Hormonal Hair Growth: Is Tweezing and Waxing Making It Worse?

If you have hormonal hair growth from PCOS, menopause, or another condition, you've likely been battling unwanted hair with temporary methods for years. But what if those methods are actually making the problem worse?

The Tweezing Trap

When you tweeze a hormonally stimulated hair, the follicle responds by increasing blood supply to the area and producing a thicker, more deeply rooted replacement. For women with elevated androgen levels, this response can be even more pronounced. The hair comes back stronger, and you're caught in an escalating cycle.

The Waxing Problem

Waxing removes hair by the root, which traumatizes the follicle and surrounding tissue. For hormonally influenced hair, this trauma can stimulate neighbouring dormant follicles, potentially increasing the total number of active hairs over time.

Why It Feels Like It's Getting Worse

Many women with hormonal conditions feel like their unwanted hair is progressively worsening, and they're often right. The combination of ongoing hormonal stimulation and the inflammatory response from temporary removal methods creates a perfect storm of increasing hair growth.

Breaking the Cycle

Electrolysis breaks this cycle by permanently destroying each treated follicle. Combined with medical management of the underlying hormonal condition, it provides a path to lasting results.

The key difference: electrolysis removes the follicle permanently. Tweezing and waxing only remove the hair temporarily while stimulating stronger regrowth.