I have been epilating with a facial epilator since November, I haven't shaved my my beard area since. I only spend a few minutes a couple of times a week running the machine over my throat and beard area and my beard growth is disappearing about which I am rather pleased. Also the skin is softer because it doesn't have bristles under it. I accept plucking by hand or by machine anywhere near the mouth does hurt a bit but nowhere near as much as electrolysis and once you have a machine the costs are minimal. I admit I have been on oestrogen for about 50 years, I also had 4 years of electrolysis which didn't remove that much hair. Compared to the epilation it is very slow and I am quite happy with my current situation and my throat and face remain relatively hair free.
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If I might be permitted to ask
Is it the small one or the larger one? or the wide one, I have been looking at the smaller one lately thinking the smaller area one might be less painful. And kind of like you, I had 3 years of electrolysis that wasn't very effective.
Thanks!
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Diana
Native Indians Did This
Funny, I worked with American Indians, different tribes and never asked but read they pulled out the facial hair. I remember I never saw one with whiskers or five O clock shadow. I have used an epilator on my legs. I would confess to every crime anyone asked me if I had committed when I was using the torture device. Thankfully my dog chewed the cord into after four or five months. Probably got tired of hearing me scream?
An alternate is to use a laser. Does it work? Supposedly it does if the hair is dark, skin is light, and one is willing to endure several treatments same areas. After doing a lot of research I purchased a laser. One will need to ask those who have experienced laser treatment if it works. Not what I purchased the laser for. I will say it doesn't hurt like a rubber band snap, nor is there any pain. I would take the laser over the epilator provided the hair and conditions were right for removal. Choice is up to each individual.
Electrolysis is the third option for hair removal. I can say from experience it works. Not a hundred percent and takes additional tries to clean up a desired area from any remaining hair. How well it works is up to the technician. The probe is guided down along the hair follicle to the root, energized, and cooks the root. She informed me it could be painful before she began. It wasn't. She said it will feel like sunburn for a day or two afterwards. She sold me a lotion to sooth the treated areas. I never used it.
The choice of course is up to each person and if they wish to give anyone of them a try. Price wise the epilator is the least expensive, the laser comes in second, and the electrolysis is the most expensive. So boys and girls grit your teeth, understand beauty comes with a price and pain if you weren't born into beauty. And while on the subject of pain, lets talk about heels, corsets, waist cinchers, and hundreds of other things a female does to make herself beautiful.
Hugs Angharad
Barbie Jean
Gotta ask is it worth it? You know you're a female if you answer yes.
Oklahoma born and raised cowgirl
Re: Laser hair removal
I had two sessions with laser hair removal about seven or eight years back, while I was still in Paraguay. Getting to the place was a real pain in the posterior, and involved back to back overnight bus trips out and back. Plus it was pretty hard to reach with the local public transit.
After the first session I spent the next three or four days cleaning stubble off my desk every time I rubbed my face. My beard had been a dark-blond salt-and-pepper before, and after that first session turned almost completely white/grey or color-less.
It was over two months before i was able to schedule another trip and session. After that second session, I had almost no stubble fall out when rubbing my in the following days. And my facial hair is now virtually all white or color-less, while top hair is still a dark/dirty blond, though with ever more white streaks showing up.
After each session I had, what felt like a slight sun-burn. But that was easily treated with the application of a normal moisturizing lotion/cream. The second session was a bit worse, likely because less energy got absorbed by the hair follicles and more went into the normal dermis.
About two years ago, I consulted with a laser hair removal studio here in Germany. They told that further laser treatments are pretty much a waste of money for my facial hair coloring.
So I would concur that laser hair removal is a very good option for dark hair, but less effective for light hair coloring. Mainly because the dark pigment inside the hair follicles is needed to turn the laser-light energy into heat, which in turn destroys or kills the hair growing cells.
I just bought an IPL. I used
I just bought an IPL. I used one on my legs in the past with amazing results. Even with inconsistent use, I got amazing results, and even after not having used one in almost 2 years, my legs still look like they have been shaved. What little hair that is left is mostly fine and white. I have a few dark hairs left, but not much. I plan to use my new one to wipe out what is left, and then try it again on my underarms and even my face.
Thanks to a year on HRT, my beard growth has slowed down a lot, so I am hoping an IPL will work well. I still have beard shadow, and the stubble is dark enough for an IPL.