of material is then quickly pulled off by hand much in the manner of removing a bandaid from the skin the application procedure is then repeated as described over or along adjacent strips where the hair is to be removed once removed a wet cold towel or washcloth may be applied to the effected area to close the pores and to soothe the skin very little pain is experienced in the process of hair removal with no resultant swelling or irritation beyond that which would be normally experienced in plucking individual hairs from the skin any redness or discoloration caused by removal of the hair is found to disappear within twenty four hours the composition may be mixed and prepared in any desired quantities of particular importance is the heating procedure to insure that the ingredients are heated to a temperature just below that at which the material will tend to harden it has been found that the optimum temperature was 125 u00b0 c and the optimum cooking period depending on batch size on the order of 1 5 to 2 hours when cooked to any appreciable extent below the hardening temperature it was found that the consistency and homogeneity of the mixture were not as good even.