Your Ultimate Guide to Every Type of Hair Removal

How It Works: Using an epilator can be daunting, as the head of the handheld, electric device has a wheel equipped with multiple metal grooves that pull hair from your body — and fast. Epilators pull multiple hairs at once as you move it against the area.

How Much It Hurts: "It does take a lot of getting used to since it's, essentially, a spinning wheel of tweezers," Calaor, who uses it on her underarms, says. "It does sting, but I've found that it hurts less each time that I do it. The payoff is 100 percent worth it because I can go upward of three weeks between sessions."