Unwanted Facial Hair

[LoveRainbows]

I have that mustache thing going and I was just wondering what product is better. I use to just bleach it, but now that I'm almost 40 it seems to have gotten thicker. I now use the hair creme remover. It works fine, but I have to do it every week. Does waxing or plucking work better? I'm afraid if I do that it will make the hair even thicker. If anybody has better luck with something please let me know. Thanks!

[Mori]

Sally Hansen has the best products for hair removal or bleaching. I like the microwaveable wax kit which includes a vial of azulen oil to soothe skin after waxing. Results last about a month. :)

[Ginger Coots]

Hi
I also have the unwanted hair problem on my upper lip, chin and now extended sideburns. I have a friend who was a wax-er and does this for me in her home. I go about 1 x per month and in the inbetween weeks am able to grab any "strays" with a tweezer.

Susan

[babsRN]

Ditto on the Sally Hansen microwaveable spa wax - comes in a purple tube and you heat it for about a half a minute, comes with sticks for application, shaping guides, and paper muslin strips for removal of the hair. I use it to wax my brows...unfortunately that only lasts about a week but it works very well and is the easiest stuff I've seen to apply.

If you're not used to waxing you'll want to start slowly - but to me it is by far the best answer...no stubble, probably no more irritation than the bleaching (that stuff feels like fire ants on my skin) and over time the hair follicles get damaged from having the hair ripped out all the time - which gradually thins the hair growth in that area.

[Mori]

The one I'm talking about comes in a little microwavable jar, just remove the lid & microwave for 2 minutes. It doesn't have cloth strips for removal, you allow the wax to set, grab one end while holding skin taught & pull off quickly in the opposite direction of hair growth. Then you apply the azulen oil to soothe skin. It leaves skin hair free & silky smooth & regrowth is finer. :yahooo:

[ashanti1922]

I have a problem on my chin. And the hair is so thick it is scarring my skin and leaving scars everywhere I am so embarrassed. I tried the wax once but it hurt so bad.

[Mori]

I don't understand how the hair is scarring your chin. Is it from overwaxing? :confused:

[ashanti1922]

When the hair grown in it is thick and it pushes through my skin and leaves a mark.So I pluck it, shave it, wax it whatever. Sometimes it grows in under my top layer of skin and when I pluck it I have to tear through the top layer of skin to get it out.
Weird I know. my body went trhough changes first after my second baby and then after my hysterectomy but I refuse to go on hormones.

[BBShopMom]

I have this too and have been using a creme removal product (Nair) about once a week for a while now. Maybe I'll give the Sally Hansen stuff a try. I like the idea that the one kind comes with an oil for the skin for afterwords. I have issues with sensitve skin with just about any type of cleanser. Thanks!
:thankyou:

[Beachgirl]

I work in the beauty industry, and have personally lived with dark facial hair since I was in the 6th grade.
I've done nearly the whole route - bleaching, waxing, shaving.

So to dispel a thing or 2, shaving and waxing do not cause the hair to be thicker. Waxing removes hair from the root and shaving may appear that it causes it to be thicker, but it does not, it's just the angle that it is cut that you perceive it to be thicker.

I gave up on bleaching and waxing because my skin was too sensitive and my skin was damaged from it.

I finally resorted to shaving the "mustache" despite friends saying that men would know. :eek: My husband and I were together for 4 years before he realized that that was what I was doing. :D

Of course there are more expensive and permanent routes too - laser hair removal, electorlysis (not always permanent).

So, what it amounts to is personal preference

[Fldtrlady]

I have also used the Sally Hansen wax kit and found that it works great for me. For several years I have done my eyebrows also. Lately I have had trouble seeing well enough to do that. Now I am having it done at a nail studio. I just went today. The young lady did a great job and it was $12 for eyebrows and upper lip.

[LoveRainbows]

Thanks for all the tips ladies.I also have sensitive skin, so maybe waxing isn't the way to go.Right now I use Sally Hansen creme hair remover and it works fine.I just don't like doing it every week and was wondering if something out there had longer results.

[bridesweb]

I am a licensed esthetician and I use Ciripil Blue hard wax for sensitive areas like the face, underarms and bikini areas. My clients like that it does not leave them as pink as the strip waxes AND some of my clients hair is not coming back at all! Ask your waxist about this.

[Amberlou98]

I work in the beauty industry and I am all about waxing. I finally got my mother to be a faithful waxer for the hair on her lip and she has not gone back. As you get older, the hair may become thicker and darker. Waxing will help combat that. As you wax it does pull the hair from the root and the hair will slowly come back finer and blonder. I wax a lady who has been doing it for 15 years and she has almost no hair left to be waxed. I have been waxing now faithfully for over a year and the hair all over my body is blonde, fine, and has thinned out. If you decide to give waxing a try, please give it a good six months or so before you decide if you like it or not. At first you will go more often, and after time you will not have to go as much. Good Luck!! :)

[Marian Paroo]

I use a cream, and it's getting harder and harder to find one in my neck of the woods that can be used on the face. Most of them are marked NOT FOR FACIAL USE!

Once in a while I go to a salon and do the string thing, also know as threading, very popular here -- I'm giving a link to an article about it

http://jscms.jrn.columbia.edu/cns/2005-03-15/dekretser-facialhair

It lasts a long time, and a good threader can do a real fast job, but I really dislike the salon atmosphere.

I wish I knew how to mix up and cook the honey/sugar lemon thing that's also popular here.

[Mori]

Does anyone know what to do with ingrown chin hairs? :eek: I keep plucking them & squeezing the area & now I have scarred my chin! Should I apply vitamin e oil at night or would that make it worse? I also have a bit of acne in that area. :confused:

[Natural Essence]

I wish there was a place here in my tiny town that does threading. It sounds wonderful! I get my eyebrows waxed and love having pretty eyebrows. Thanks for sharing that Marian!

Gina

[Aingel]

Does this waxing in a salon or at home hurt. I have my brows waxed, and it is not bad, but the side of my face may hurt.

[Thunderdog]

Call around your area and see how much Threading is in your area. Or if you know any ladies from India you may find that they do threading. It is fairly inexpensive and I like it better than waxing. I get my italian eyebrows done. I used to wax but the salon I work in now has a lady who threads. It is very pretty also and makes for a beautiful eyebrow job.

[Sofina]

Yeah, waxing your lip is going to hurt a little more than your eyebrows. But isn't the lack of hair on your lip worth a few seconds of stinging!? It gets better the more you do it too

[Marian Paroo]

Call around your area and see how much Threading is in your area. Or if you know any ladies from India you may find that they do threading. It is fairly inexpensive and I like it better than waxing. I get my italian eyebrows done. I used to wax but the salon I work in now has a lady who threads. It is very pretty also and makes for a beautiful eyebrow job.

I was going to say as much. Also, if there are any Middle Eastern restaurants, even a falafel stand, in your area, you can ask women there.

[Beloved]

Oh boy, do I know about this! :D
I have PCOS and think I might be more hairy than my hubby.
I bleach and pluck.
One day, I'll have saved up enough to get it lasered off!
Annie
:queen:

[Marian Paroo]

Oh boy, do I know about this! :D
I have PCOS and think I might be more hairy than my hubby.
I bleach and pluck.
One day, I'll have saved up enough to get it lasered off!
Annie
:queen:

Do it soon. When hair goes white, it doesn't laser off so well.

[coolcanuck]

Boy can I relate to this issue. I was on Tamoxifen for almost 5 years. This caused major facial hair growth. My solution is to use one of those emjoi optima hair removal tools. It comes with a disc head which pulls the hairs out by the roots and a regular shaving head. It works great and the hairs age getting finer and thinner. It has been a easy and inexpensive solution for me. There are several brands of these systems. Thanks for your other tips..

[Beloved]

Marian,
How long before the hair turns white? I'm only 35. How long do I have?? !!
Annie

[Marian Paroo]

Marian,
How long before the hair turns white? I'm only 35. How long do I have?? !!
Annie



That depends. For me it started to go white a little later than my facial hair.

-- Marian