I’d been putting off any removal of my body hair because I can’t really afford any of the good options (basically I have a razor and an electric razor) and like without doing it I could imagine it being better than I knew it would be.
I’ve finally shaved everything neck down and it is somewhat better than I hoped. I am so much happier with how I look this way, and it feels better. But also, my skin is so pale and my hair so dark I can like still see all my hair follicles sitting there, which is incredibly depressing. I can’t make the hair actually disappear. And now, just one day later, I can feel stubble everywhere. The thought of having to do all that shaving multiple times a week is so depressing.
Hopefully HRT will do something here once I’ve been on it longer
When I started injections- I can’t speak to the efficacy of pills but patches never did much for me- after so long it would take a week or longer to get to the point that hair used to get after a few days, but I don’t remember how long I had been on it before I noticed I could go longer without shaving and feel fine. That is to say, it will!
Consider an epilator. Not great for face or pubes (too irritating I find), but for legs/arms/pits/chest/stomach it works wonders. Takes way longer for pricklies to show up, on a level similar to waxing. It’ll hurt till you get used to it, though.
I haven’t committed to large swathes of hair yet, mostly just patches to test, but in my experience waxing was a ton less painful during those patches. Epilating felt like someone was purposely torturing me. I’ve heard it gets less painful after the first couple times you pull out the hair by it’s roots, but for me at least waxing seems way easier.
I should do that. I haven’t cuz I’ve heard from others it’s really only good for legs and you shouldn’t use it on the chest and back and stuff. But it works well for you for that?
Well there’s different types of epilators. The type that’s a set of spinning discs can only be used for legs and forearms, but there’s another that uses a spinning drum of tweezers (basically) and that works for pits and torso. I use the Conair total body epilator.
If you can get a Braun IPL those work absolute WONDERS on body hair. Literally my hair is so thin and soft now and I don’t even see follicles. My leg hair used to be prickly at like, idk. 12 hours. Now it basically is completely clear for a week t hen starts growing back just from shaving
Hey i’m looking into this, your comment made me start searching for at-home IPL stuff and i’ve seen few different ones recommended like the Philips Lumea Prestige or Smoothskin Pure Fit, as well as a Braun Silk Expert Pro 5, etc. There’s also tons of different “models” for the Braun which only seem to change what heads are included but the price varies from like 300 to 500$ so that’s a bit wild.
What specific model do you have and any particular reason you chose this one? Heard good things about other models. I’m ready to save and buy a very expensive one if it’s worth it in the long-term !
I have the Braun ipl 5. I got it on sale for around 350 after tax and it has worked absolute wonders on me. Very much money well spent. My nipple hair is gone, my happy trail is mostly gone (still working on it). I thinkthe biggest thing is that I don’t get ingrown hairs on my legs anymore. Ingrowns used to be nightmarish and extremely painful and after weeks and weeks of treatment they are very few and far between (might get 2 or 3 when shaving now).
I will admit I’m now waxing my legs though because the hair got so soft and thin that it takes lkme 2 weeks to really noticeably grow out, and the IPL is giving diminishing returns.
I picked the Braun 5 (with insurance for 3 years) because of a few reasons:
Based on my research I saw the most evidence that this one would actually do the job. There are a lot of IPL’s out there that are cheaper and have a lower power rating that don’t do the job. I didn’t want to waste my time.
It has the feature where you can just hold down the button and it flashes automatically.
It was on sale for 300 and then 350 with insurance and tax. I do recommend the insurance because I saw people say that this thing can break? Idk I’ve had no problems at 6 months.
I’ve heard good things about the lumiq but it was more expensive at the time
Sorry for ANOTHER response here. But if you can return within a month… here’s what I would do. Get something like the nood, a bit cheaper but with decent reviews. Try it. You should see some results within a month, if you don’t then return it
I’d been putting off any removal of my body hair because I can’t really afford any of the good options (basically I have a razor and an electric razor) and like without doing it I could imagine it being better than I knew it would be.
I’ve finally shaved everything neck down and it is somewhat better than I hoped. I am so much happier with how I look this way, and it feels better. But also, my skin is so pale and my hair so dark I can like still see all my hair follicles sitting there, which is incredibly depressing. I can’t make the hair actually disappear. And now, just one day later, I can feel stubble everywhere. The thought of having to do all that shaving multiple times a week is so depressing.
Hopefully HRT will do something here once I’ve been on it longer
When I started injections- I can’t speak to the efficacy of pills but patches never did much for me- after so long it would take a week or longer to get to the point that hair used to get after a few days, but I don’t remember how long I had been on it before I noticed I could go longer without shaving and feel fine. That is to say, it will!
Consider an epilator. Not great for face or pubes (too irritating I find), but for legs/arms/pits/chest/stomach it works wonders. Takes way longer for pricklies to show up, on a level similar to waxing. It’ll hurt till you get used to it, though.
I haven’t committed to large swathes of hair yet, mostly just patches to test, but in my experience waxing was a ton less painful during those patches. Epilating felt like someone was purposely torturing me. I’ve heard it gets less painful after the first couple times you pull out the hair by it’s roots, but for me at least waxing seems way easier.
I should do that. I haven’t cuz I’ve heard from others it’s really only good for legs and you shouldn’t use it on the chest and back and stuff. But it works well for you for that?
Well there’s different types of epilators. The type that’s a set of spinning discs can only be used for legs and forearms, but there’s another that uses a spinning drum of tweezers (basically) and that works for pits and torso. I use the Conair total body epilator.
If you can get a Braun IPL those work absolute WONDERS on body hair. Literally my hair is so thin and soft now and I don’t even see follicles. My leg hair used to be prickly at like, idk. 12 hours. Now it basically is completely clear for a week t hen starts growing back just from shaving
Huh, those do soon sick, but damn that’s expensive. I’ll have to save towards that
Epilator is painful but good also
Hey i’m looking into this, your comment made me start searching for at-home IPL stuff and i’ve seen few different ones recommended like the Philips Lumea Prestige or Smoothskin Pure Fit, as well as a Braun Silk Expert Pro 5, etc. There’s also tons of different “models” for the Braun which only seem to change what heads are included but the price varies from like 300 to 500$ so that’s a bit wild.
What specific model do you have and any particular reason you chose this one? Heard good things about other models. I’m ready to save and buy a very expensive one if it’s worth it in the long-term !
I have the Braun ipl 5. I got it on sale for around 350 after tax and it has worked absolute wonders on me. Very much money well spent. My nipple hair is gone, my happy trail is mostly gone (still working on it). I thinkthe biggest thing is that I don’t get ingrown hairs on my legs anymore. Ingrowns used to be nightmarish and extremely painful and after weeks and weeks of treatment they are very few and far between (might get 2 or 3 when shaving now).
I will admit I’m now waxing my legs though because the hair got so soft and thin that it takes lkme 2 weeks to really noticeably grow out, and the IPL is giving diminishing returns.
Oh sorry didn’t answer your questions.
I picked the Braun 5 (with insurance for 3 years) because of a few reasons:
Based on my research I saw the most evidence that this one would actually do the job. There are a lot of IPL’s out there that are cheaper and have a lower power rating that don’t do the job. I didn’t want to waste my time.
It has the feature where you can just hold down the button and it flashes automatically.
It was on sale for 300 and then 350 with insurance and tax. I do recommend the insurance because I saw people say that this thing can break? Idk I’ve had no problems at 6 months.
I’ve heard good things about the lumiq but it was more expensive at the time
Sorry for ANOTHER response here. But if you can return within a month… here’s what I would do. Get something like the nood, a bit cheaper but with decent reviews. Try it. You should see some results within a month, if you don’t then return it
Thank you for all your answers !!