Depilation This is the removal of the hair shaft above the surface of the skin without damaging the hair follicle. It includes shaving, plucking with tweezers or wax, chemical hair removal, sugaring, threading or electric depilation. Without exception, any of these methods damages the superficial skin sheet. In response, the layer of dead cells increases. This leads to hair ingrowth and rough skin with constant irritation. Depilation removes only the part of the hair that is visible on the surface, so that it can grow back. Laser epilation This is the removal of hair follicles. In addition, the laser exposure removes the capillaries that feed the hair follicle and partially the stem cells that form the follicle itself. Laser epilation removes the entire hair shaft with the root, the capillaries feeding the bulb and the precursor cells. The destroyed hair never grows back.