair at the skin surface, designed as an alternative to shaving for hair removal on body and some facial areas.

The Guru Index verdict

66%

Mixed

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What the gurus are saying

Experts found that chemical depilatories like Nair dissolve hair rather than cut it, which means a smoother tapered end that's less likely to cause ingrown hairs or the nicks and folliculitis shaving can bring. The critical catch is timing: leaving it on too long causes painful rashes, so strict adherence to instructions and prompt rinsing is non-negotiable. Patch testing on the inner arm first matters, especially for facial use, and anyone considering it on the face must be careful to avoid brows and other hair meant to stay.
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"Chemical depilatories like Nair work to dissolve those disulfide bonds in the keratin proteins, so there's more of a tapered smoother end so you don't have that rough stubble just like with shaving. Chemical depilatories don't make you grow more hair, they don't cause the hair to grow back thicker, darker, longer, stronger, none of that because they're really just working pretty much at the skin surface and a little bit within the pore. They don't get down to the root where the factors that work to grow hair are at play. You're not going to cut yourself, and shaving also leaves you more likely to get little bacteria introduced around the hair follicles, you get these pimple-like bumps called folliculitis, very annoying and very uncomfortable to deal with, especially in sensitive areas like the bikini area. That's not going to occur necessarily with a chemical depilatory because of the way it's dissolving the hair as opposed to actively cutting, which can have the bystandard cutting and nicking of the neighboring skin. Chemical depilatories don't really damage the hair shaft down below the surface of the skin, they don't fracture it, so you're less likely to get a hair that grows back kind of wonky."
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"If you're going to use a chemical depilatory like Nair, you've got to be very strict on following the instructions because if you leave it on the skin too long it's going to cause a miserable rash. Make sure you follow the directions, make sure you rinse it off after the allotted time, and that you don't come in with a bunch of exfoliants after using it. An advantage of doing a chemical depilatory over shaving is that chemical depilatories dissolve the hair as opposed to that sharp cut you get when shaving, so they get you a closer shave without the risks of a true close shave which puts you at risk for ingrown hairs. You'll get closer than shaving could, but it doesn't leave that sharp edge on the hair so it's not likely to grow back and cause ingrown hairs."
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"Chemical depilatories like Nair work to dissolve those disulfide bonds in the keratin proteins, so there's more of a tapered smoother end so you don't have that rough stubble just like with shaving. Chemical depilatories don't make you grow more hair, they don't cause the hair to grow back thicker, darker, longer, stronger, none of that because they're really just working pretty much at the skin surface and a little bit within the pore. They don't get down to the root where the factors that work to grow hair are at play. You're not going to cut yourself, and shaving also leaves you more likely to get little bacteria introduced around the hair follicles, you get these pimple-like bumps called folliculitis, very annoying and very uncomfortable to deal with, especially in sensitive areas like the bikini area. That's not going to occur necessarily with a chemical depilatory because of the way it's dissolving the hair as opposed to actively cutting, which can have the bystandard cutting and nicking of the neighboring skin. Chemical depilatories don't really damage the hair shaft down below the surface of the skin, they don't fracture it, so you're less likely to get a hair that grows back kind of wonky."
~Mixed
"The most common chemical depilatory cream out there is Nair and you have to be careful with using this on your face you want to start by patch testing it maybe on your inner arm to make sure it's not causing too much irritation to your skin. For some people they find a lot more success and a lot less irritation when they're using a chemical depilatory cream compared to shaving. Most of these chemical depilatories utilize an ingredient called thioglycolic acid which essentially dissolves the protein in your hair so you do have to be careful if you're using it on your face you don't want to put it anywhere near the hair you want to keep like your eyebrows."
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