'Microwaving' armpit hair is the latest hair removal trend amongst women

Embarrassed of those armpit sweat stains on your clothes? Fed up having to shave every day and use deodorants to keep body odour at bay? There’s a new hair removal procedure available now that you can try out. Just microwave it off.

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Sounds crazy right? But we aren’t kidding. MiraSmooth is a new type of hair removal procedure, which uses “precisely controlled microwave energy” for reducing armpit hair and as result body sweat by almost 70 percent.

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As microwaves are colourblind, they are suitable for use on any skin tone or hair type, which makes it better option to other hair removal alternatives like laser hair removal treatment.

A specialist conducting the MiraDry procedure. (Picture Courtesy: Instagram/ dermapro_lebanon)

The non-invasive procedure takes approximately just 40 minutes, with most patients being “able to return to work on the same day of the procedure, according to the MiraDry website.

Microwave hair removal procedure is non-invasive. (Picture Courtesy: dermapro_lebanon)