hair removal on face?

Armchair23

Electrolysis is the way forward as long as you get an experienced therapist.
It seems expensive but it's a permanent solution so could work out cheaper in the long run.

Darlyd

Electrolysis I tried but I did not like it. I stick to waxing upper lip, shave my chin (just underneath) and wax/pluck eyebrows. I also pluck my boobs, and shaves my tummy/legs, and trims my bush, sometimes I use immac sensitive on my bush when I feel like doing my bottom. I feel like a man sometimes I tell you. (sorry I just realised how funny that sounds lol)

I have also noticed a thick black strand of hair (almost like a pube) on my head amongst my hair. Noticed it few years ago and pulled it out. Come back now, really strange...

pippa_h

I know you've said that you can't afford laser, but have you signed up to Groupon? They have loads of deals for inexpensive laser hair removal.

Via Groupon, I'm currently mid way through having 6 sessions of laser for £99, which works out at £16.50 a go (comparable in price to waxing) and they're 7-8 weeks apart. The difference it's made has been massive and it's permanent! If you can stretch to about £100 (this seems to be the average offer price) then I'd recommend that you go for it.

patchwork_cat

What bad things have you heard about electrolysis OP? I have this every 4 weeks, as I am fair I couldn't have IPL, but this does the trick.

BitterAndTwisted

What's that No No thing I've seen advertised on telly recently? Is that a home-version of laser?

Honestly, if you think you're hairy now just wait till you're post-menopausal. I've slowly turned into a man. I've got thick course hair on my body that I've never had before. Luckily I'm too old and wizened for anyone to see it now.

pinknfluffy

momoney11 wrote: »

Thanks guys

Threading im not sure if it would be able to tackle such coarse hair, and I wouldnt be able to do it myself and not sure ive got the confidence to go to a beauty salon and get it done it would be too embarassing I think.

I know it's difficult to pluck (pun intended) up the courage to visit a salon but the girls there have seen all sorts of problems, and threading, certainly where I live, is usually done by Asian ladies who know a thing or two about dark, coarse hair and are very kind indeed.

I have a Hollywood wax and i was terrified and embarrassed at first but the beauty therapists are so professional they have really put me at ease.

TeaCake

Have you been to the doctor and ruled out PCOS as an underlying cause?

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Threading, definitely. Don't you think that, as they have price lists giving the rates for eyebrows, lip, chin/neck, hairline and full face, they are used to women coming in to have a lot of facial hair removed?


If you pick an 'ethnic' (for want of a better word) salon, there will be a private room, usually for ladies with hijab, where they will be quite happy to do this. I am at the stage where I have lost any embarrassment about having hair removal in the middle of a shopping centre if I notice any extras, as I would rather be seen having it removed than seen with it sticking proudly out from my face if I bump into the man of my dreams.

As they do it, you will be shocked at how much you can feel being removed in places you thought were fine, as the thread can get so many of them that are too small for any other method.


If at all possible, don't pick the week before you are due on for your first time. You're a lot more sensitive then. And in the intervening period, moisturise regularly and exfoliate, as that helps stop ingrowing hairs. For the ones that still appear (and the spots they cause are horrible), a set of pointed, posh tweezers will help you remove them without damaging the skin - sterilise the tweezers first and they ease in without any pain and you can feel the hair under the skin. If you can't get it, leave it and it will start to get closer to the surface the following day.

You could end up going there once a week. It's worth it - you'll have perfect eyebrows, no worries about extra hairs, and it won't be full face every time - probably just lip and chin weekly, brows/full face fortnightly/3 weekly. It costs, about £8 - £14 in London, but no more than that until you go to the Western salons which charge a fortune. It is worth every single penny.



Mind you, the distribution of hairs that you are describing sounds very familiar to anyone with ovarian cysts. So a trip to the GP would be a good idea as well.

angelil

Have not read the other comments yet so apologies if this is a repeat.
You sound like me - I'm 25 and have suffered with chin hair since I was 15 (more than just a few strays).
Something which can help, I hear (although I've been sizes 10-14 over the years and it's never made a difference), is weight loss (as excess hair is often linked to polycystic ovary syndrome, or PCOS, which I also have, and weight loss tends to alleviate the symptoms of quite a few PCOS-related things), although I don't know the reason why. You therefore may wish to try this if it's relevant to you and you haven't tried already.
I had electrolysis a few years ago but it didn't work at all on me - a shame as theoretically I'm of the type it should work best on! (pale skin, dark facial hair) Again, though, if you haven't tried it you could give it a go.

I wouldn't thread at home personally; everything I've read about it just seems too complex and painful even when the pros do it.

These days I teach in a secondary school, so letting the hairs grow for waxing or epilation to take place just isn't an option. Even if I were to bleach them, they are just too dark and are so noticeable against my pale skin (plus presumably the roots would show even if I did bleach them between treatments). So I tend to alternate between shaving and tweezing most of the time in term time, then in the school holidays I let it grow out (for about three days) then go and get it waxed. I have only recently started doing the interim waxing though so can't say it's reduced the growth much yet (but I am hoping it will work eventually as I am just getting fed up with it now and I have had good results with underarm, leg and bikini waxing).

Hope this helps in some small way

patchwork_cat

Electrolysis is as good as the beautician doing it. If you continue to get hair in the same place that is not getting thinner find a new beautician. Apart from IPL it is the only permanent method of hair removal. It has taken me a long time, but I am getting there, unfortunatley my hair doesn't grow in the same places as it used to, but new places! However it is so much better than it was.

IPL works best on paler skin and dark hair .