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I'm having a lot of trouble with getting rid of all my facial hair. I try shaving it off, but doing so always leaves some stubble no matter how long I shave for. I'm wondering if there are any good alternatives or techniques for completely removing facial hair so that it is invisible to others and leaves the skin smooth without any stubble. I'm in desperate need of something because I really can't afford permanent hair removal for a while now.

there's a new form of facial wax.  it is more expensive than shaving by considerably cheaper than laser or electrolysis.  it's supposed to last longer too (four + weeks).  most beauty salons that deal with skin care have it, so it may be worth looking into it.

I've known a couple TS who plucked.  Yeah... it takes forever, but they would spend an hour or two every day and pluck hairs.  All you need is a cheap pair of tweasers and some time.  You get used to the pain.

Cindi

....and of course there's always:

Nads which is perfectly safe to use on facial hair, or liquid face laser. 


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Quote from: Cindi Jones on June 04, 2007, 02:34:08 AM
I've known a couple TS who plucked.  Yeah... it takes forever, but they would spend an hour or two every day and pluck hairs.  All you need is a cheap pair of tweasers and some time.  You get used to the pain.

Cindi

This is great if you don't plan on permanent hair removal in the future, but if you do, it can make electro SO much less effective on those areas.

I used to tweeze out my entire beard. At first the pain seemed unbearable, but you know what--after a while I got so used to it that it didn't even bother me any more. In fact, the real pain problem was cramping in my hand as it made thousands of tiny repetitive movements. I got in the habit of always holding tweezers and constantly plucking all day until cleared.

It all came back, of course. All of it. Ultimately, tweezing made no difference in hair growth. So if you plan on electrolysis, just leave off plucking for a few months and you're good to go.

A few months ago, I stopped tweezing because of concern I was damaging my skin with it. I started to notice dark marks which were apparently subcutaneous blood. I stopped tweezing and the dark spots cleared up, but I decided it's safer not to go that route. As for waxing, I don't know - I have sugared my whole body with good results, but it had no effect on my beard at all.

It sucks, but ultimately there's no alternative but to shell out the big bucks and get electrolysis or laser. With today's laser technology, it looks like a superior alternative to electro -- if one can afford it.

Before I went in for laser i used to use an epilator on my face and neck. Yes, it hurts and yes, it works really well. that was my solution to not shaving.

Thank you all for your advice. I will continue to experiment with different methods of hair removal though at the moment I think I figured out how to make my facial hair invisible and smooth by shaving vigoracy (dunno if spelled that right) every morning.

Quote from: Chandra21 on June 12, 2007, 07:04:36 PM
Thank you all for your advice. I will continue to experiment with different methods of hair removal though at the moment I think I figured out how to make my facial hair invisible and smooth by shaving vigoracy (dunno if spelled that right) every morning.

I tried everything. I was beyond obsessed. I'd shave and shave until I bled, as I was trying to shave away the beard shadow even, and it just wasn't happening.

So like Renae, I eventually started epilating my face. It works, but... ouch.

~Kate~

Because of my very high hair density, I couldn't epilate, I would have ripped myself open.
So,  I had to tweeze, you can imagine how long that took every few weeks... ARGGGG.
Tried self electrolysis, but that didn't work well either.
I didn't have money for electrolysis for the 200+ hours of electrolysis I eventually needed
then (I was 20 when I started to do that and still inuniversity).
By 25, I started electrolysis.

the first time i did my face was with tweezers. It took me almost 8 hours to finish and then i made the decision to use an epilator for sake of time.

By using the epilator though, i had thinned out my hair so much that the first two sessions weren't as good as they would have been otherwise. I had to wait for the hair to finally start growing in again. I would suggest stopping the epilation process at least six weeks prior to the first laser treatment. I had about a four week gap between my last epilation of my face and first laser treatment. It has been over two months since my last laser treatment and I am still having hairs fall out as they grow past the surface of the skin. I will probably do one or two more sessions and then be done with it.

I forgot to add, if you must use tweezers, be sure to spend a little extra and get really good ones. I won't use anything but Revlon Diamond Grip - about $13 at Target. Cheap tweezers are worthless. Today I noticed that Revlon also makes Platinum Tweezers with a fine point, about $15 but I haven't tried them.

I cannot recommend tweezing as a method of beard removal, but you'll want to have tweezers around for doing eyebrows, stray hairs popping up here & there, etc.

I may be done with tweezing eyebrows too--my Pakistani friend says threading lasts longer and gives better looking results than the other methods, and she always looks great. Threading is a South Asian method that is now catching on in America. A woman from India just opened a threading salon in my town and I made an appointment... only $5.