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when to start defuzzing!!!

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  • I'd really recommend waxing - once it's been done enough times, it distorts the hair follicle making the hair grow back weaker (so less pain when it gets pulled out!) and can even distort the follicle so much that the hair never grows back :) I wouldn't recommend doing it at home though, technique is pretty important. What about taking her along to a beauty college?

    If she IS dead against waxing, for her legs she could try a Silky Mitt...I used to use them when I was in high school as I had a phobia of razors and couldn't afford to have them waxed!!
  • jetcat
    jetcat Posts: 746 Forumite
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    thanks for all your replies guys!! omg, i hadnt even thought about underarms!!!

    the cream she uses is boots 'smooth naturally', it works really well and comes with a finishing cream. she tried a bleaching one, but it started stinging straight away, so shes not keen on that (bit of a wimp, my girl! lol)

    think we will stick with the cream then - as she does have a medical condition which causes the motor skills problems - not just me being a worrier (well, that aswell!)

    she does tramplalining (never sure how to spell it!) and has to wear leotards without trousers, shorts etc. so i know when it comes to "that time", she will want it done!! as for school, she can wear trousers, but not for me. i had a nightmare at school, as although i could wear tights with my skirt, obvisouly for pe it was just shorts. due to stuff i wont go into, suffice to say i always had bruises, scars etc all over my legs, which, although it kind of detracted from the hairiness, it still made me noticable, and i was bullied a bit. just dont want daughter to go through similar thing!

    thanks again guys!
  • r.mac_2
    r.mac_2 Posts: 4,746 Forumite
    amandada wrote: »
    My dd is also quite dark haired and pale skinned, and at the age of 10 is developing a "mono brow":( and a bit of a "moustache":(
    I've already made the decision that at the 1st sign of it bothering her, I'll encourage her to have them waxed (and yes it'll be at my expense). I'm totally against allowing children, especially girls, to be "mini-adults" but I think with something like this, the degree of self consciousness and embarassment could be excruciating for a girl.

    I had the monobrow problem when I was about 14 - a friend and I went and had our eyebrows waxed at a salon - just a little bit, nothing drastic and it was fantastic. The hair has never come back to the same extent and it didn't even really hurt.

    However, I have friends who also had their upper lip done and it needs redoing lots and hurts too! I bleach and find that this lasts longer and doesn't have unsightly regrowth. Perhaps your daughter could try that first?

    BTW you sound like a veyr understanding mum :D
    aless02 wrote: »
    r.mac, you are so wise and wonderful, that post was lovely and so insightful!
    I can't promise that all my replies will illicit this response :p
  • amandada
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    r.mac wrote: »
    I had the monobrow problem when I was about 14 - a friend and I went and had our eyebrows waxed at a salon - just a little bit, nothing drastic and it was fantastic. The hair has never come back to the same extent and it didn't even really hurt.

    However, I have friends who also had their upper lip done and it needs redoing lots and hurts too! I bleach and find that this lasts longer and doesn't have unsightly regrowth. Perhaps your daughter could try that first?

    BTW you sound like a veyr understanding mum :D

    Thanks! I'm all for her having her eyebrows waxed, if for no other reason than to save her from eyebrow plucking "experiments":rotfl: My little cousin did this in her teens and now has a permanent "Aunt Sally" expression at almost 30!

    I'll look into the bleaching-I'm quite fair so it's going to be a bit of a learning curve for me-thanks for everyone's input as it's something that come back and forth into my mind recently :)
  • amandada wrote: »
    My dd is also quite dark haired and pale skinned, and at the age of 10 is developing a "mono brow":( and a bit of a "moustache":(
    I've already made the decision that at the 1st sign of it bothering her, I'll encourage her to have them waxed (and yes it'll be at my expense). I'm totally against allowing children, especially girls, to be "mini-adults" but I think with something like this, the degree of self consciousness and embarassment could be excruciating for a girl.

    o true. My 2nd daughter is now 13 and has had top lip and eyebrows waxed for 2 years now. It makes such a difference to her looks as well.

    Lckily my eldest is a beauty therapy student so can do touch-up plucking in between
  • Choccie
    Choccie Posts: 157 Forumite
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    I remember that when I started shaving my legs I used something called a Silkymitt (I think, was a few years ago!!) you wear it like a glove and go over your legs in a circular motion, I think it worked well and left them very smooth and from what I can recall they grew back relatively smooth, not blunt like if they had been shaved.
    :j :j :j
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  • my 12 and half yr old dd has just started to have her lip waxed-and she does nt even flinch! she is quite dark wiv pale skin and was bullied so much as secondary school because of this she has just changed schools.kids can be so cruel and dont understand the trauma and loss of self esteem they cause other kids. she stated shaving her own pits and legs at 11 un beknown to me until she came running down the stairs screaming in agony wiv a huge rash/sore running the length of her under arm after using da ds blunt razor! i now get her ladies disposables and she does all this herself.i agree that she may be a liitle too young for lip waxing but i checked with my G.P and had to sign a consent form with the salon.the difference to her confidence is amazing.she does not tell her friends about the waxing as she is embaressed.do what is best for your daughter s hapiness and if in doubt pop along to your G.P for advice.
  • f1re_cr4cker
    f1re_cr4cker Posts: 1,443 Forumite
    i thought bleaching just coloured the hair does it actually remove it as well?
  • r.mac_2
    r.mac_2 Posts: 4,746 Forumite
    i thought bleaching just coloured the hair does it actually remove it as well?

    yes - it just bleaches it, it doesn't remove it. I don't have lots of hair - but its very dark, and the bleach is fine - it means i don't get a regrowth that you would by removing it. I think it probably depends on the individual what they prefer - but its a good starting point - if it doesn't work for you then you can always have it removed!!!
    aless02 wrote: »
    r.mac, you are so wise and wonderful, that post was lovely and so insightful!
    I can't promise that all my replies will illicit this response :p
  • wendywitch
    wendywitch Posts: 1,319 Forumite
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    I had the mickey taken out of me at secondary school for under arm hair (unhelpful mum in the puberty department) so I've let my daughter shave since the age on 11, when she started secondary school. Much to my mum's horror!
    I've also been plucking her eyebrows since about the same age as they grow down on to her eyelids and she hates it.
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