So ladies, I got an epilator and put it on the highest setting for my first time

[Ave]

what's all the big to do? All this crying about pain, but smooth skin doesn't come without a price!

My leg hair is really thin though, so maybe it's more painful depending on the thickness of the hair?

[=celestica=]

Lol duh.

Try your armpits, I prefer epilating than shaving there.

[Ave]

I don't grow hair on my armpits, no one in my family does. No hair on armpits, torsos, or arms O.o...

[Medusa]

In my experience, it hurts just first time, when hair is once plucked, then it will not hold in place when it grow again, you can then simple remove them just with fingers

[A]

How about you die in the flames of my jealousy? No hair nearly anywhere... And heck, not even armpits. I haven't met a single person who didn't have that, ever. Didn't even know it was possible. Lucky. D:

But yeah, it depends a lot on how tough the hair is and how sensitive the skin is. For me, it was entirely bearable on the lower legs, but impossible to do on the thighs: the skin is too thin and it got pinched all the time, on top of the hair being super hardcore and needing several pulls to come out (or, most of the time, break in two and make an ingrown \o/).