Threading hair removal is an age old form that is practiced in such countries as India, Pakistan and the Middle East. Threading hair removal is commonly used to lend clean lines and shape to the eyebrows and removes facial hair from the upper lip and areas of the face.

Although it is a less common method previously, threading hair removal is fast gaining popularity across the world. Threading hair removal is fantastic for removing unwanted facial hair at the root. Rows of stray facial hair are yanked out with twists of cotton thread.

The threading hair removal practitioner holds one end of the cotton thread. The practitioner then uses the loop to trap a series of unwanted facial hair and pull them from the skin - a 100% cotton thread is twisted and rolled along the surface of the skin entwining the hair in the thread which is then lifted out from the follicle.There are also devices made that can hold the thread when practitioners remove facial hair.

Threading hair removal is inexpensive, fast, neat and also considered as one of the less painful methods that remove facial hair effectively. Threading hair removal is good for eyebrows and facial hair. Like plucking, results can last up to two to four weeks.

It may be hard to find professional practitioners that remove facial hair effectively outside large cities. So you may want to try it for yourself at home. There are other threading hair removal devices available in the market that works just as good.

Traditionally, threading hair removal is used on the entire face, including upper lip, chin, eyebrows, sideburns and cheeks. It is used to give clean lines and good shape to the eyebrows and will also remove facial hair effectively. Just like tweezing, threading hair removal lasts from anywhere between 3 to 8 weeks.

The benefits of threading hair removal also outweigh those of tweezing because unlike tweezing, threading hair removal lifts the complete hair from the follicle while maintaining a larger coverage area.

The negative effects of threading hair removal are less than with other facial hair removal methods such as tweezing or waxing. Unlike waxing or the use of depilatories, irritation and skin rashes are avoided with threading hair removal as the top layer of dead skin is not stripped off in the process.