hair removal (merged)

JoeyEmma

I keep thinking of having bikini line done. I'm very pale with dark strong coarse hair.

MrsE_2

Years ago I used to get itchy lower legs, mainly to the front & I think it was caused by shaving or could it have been caused by tights?

I've been using the venus razor for years & I rarely wear tights now & I haven't had it for years.

But its back:mad: , its been bothering me for about 2 weeks now, they get so itchy to the front mainly I want to scratch them till they bleed almost (I have false nails).
I started wearing popsocks again recently (under trousers). But I started that about 6 months ago.

Anyone else had this. They need shaving now & are very itchy, if I shave them it does seem to help for a day & then they get itchy again.

I haven't had this for about 10 years:mad:

Please say someone knows why

Skint_Catt

Can't say I know why, but have you tried hair removing foam or waxing instead to rule out whether its the shaving or not?

elektra

maypole wrote: »

Floyd, where do you go to have your laser treatment, is it a national company?

and how much was 6 sessions ?

poppycracker

I get that a lot, always on the front of my legs. Dont shave very often, sometimes its cream, but the itching never seems to relate. Never any visible reason for the itching before I start scratching. I put a cold cloth on them or hang them out of the bed or at its worst, slather them in germolene (has a local anaesthetic in it).

dmg24

I get this when I don't use enough shaving gel, or when my legs are super dry. I would use a moisturising shaving gel, and then make sure you moisturise well afterwards x

Debt_Free_Chick

OMG - shaving does this to me too. I could scratch my legs to the bone :eek: it's so bad that I wake myself up in the middle of the night scratching. Underarms too! :eek:

Or I did ...... before I stopped shaving and started waxing instead.

I think the itching is some kind of razor burn but, in my case, no amount of shaving gel, foam or oil - or post shaving moisturing treatment - would stop the itching/scratching. The only thing to cure it was to stop shaving!

Try a wax instead.

MrsE_2

I knew I couldn't be the only one.

I also had a feeling it was shaving.

When I started using those nice divine razors it stopped.

I wonder if my daughter borrowed mine & that causes it? Anyone know?

Yes they do feel a little dryer than normal.

Waxing is not really for me, you have to grow & wax and grow & wax.
I like to "ideally" keep them smooth all the time.

I smothered them in Boots botancial (I think its organic) body lotion last night, it seems to have helped.

Its not all the time, just often.

But why stop for years & years and then come back? Odd.

I will use a shave gel instead of soap for a while & moisturise LOADS & see if that helps.

Thank you all.

ailuro2

I get terribly itchy shins in winter, but when I up my vitamin intake it disappears:j- the undersides of my forearms are also affected, and if I let it go witohut taking a multivitamin regularly I get itchy patches on my upper arms and lower back too!

It's always worse for me nearer the end of winter- roll on Springtime and longer days!

I notice the itchiness more in the bath though- perhaps the heat of the water- but there are times when I'd happily claw all the skin off to get rid of the itching.

floyd

maypole wrote: »

Floyd, where do you go to have your laser treatment, is it a national company?

I get mine done at Sk:n, they have branches all over the place http://www.sknclinics.co.uk/ they were recommended to me by a friend who has PCOS and had been treated in the same facial area