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There is lots of talk about body hair here at Susan's so I was wondering how people feel about it.
I have an adversity to it and am always pulling it all out or shave it all off. So I chose number one option. It's almost a compulsion in my case.
Anyone else feel the same way?
Jillieann

Coming from a different point of view here - more would be nice :)

Dennis

Hey Dennis you can have all of mine hair if you don't mind dark brown sprinkled with white. ;D
Jillieann

My epilator and I spend a lot of time together ;)

~Kate~

Me to Kate.
I think my epilator get more time than Susan's. ;D
Not to mention my tweezers. 
;)
Jillieann

I can't stand body hair. Execpt on my head (wish I had lots more of that) I shaved my body hair long before I decided to transition. Plus my wife really really likes the no hair thing.

I love my epilator but it is getting increasingly difficult to sit for long periods of time and use it.  I hope HRT helps a little in that department.

Charlotte

Quote from: Jillieann on June 12, 2007, 10:31:29 PM
Hey Dennis you can have all of mine hair if you don't mind dark brown sprinkled with white. ;D
Jillieann

That works, some chest hair and facial hair - sideburns particularly, please. I'm happy with the rest, but I'd take any extra leg or arm hair you have to sweeten the deal.

Dennis

Shaving my hair has become a habbit.

Alice

Continuous Hormone use, waxing has taken all of my body hair to nothing but fine blonde fluff.

Buffy

Quote from: Buffy on June 12, 2007, 11:26:47 PM
Continuous Hormone use, waxing has taken all of my body hair to nothing but fine blonde fluff.

Buffy

Heh. I have little more than that fine blond fluff naturally. Heck, I have no beard shadow, etc.

As such as of this writing I am the only,

QuoteI occasionally remove them.     - 1 (9.1%)

I put that I never remove and then remember that I shave my face...can't change back now.

I hate my facial hair, but i hate shaving because am very sensitive skinwise. But I like my arm and leg hair, it's ginger, if i didn't have that I would be all white skin and veins.

I really dont have an answer thats up there  :-\

I have to be awkward and different and say that i'd like to be able to grow body hair in a male kinda way, but i know for a fact that if i did anyways, i'd still remove every single little bit and be completely hair-free.... from the legs to the arms to the face. Keep the head hair and eyebrows of course! lol look silly without those!  :laugh:

In the words of Dr. Evil "The Laser" :)

At this point in time, I'm pretty happy with how I am.  I go over my face with a razor each morning, but honestly I'm not sure if it's even cutting any hairs.  I shave my legs and armpits, but that's normal for a woman.  Everything else is fine including my arms and chest.  That being said, I may get laser done on my legs for the convenience of not shaving, but then again, so do many women.

Oh wow Melissa that's great.
Oh wait I got to pluck another hair.
I'm back.
If are where a richman girl.
:)
Jillieann

I aint dumb  dont remove nothin' :laugh: :icon_dance:

ugh - the one thing I'm not looking forward to with T. :(

I voted
   I occasionally remove them.

I have to pluck my chin hairs-- or I'd look like a billy goat. And I shave my pits and legs.

I was walking with a group of women. I was the lone dyke; the rest were straight and involved. I was the only one who shaved her pits and legs.

-- Sue

Epilator, epilator - ra, Ra, RA!! Except for armpits. Did those once with the epi - OUCH!

I guess I have to try an epilator.  I have tried creams and waxing, both with bad results.  And I absolutely hate having to shave.  The razor and I spend a lot of time together.  But don't have another choice right now. 

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The epilator is my best friend but I do use a razor for touch ups and when I'm in a hurry.
Because of the epilator my hair seem to be finer and thinner than it was when I started over a year ago.
:)
Jillieann

I tried...I really tried...to leave some hair on my calves and on my arms below the elbow for the summer, but I just couldn't stand it.  I made it almost 2 months, but just couldn't take it any more.  Everything below the neck just has to go!

A hint for all you epilator ladies...if you get in a hurry and just shave (especially after the above), you end up having to start all over with the epilator.  This takes a lot more time and hurts almost as bad as the first time...OUCH!!  :'( :'(

Still, epilating every 7-10 days beats the heck out of shaving every day.

Question for y'all...my chest and stomach hair is very thick.  I have tried the epilator (took a while to work my way through the pain to get it all done...multiple attempts over several days).  I ended up with lots of red bumps and ingrown hairs, so I tried shaving (every dang day!), but still get the bumps.  What do y'all do to help eliminate those ugly bumps and ingrown hair?

....Laurry 

Quote from: Laurry on June 24, 2007, 05:06:23 PM
What do y'all do to help eliminate those ugly bumps and ingrown hair?

I like loofahs, or whatever those scrubby things are called. Witch Hazel can help soothe skin too.

~Kate~

Another question to the Epilator ladies:

The instructions say not to use the on facial areas.  Is this a real concern, or have you tried it?

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Quote from: Kristi on June 24, 2007, 08:19:14 PM
Another question to the Epilator ladies:

The instructions say not to use the on facial areas.  Is this a real concern, or have you tried it?

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I'm pretty pain tolerant but  :o no...

Quote from: Kristi on June 24, 2007, 08:19:14 PM
Another question to the Epilator ladies:

The instructions say not to use the on facial areas.  Is this a real concern, or have you tried it?

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As I understand it, epilating the face would be the same a plucking - a no-no on facial hair, per my electrolygist.
Your hairfree friend- ;)
-Barb

Bumps are created by dead skin on the surface delaying the new hair from coming out, the gets balled up under the pressure high enough and it emerges. Unlike hair you shave, plucked hair from the epilator has a softer end and can have more diifficulty emerging from under the skin. So, you have exfolliate to get rid of the bumps.

I thiink loofahs are WAY to rough, and unsanitary, I use a slightly rough glove specifically made to exfolliate.

I've had hairy arms and the like since I was a kid. Recently, I empowered myself and said no more. ;D Electrolosis is my ongoing plan. I'm waiting for the day scientists create a pill that attacks the genes that produce body hair. :laugh:

Quote from: Keira on June 25, 2007, 11:33:23 AM

Bumps are created by dead skin on the surface delaying the new hair from coming out, the gets balled up under the pressure high enough and it emerges.

So, Keira, this must account for the tiny popping noises I hear some nights in bed :D

Quote from: Jillieann on June 16, 2007, 10:39:09 PM
Oh wow Melissa that's great.

Thanks.  It looks like I'm in the minority though, since I'm the only one who voted they were happy with the hair they have.  I wore a bikini this last weekend and had to shave my bikini line.  That went all fine and everything, but the next few days were ouch, ouch, ouch and itch, itch, itch as it grew back in.

I twease my chest (or epilate when I get lazy), shave my legs and arm pits when I remember (every few weeks), but don't touch the vellus hairs on my arms.  I shave my face each day to remove the hairs I can feel but not see.  I am religious about tweasing my eyebrows.

I use sugar. Never shave.

I didn't have much of it before T, don't think I have that much now but comparatively it's like watching myself turn into a werewolf. My body hair's pale though in a lot of places so it's not all that obvious.

I epilate all of it since I started HRT. Makes me feel more feminine and it grows less and slower.

I Keep shaving all my body hair and using my tria laser for years I have always hated body hair makes me feel gross

When we were young, my wife kept me smooth always. Now it is getting to be a war with hair and the hair is winning. She only shaves me for special occasions, and during the sunny months.
I would be fine if it all fell out below my earlobes.

I spend enough time with the epilator and shaver. Luckily, I never had chest hair to deal with.

I bought a real epilator on eBay last week - an electrolysis machine.   8)  Just woke up and the tracking info suggests it's on my front porch.  A few hours ago I had a dream about buying accessories for it!  Why was that rusty watch with all the screws and metal filings falling out of it on the counter...

My new toy is a Fischer, same as my operator uses but an older model, they're a serious company.  I can't stand body hair, I don't care how many hours it'll take to get rid of it all.  Buying my own is costing me about the price of 7 hours of professional work.  A transwoman from Canada who posts on a board for electro and who does this work professionally says she's just absolutely buried with inquiries from people who are transitioning these days.

Tweezing/waxing distorts follicles, often making electro difficult later.  This is my usual caveat.  That should be in my signature.

I shave everything except eyebrows and head hair.
It grows back literally overnight

Went with the "I wish I had more hair" option which is true, but I do actually remove some of it, just not in a usually visible area. I mean I only shave/trim my pubes but keep the rest as it is, and wish I had a bit more body hair in general. Especially on my arms and chest. My chest hair is coming along more and more now though which I really like, but my arms still only have very thin and nearly invisible hairs. The back hair I could have done without though, but it's just a few stray hairs so it doesn't bother me much.

Otherwise, I'm pretty satisfied with how my body hair has turned out so far on hrt with testosterone, and I'm especially glad for my genes to give me a nice full beard, as well as making me not likely to go bald on my head (only one of my male relatives got male pattern baldness, on my father's side, the rest got to keep their manes). I've heard that's a rare combination in the genetic lottery, and quite a blessing for me as a trans man.

I didn't have a lot of body hair pre-T but some extra here and there. Like I had a thin/light happy trail, some peach fuzzy sideburns (more/further down than cis women typically have), and my knuckle/toe hair has always been there or for as long as I can remember. Yeah and some average-for-a-female amount of leg- and arm hairs too. My hairline was very rounded pre-T and it went back quite far (about 1,5 inch on each side) on T but then stopped there a couple of years ago. It's very U-shaped now but I like it. It looks very similar to my uncle's hairline now, so I guess I got it from him somehow.