Re: how dilapatories work - aka how do hair removal creams actually work?

On Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:18:07 -0700, Bill Penrose wrote:
>> How do hair-removal creams (such as Nair) actually work?
> 
> They break the sulfur crosslinks that hold keratin together, so that
> it softens and falls apart. 'Permanent' hair-setting treatments do the
> same thing, but under more controlled conditions.
> 
> Your skin is protected by oils and many layers of dead cells that
> break down more slowly and protect the live skin underneath.

Wow. That's sort of like dissolving the mortar between stacked bricks. 

As for the skin, apparently has a tarp over the flat tiled bricks.

At least that's how I envision what you've described for how depilatories
work.

Thanks