Nair Experiment 1: “Happy Trail”
Note: An experiment was recently partaken using the Nair hair removal product on the subject. An area of the subject’s skin and hair was selected to see the effects and side-effects of the product on the hair and skin of the subject. This was also done to practice the procedure of using the Nair product. Reasons for seeing side-effects was because of other experimenters had reported effects ranging from slight skin irritation of the application site to skin removal requiring extensive recovery time until skin returned to normal function.
Experiment Details: An area roughly 4.5 square inches was chosen of skin in an area that was moderate in the scale of tenderness to skin numbness. This was done so as to determine if the product has any skin irritation effects but not so that would cause undue harm to the subject. An amount of product of approximately .25 grams was applied to the 4.5 square inch area, and left to sit for approximately 4 minutes before an attempt was made to remove the product and hair with a damp cloth (as per product instruction).
Results: After approx 3 minute period of rubbing the area of product application with the damp cloth it was found only a minimum of the hair was removed. Some of the removed hair could possibly be attributed to loose hairs already present in the area that were not removed. Other hairs that were removed were found to be inferior to the ones remaining, in either thickness or stability, and that could explain the removal of these hairs.
Last Note: Subject did notice the remaining (majority of) hairs in the area the product was used upon were “much softer” than were previously.