I usually just wet the hair and pull them out a couple of hairs at a time no more cause than you risk tearing the base. I mean its basically do it at your own risk. If you pull it too hard or too many hairs at once you can tear it. The method I might try in the future is to use hair removal cream like nair and you carefuly make little dots on the underside of the base.. You gotta becareful tho. You don't use too much and wash the hair out from the top down i believe.. I could be wrong i haven't done it before. Maybe someone else who has done it can chime in with a more concise method