Pubic hair in a nine year old

pinknfluffy0

Tbh I don't ever want her shaving its bit good for the skin. I studied beauty therapy when I was younger but I'm too out if practise now to so it.

I just don't think I will find someone who will sugar or wax her so young

SmallL

My mum (not trained or anything) taught me to wax at 10/11 and i quickly learnt to do it myself. I used 'nads' wax with cotton strips, though iv always had a high pain threshold.

peachyprice

DD's started to grow last summer, I got her the Nair or Veet sensitive, can't remember which, it seemed the best option for tender young skin. The last lot I got was Boots own which was just as good but doesn't smell so much.

She's since bought herself a ladyshave and uses that on her legs and underarms.

DanE2010

Just teach her to shave, she will have to learn sometime and shaving isnt tough on your skin like hair removing cream, waxing and those emery boards which is basically sandpaper. This comes from someone who has tried it all over the years and always end up shaving again.

I started puberty at the same age and my mum was brilliant, sat me down and talked to me about B.O and deodorant and shaving, and showed me how to shave and that was that I took care of it myself after that.

She is old enough to understand at that age and learn how to shave or you shave her yourself.

Person_one

Surely it would be preferable for the school to deal with the bullying boys rather than to tell a girl of 9 that her body is wrong and start her down the road of constant upkeep and scrutiny at such a tender age?

If she feels self conscious, the right swimming costume will cover her pubic hair. Even if you feel shaving her legs and underarms is unavoidable, her skin down there will be so sensitive, and she could very easily end up with rashes, ingrowing hairs and itchy regrowth which would be no fun for a chid at primary school.

I'm not getting at you here OP, because you have to equip your daughter for the real world, but it makes me so sad that people think she 'has to learn at some point' and that 9 year olds grooming their pubic hair is just fine and dandy.

pinknfluffy0

Person_one wrote: »

Surely it would be preferable for the school to deal with the bullying boys rather than to tell a girl of 9 that her body is wrong and start her down the road of constant upkeep and scrutiny at such a tender age?

If she feels self conscious, the right swimming costume will cover her pubic hair. Even if you feel shaving her legs and underarms is unavoidable, her skin down there will be so sensitive, and she could very easily end up with rashes, ingrowing hairs and itchy regrowth which would be no fun for a chid at primary school.

What swimming costume covers under arms and legs?

That's the only areas we are looking at treating

The school arnt stopping it though

pinknfluffy0

DanE2010 wrote: »

Just teach her to shave, she will have to learn sometime and shaving isnt tough on your skin like hair removing cream, waxing and those emery boards which is basically sandpaper. This comes from someone who has tried it all over the years and always end up shaving again.

I started puberty at the same age and my mum was brilliant, sat me down and talked to me about B.O and deodorant and shaving, and showed me how to shave and that was that I took care of it myself after that.

She is old enough to understand at that age and learn how to shave or you shave her yourself.

Waxing done properly will cause no problems to the skin shaving on the other hand does

robpw2

flea72 wrote: »

My dd uses nair. No risk of cuts or painful waxing.

be careful using it round your vagina .. it can cause sores i once did it downstairs and it was really painful it burnt

lostinrates

pinknfluffy0 wrote: »

Tbh I don't ever want her shaving its bit good for the skin. I studied beauty therapy when I was younger but I'm too out if practise now to so it.

I just don't think I will find someone who will sugar or wax her so young

I also think if your little girl has anything but a pretty high pain threshold I wouldn't want her to be waxed or sugared, not til she made that choice.

I alwys return to shaving. I get fewer ingrown hairs shaving than I do any other method, its quick, cheap, easy. I like the flexibility of a non permanent method f hair removal. Your daughter can make her own choices later and is likely to experiment with the full range of options, like most of us have.

samtoby

I remember a girl at school being bullied for this it was so horrid. Hair removing creams are so good I would recommend that.

I think its like anything - there is a time for every woman when you need to make decisions on body hair and your little girl is just reaching that point sooner than any other girl. If she was 13/14 you might not even think it was worth debating.

P. S my Mum told me not to shave my legs and I was so unhappy I did it and cut my leg so badly I still have a long scar. If she wants to remove hair - I would let her before she causes damage!