Can leg hair be cut with scissors? Are there any side effects of leg hair removal?

Leg hair is unsightly and can be removed, but it also has certain functions. So can leg hair be cut with scissors? Are there any side effects to leg hair removal?

Can leg hair be cut with scissors?

1. If it is too long, you can cut it

In fact, most people's leg hair cannot reach the length that needs to be trimmed. If the leg hair is just a normal length, don't trim it. First of all, it will not look good if you trim it, and secondly, the scissors may hurt your skin. Of course, some people's leg hair is too long and they feel it is difficult to remove if they don't cut it. At this time, you can first use small scissors to cut off a part of it. After cutting, you can use other methods to remove the remaining hair roots.

2. Don’t remove your leg hair if it’s not long

In fact, most people's leg hair is of normal length and does not need to be removed. It can be said that removing leg hair has no other benefits other than aesthetics, but has many disadvantages. Leg hair, as the sweat hair on the legs, has many functions. First of all, leg hair helps to sweat, and human sweat hair is also part of the human sweat system; secondly, sweat hair has the function of protecting the skin and can help the skin block damage from some dust and bacteria.

3. Removing leg hair can damage your skin

Why don't we recommend you to remove leg hair? Because in fact any method of removing leg hair is harmful to the body. First of all, laser hair removal is definitely harmful to the body. The most direct effect is to damage hair follicles and affect perspiration. Depilatory cream is a highly irritating chemical product that can cause great harm to the skin. In addition, the use of depilatory wax may injure hair follicles. After shaving off the hair with a depilatory razor, the skin surface may feel uncomfortable.

Leg hair removal can have side effects:

1. Skin problems

Most people's leg hair grows naturally in the hair follicles, but it falls out once in a cycle, and then new hair grows slowly. Therefore, when we usually pluck leg hair, we use external force to cause the hair to fall off abnormally, which will naturally induce skin problems. In addition, human body hair has many functions. First of all, body hair helps perspiration. In addition, body hair can protect the skin and help the skin resist damage. So if red spots appear on your skin after plucking your leg hair, it means you have a skin problem.

2. Problems with hair follicles

As mentioned above, plucking leg hair uses external force to cause abnormal shedding of leg hair, which can easily cause the hair follicles to be stretched. The hair follicles are rich in blood vessels and nerves. If they are strained, there may be wounds, which can cause bacterial infection, and may induce folliculitis later. Although folliculitis is not a serious disease, its symptoms are unsightly and can make you feel uncomfortable.

3. No need to remove leg hair

In fact, the leg hair of most girls is similar. Even if they wear skirts or shorts and expose their legs, it won’t look very obvious, so many people don’t need to remove their leg hair. Moreover, temporary methods of removing leg hair will generally cause longer and thicker leg hair to grow later, which will be even uglier. However, permanent hair removal methods do not actually have a permanent hair removal effect, and the hair will still grow back afterwards. So it’s best not to remove leg hair in the first place.

Okay, guys, you know that leg hair can be trimmed with scissors.