Ok ladies I know this has been discussed before but I wanna know if epilators are worth the money and pain. I am a pretty decent hairy lady real hairy to that affect (eww gross) and I dont start hormones for prolly about another month but I wanted to get a head start and found this thing called a epiator and was wondering if you would reccomand it and its effectiveness it has. Any and all comments are welcome!
Thanks,
Jessica
Quote from: nhsgilpen20 on October 19, 2010, 04:22:04 PM
Ok ladies I know this has been discussed before but I wanna know if epilators are worth the money and pain. I am a pretty decent hairy lady real hairy to that affect (eww gross) and I dont start hormones for prolly about another month but I wanted to get a head start and found this thing called a epiator and was wondering if you would reccomand it and its effectiveness it has. Any and all comments are welcome!
Thanks,
Jessica
I love mine. I hated having to shave my legs that often and my epilator has greatly reduced maintenance time on my legs. The trick is to stick with it as it hurts a lot until you get your hair down to a manageable level.
I use my epilator on my legs, chest and tummy. The first time it hurt like nothing else I experienced, so I was only able to get through one part of the leg the first time. Yes I am a wimp :P So I stopped that evening, and did another section the next day, and so on. Now I can do those areas in one sitting. At first it seem it didn't work very well, but remember hair grows in different stages. And I am now seeing that I don't have to use it as much. Just a touch up here and there in between when I do sit down do it all once.
Word of wisdom, I picked up from here, that I wish I read about before my epilating experience (I cannot remember who posted this bit). Shave a few a days before you use the epilator for the first time, and allow about 2 days growth. Gross I know. But on the day, soak in a warm tub for a while to soften the skin and open up the pores to help remove the hair." Make sure to do it at night, or you will be running around with red spots all over your legs. After I am done epilating, I usually go in a cool shower, and moisturizer the areas. Word of caution though: You may or may not get ingrown hairs, but you should expect them. So you definitely want to exfoliate on regular basis though. Other than that, once you get into the routine, it is definitely not as often as shaving everyday. Which definitely cut on the price of razors except for the face and underarms. Like I said, I am to wimpy so I wont touch the underarms. As for the face the beard is going away in a few months. I start that milestone in February/March next year :)
Hope that helps some.
Jennifer
As Jennil said, it hurts like hell the first time but the results are so good you wont look back. It gets easier with use and some hairs seem to give up after a while. Even those that don't get finer.
Caroline