Epilator

The present disclosure is concerned with an attachment for an epilator or an epilator having at least a clamping unit for clamping and plucking hairs that is arranged for driven movement relative to a housing of the attachment or the epilator along a hair capture direction, the clamping unit having a first clamping element having a clamping surface and a hair guiding surface and a second clamping element having a clamping surface and a hair guiding surface, wherein the first clamping element and the second clamping element are arranged to be cyclically first between an open position in which the two clamping surfaces have a minimal distance such that a gap for receiving hairs is formed between them and a closed position in which the two clamping surfaces abut on each other, wherein the two hair guiding surfaces form a funnel in front of the gap in the open position with respect to the hair capture direction, which funnel has a width measured in a width direction perpendicular to the hair capture direction, which funnel width is given by the sum of the width of the hair guiding surface of the first clamping element, the gap width, and the width of the hair guiding surface of the second clamping element, wherein the width of the hair guiding surface of the second clamping element is larger than the width of the hair guiding surface of the first clamping element, optionally wherein the width of the hair guiding surface of the second clamping element is about as large as the sum of the width of the hair guiding surface of the first clamping element and the gap width.