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Sun Sep 30, 2012 1:36 pm  |
Ok, so I have some perimenopausal chin hairs...electrolysis took care of most of them, but I started shaving the rest because they came in over the summer, in between appointments...so now I have the slightest amount of rough stubble there within several hours after shaving 
The problem? Lately, when my BF caresses my face, I noticed he pauses in those spots..I am sure he is curious and while there is no hair to see there, you can feel it....I am not looking for advice telling me to be honest with him. There are just some things men don't need to know.
I tried some of my Nair on my face, but there was still stubble...would waxing help? I just need at least 24 hours between treatments, lol.
Help?
For the first time since my divorce, I have a BF who is my chrono age but looks much younger (before it was the other way around.. I think it's an ethnic thing, lol) he's a lot to keep up with, advice appreciated.
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Sun Sep 30, 2012 3:05 pm |
Definitely pluck - just make sure you have good lighting to get all the stragglers. I agree, there are some things that your partner should not know!
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Mon Oct 01, 2012 5:54 am |
I appreciate the plucking suggestion, however in order to pluck, it must already have gotten to some length and therefore, be observable. I need to get below the surface. I suspect waxing may work...until we live together and he stops stroking my face on a regular basis, hahaha.
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Mon Oct 01, 2012 5:58 am |
| that's a good point. Mine are typically fine and can't be felt. I tried shaving once and it did leave a bad stubble which could be felt. |
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Tue Oct 02, 2012 6:35 am |
BFG
Is there a reason why you haven't gone back to making appointments for electrolysis?
It really is the best method in the long run. |
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Tue Oct 02, 2012 8:53 am |
seems like everything in life comes down to either time or money or both....
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Sat Oct 20, 2012 8:14 am |
I'm having this problem too..eekkk!!
I have very fair hair on the sides of my face and a little around the chin. I have been shaving it, because it really does give a great result. But I can feel it too! The stubble I mean, its not noticable to the eye but I can feel it.
Waxing irratates my skin and its too wide spread for electroloysis! I have thought about laser hair removal but my hair is very fair so not sure it would work? |
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Sat Oct 20, 2012 9:16 am |
| What about using an epilator like the Emjoi? I have been using one on my legs for 10+ years and the good news is that over time they don't all grow back! |
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Thu Oct 25, 2012 8:27 pm |
| I suggest electrolysis for permanent removal. Especially if the hair is light. If you go often, you can, over time, do a large area. Yes, it's money. And time. But at least it's permanent. |
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Thu Oct 25, 2012 10:03 pm |
| Barefootgirl wrote: |
Ok, so I have some perimenopausal chin hairs...electrolysis took care of most of them, but I started shaving the rest because they came in over the summer, in between appointments...so now I have the slightest amount of rough stubble there within several hours after shaving
The problem? Lately, when my BF caresses my face, I noticed he pauses in those spots..I am sure he is curious and while there is no hair to see there, you can feel it....I am not looking for advice telling me to be honest with him. There are just some things men don't need to know.
I tried some of my Nair on my face, but there was still stubble...would waxing help? I just need at least 24 hours between treatments, lol.
Help?
For the first time since my divorce, I have a BF who is my chrono age but looks much younger (before it was the other way around.. I think it's an ethnic thing, lol) he's a lot to keep up with, advice appreciated.
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BFG, have you tried R.E.M. spring facial hair remover. I don't have one but have heard really good things about it and it does get good reviews.
http://www.amazon.com/R-E-M-Spring-Facial-Hair-Remover/dp/B001FXUTUM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1351228260&sr=8-1&keywords=rem+hair |
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Fri Oct 26, 2012 5:16 am |
| CookieD wrote: |
| Barefootgirl wrote: |
Ok, so I have some perimenopausal chin hairs...electrolysis took care of most of them, but I started shaving the rest because they came in over the summer, in between appointments...so now I have the slightest amount of rough stubble there within several hours after shaving
The problem? Lately, when my BF caresses my face, I noticed he pauses in those spots..I am sure he is curious and while there is no hair to see there, you can feel it....I am not looking for advice telling me to be honest with him. There are just some things men don't need to know.
I tried some of my Nair on my face, but there was still stubble...would waxing help? I just need at least 24 hours between treatments, lol.
Help?
For the first time since my divorce, I have a BF who is my chrono age but looks much younger (before it was the other way around.. I think it's an ethnic thing, lol) he's a lot to keep up with, advice appreciated.
BFG |
BFG, have you tried R.E.M. spring facial hair remover. I don't have one but have heard really good things about it and it does get good reviews.
http://www.amazon.com/R-E-M-Spring-Facial-Hair-Remover/dp/B001FXUTUM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1351228260&sr=8-1&keywords=rem+hair |
Here's a recent review by UmEnis on the REM, too, in case you are interested: http://www.essentialdayspa.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=46234 |
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Sat Dec 22, 2012 12:10 pm |
| FWIW, I've recently become a huge fan of threading for this area. Plucking only made them thicker At least from threading, they come in thinner in the future. |
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Sat Dec 22, 2012 7:58 pm |
| My advice would be to use tweezers and pay the money to get laser hair removal - as it WORKS and electrolysis does NOT! I spend a fortune getting my eye brows done and most of the hair grew back within a few years - I went once a month for over a year!! I have a few chin hairs from hormones as I move to the end of my 30's, so I tweeze yet when they get too bad its laser for me. I have many friends who just do laser hair removal and it permanently removes the hair! |
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Sun Dec 23, 2012 6:59 am |
Feliz, you are lucky. Laser hair removal is really called permanent hair reduction. It comes back. On a hormonally driven area like the chin, definitely coming back.
Electrolysis is the only true permanent hair removal method. And some places need many treatments to get there.
Maybe invest in some sharp tweezerman tweezers so you can tweeze the hairs out as soon as you feel them? |
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Sun Dec 23, 2012 10:28 am |
| Good to know that Laser is not permanent! I guess its best to tweeze and get electrolysis and if not already get the hormones checked out and use bio-identical hormones if needed to balance the body!! |
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Sun Dec 23, 2012 2:01 pm |
Hi there, just wanted to warn those of you tweezing who might be planning on having electrolysis, electrical epilation. Plucking and waxing *can* cause the hair follicle to become curved making electrolysis/EE impossible as the needle needs to be able to go the little blood vessel at the base of the follicle to work properly. If the follicle becomes curved this isn't possible the needle can actually pierce the side of the follicle and cause scarring. (And the hair will grow back).
Any electrolysist/of Electrical Epilation specialist worth their salt should ask you if you have ever waxed/plucked before treating you. Of course you might be lucky but its worth bearing in mind.
Also EE IS permanent but it depends on the life stage of the individual hair being treated as if it will grow back - it needs to be in the growing phase in order for the blood supply to be cauterized. Of course, unfortunately there is no way to tell when viewing the hair from outside! So multiple treatments are necessary.
L. (Qualified in EE).
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Sun Dec 23, 2012 3:45 pm |
Lucia,
That is very good information, especially since you are certified in this area of expertise!! |
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Sun Dec 23, 2012 4:19 pm |
| cm5597 wrote: |
| FWIW, I've recently become a huge fan of threading for this area. Plucking only made them thicker At least from threading, they come in thinner in the future. |
cm5597 That's interesting that your hair comes in thinner with threading and thicker with plucking since threading is the same as plucking only with one you use tweezers and the other you use thread to pull the hair out. I use tweezers to pluck the odd chin hair I get. I don't think it's coming in thicker. The base seems the same size as before but the hair is so thin that often I don't see it till it's pretty long. It definitely takes longer to return than the hair on my legs which I shave.  Too much of a wimp to wax my legs or armpits.
There's a product called Tend Skin that is supposed to work well on razor bumps. http://www.tendskin.com/ |
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Sun Dec 23, 2012 5:25 pm |
| Nonie aka AD wrote: |
| cm5597 wrote: |
| FWIW, I've recently become a huge fan of threading for this area. Plucking only made them thicker At least from threading, they come in thinner in the future. |
cm5597 That's interesting that your hair comes in thinner with threading and thicker with plucking since threading is the same as plucking only with one you use tweezers and the other you use thread to pull the hair out. |
Alas, I wish it were true, but for me, there is a significant difference: with plucking, a majority of the time, I don't get the root out. But with threading or waxing, I usually get the root out, too, which makes the hair grow back in finer. So plucking/shaving versus threading/waxing do not produce the same results for me.
In fact, recently, the women who does the threading at my local salon threading gasped when she saw my chin and said that I need to stop plucking right away and that I am only making it worse. I didn't want to believe her, but now that I get threading, I have to admit, she was totally right: plucking did make it worse.
Have you done both threading and plucking and compared them head to head, or you were you just guessing? Maybe you are just better at getting the root out when you pluck or you are lucky to have only a couple hairs there so it doesn't make a difference for you...I am not so lucky... |
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Mon Dec 24, 2012 9:39 pm |
| cm5597 wrote: |
Alas, I wish it were true, but for me, there is a significant difference: with plucking, a majority of the time, I don't get the root out. But with threading or waxing, I usually get the root out, too, which makes the hair grow back in finer. So plucking/shaving versus threading/waxing do not produce the same results for me.
In fact, recently, the women who does the threading at my local salon threading gasped when she saw my chin and said that I need to stop plucking right away and that I am only making it worse. I didn't want to believe her, but now that I get threading, I have to admit, she was totally right: plucking did make it worse.
Have you done both threading and plucking and compared them head to head, or you were you just guessing? Maybe you are just better at getting the root out when you pluck or you are lucky to have only a couple hairs there so it doesn't make a difference for you...I am not so lucky... |
No I haven't compared them, but I do know that when I pluck my chin hairs they take long to grow back and come in finer so I do believe I get the root. Threading does the same thing, only is faster than plucking, but like tweezers, the threads grab the hair and pulls it out, so I would've thought results would be similar.
I put both in the same category as waxing: hair is pulled from the root, so I would not have expected a difference in results. I suppose if you don't grab the hair well at the base when plucking you can break it instead of pulling it out completely so that you see the bulb. I always see the bulb when I pluck--which I assume is what happens with threading. Maybe that's where the difference is. |
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