Depilatories

A frequent dupe of advertising herself—how many depilatories and night creams had she bought over the years, and at what expense? ❋ Marisa Silver (2010)

“The skin there is too sensitive for depilatories and too hard to negotiate with a razor.” ❋ Colleen McCullough (2010)

We wage our battle with excess body hair with wax, razors, tweezers, threading, chemical depilatories, and facial bleach. ❋ Ellen Marmur (2009)

The chemicals in depilatories can be extremely irritating to the skin and disintegrate hair only at the very surface. ❋ Ellen Marmur (2009)

The pecten is shaved either without or after using depilatories, of which more presently. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The axilla-hair is plucked because if shaved the growing pile causes itching and the depilatories are held deleterious. ❋ Unknown (2006)

There is certainly record of depilatories, shaving and tweezing for both men and women. ❋ Rogers (2005)

It had been two days since the emergency sortie, and the rugged warriors, particularly the darker ones, displayed resurgent stubble on their normally hairless bodies-an inevitable result of foregoing twice daily depilatories and skin scrubs. ❋ Gier, Scott (2005)

The common causes of holes and tears in fabrics, when these are not caused by long wear and use, are excessive bleaching, failure to rinse out bleach and detergent thoroughly, bleach spills, failure to dilute bleach properly before adding it to wash water, prolonged exposure to sunlight, or exposure to any of a wide variety of destructive household chemicals, such as acid toilet bowl cleaners and depilatories. ❋ CHERYL MENDELSON (2005)

Although most depilatories work well, the hair will grow back, and the chemicals used can be irritating to sensitive skin. ❋ ROBIN DIBNER (1994)