Persinni wonders if hair growth reducing products like Vaniqa are really as effective. The Right Brain gives this hair raising reply:
Vaniqa is a prescription drug (in fact, it`s the ONLY drug) that has been approved by the FDA to slow down the growth of unwanted facial hair. You can read all about it on the Vaniqa website where you’ll see frequent use of the term UFH. (Come on, do we REALLY need an acronym for Unwanted Facial Hair? Sheesh!) Anyway, here are the important points that Beauty Brains think you should know:
Top 5 things to know about Vaniqa
- It`s a light cream base that contains 13.9% of a drug called eflornithine HCl.
- Eflornithine is an irreversible inhibitor of ornithine decarboxylase, an enzyme responsible for the catalysis of ornithine to putrescine. (God, I love it when I get to write stuff like that!)
- It`s not a depilatory so it doesn’t remove hair; it makes the hair grow slower.
- You`ll still have to shave, wax, tweeze or whatever you normally do, but you`ll have to do less of it.
- You have to use it, and keep using it, for it to work. Many women see significant results within just 8 weeks. But the good news is, the longer you use it, better it works.
If you want to learn more, there`s an excellent Vaniqa article on the Medscape website.
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Health Watch Center Says:
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Tess Says:
This is a really stupid comment, but I read the title as “Top 5 Things You Need To Know About UnWASHED Facial Hair”
I was waiting for a tell all expose on male hygeine, whoops! Great blog, btw, and very very enjoyable and informative to read.
bluharmony Says:
Vaniqa works extremely well for many people. It’s a highly underrated and under-marketed prescription drug. I have been using it for several years now, I never have to remove any facial hair, and I don’t have to use it nearly as often as directed. The only downside is that it costs a fortune for a small amount. But given how much we pay for products that don’t work, it’s a real bargain.