The test of a real woman... hair removal.

[Tori]

I am part way through epilating my whole body for the first time, so if I do not take a break and brag about how hard core I am, I may break down and cry.

So hard core!

[Evelyn K]

Sounds brutal. I'm contemplating laser for my legs and arms.

I'm just undecided if I want to go 'laser' up into my nether regions where the sun don't shine. o.O

[Jill F]

The pain of removal is nothing compared to the pain of the dysphoria the hair itself causes me.   Pass the wax strips, please.

[Tori]

So far, my stomach is the worst. Arm pits were comparatively easy.

[Jess42]

Most ciswomen actually shave more than anything else. Nothing wrong with a glass of wine, a warm bath and a sharp razor. It can be a relaxing experience.

[Beverly]

I am part way through epilating my whole body for the first time, so if I do not take a break and brag about how hard core I am, I may break down and cry.

I found it was too painful to epilate body hair so I waxed it which hurt a lot less. After everything had been waxed 3 or 4 times I found epilation much much less painful.  Last night I ran the epilator over my whole body and never felt a thing except for the armpits which still twinge a bit.

Try rubbing talcum powder on first. I found it reduces epilator "burn" and makes the whole thing much less uncomfortable

[Tori]

Great tip!

[LizMarie]

The more you epilate, especially once you begin HRT, the less likely hair is going to return quite as strong the next time, the time after that, etc. I am now at the point where I barely notice when I epilate, there are few hairs anyway, and the hairs themselves are also less deeply rooted and less thick.

I just wish the facial hair would follow suit! Oh well, the facial hair removal process continues, next session Sept. 12th. 😛

[Wynternight]

What do you use to epilate? I'm wanting a good epilator for the wee bit of hair I have on my tummy.

[Tori]

An emjoi emigine. My wife vouched for that model.

[Wynternight]

Thank you!

[Miss_Bungle1991]

I wish that I could get back to having some electro done. It would be easier if we had more than one tech in town that has crappy, outdated equipment.

[Tori]

Oh yeah! I am hard core!

[LizMarie]

Mine is an Emjoi also. Emjoi Sin Dolor, Model Ay-5S. It's given good service to me for 18 months or so and hasn't shown signs of wearing out yet.

[Tori]

They are hard core. Couldn't quite wrap my head around it until I saw it ripping my hair out with my own eyes.

[noleen111]

yup

hair removal is painful.. I had my face, arms and chest done with laser... ouch..

[melanie maritz]

does epilating not cause a lot of in grown hairs? I did it on my legs when I was pre HRT but I felt like it wasn't worth the pain because not all the hairs get pulled out from the root , some just get snapped off very short and then I would rather shave. Not that I shave either.

Yeah, I have hairy legs, but at least they are getting less hairy and even baby hairs can be seen in some places. Hair removal just doesn't work for me, I still have little red dots of in grown hair from shaving about 2 months ago.

[Tori]

It can happen.

Exfoliation before and after can help with ingrown hairs, also epilating against the grain and while dry/unlotioned, and epilating fairly short or trimmed hair.

[Nicole]

For almost forever I've been using a epilator.

I went and got my legs waxed very early on, then got an epilator when out one day thinking it might be ok.

The first time I used it I waited until my hairs grew back, lasted about 5 minutes. A friend said one day why did you wait for everything to grow, so went and got waxed again, then started pretty much the next day just spending a few minutes doing it.

I haven't had a need to shave or wax my legs in years, my friends always comment on how smooth they always are.

I do keep a shaver for my underarms and lady bits, but other than that I would never go back.

[Tori]

I even did my underarms. Weeeeeee!!! That was fun.