1.Do they remove the hair from the root?
2. Do they remove every single hair on ur face?
3. Can they stop hair growth overtime?

Epilating can be an effective tool for hair, although you're crazy brave if you want to use this on your face. I wouldn't, for many reasons.

Yes, epilators remove the entire hair down to the root. The follicle and sheath normally stays in the skin, and hair can re-grow over the next few weeeks. Epilating non hormonal hair ( eg on arms and legs ) over time can reduce the growth. This is because there is a chance of 'slight' damage for each hair yanked. Over months and years, that can be enough to stop individual hairs from growing.

Now in terms of hormonal hair your face, I'd really recommend against it!! The biggest reason being, epilating / plucking / tweezing / waxing on the face will generally cause blood vessels in the area to enlarge. When that happens, those terminal hairs just removed ( and perhaps others ) have access to more blood, and can grow larger and vellus hair might even become terminal if exposed to any DHT.

Wen u say the blood vessels enlarge. do they get noticeable?

Quote from: Angélique LaCava on February 06, 2014, 01:59:41 AM
Wen u say the blood vessels enlarge. do they get noticeable?

Yes. Consistent plucking of hair on the face regardless of method will leave your skin noticeably red.

For the record, I was warned about this, and tried it anyway ( daily tweezing ). It was a mistake. . While it will slowly heal, those areas are still the reddest part of my face.

Yeah... I wouldn't do your face. Just ow. And after epilating it kinda looks like having chicken pox or something lol.

Quote from: Angélique LaCava on February 05, 2014, 11:55:05 PM
1.Do they remove the hair from the root?
2. Do they remove every single hair on ur face?
3. Can they stop hair growth overtime?

Yes no and Yes

I have being using a epilator from the ears down for about 2 years now. walgreens sells a Remington with a concaved head that works much better than the braun silk epi it is twice as effective and half as painfull on the face. I have being using a epi for over 10 year from the neck down for over 10 years and if I understand the grouth cycle of hair correctly hairs do go into remition and do get finer over time.  leg hair 10-20 % of what it used to be.
I have not noticed a reduction of hair thickness on my face yet but in terms of population you can reduce the #'s by more than half at one time and my skin feels softer.

I cant claim to know the difference between hormonal and nonhormonal hair so I am not challenging what  Sammy says I just have different experience

Please don't epilate hair on your face.  Waxing, and mechanical epilation will change the shape of the hair root, and it creates a hook shaped structure under the skin that makes it extremely difficult or nearly impossible to remove with electrolysis or laser treatment without further damaging the skin.  And you can also end up with some pretty sever infections from makeup over follicles that have been recently plucked.

Okay okay. Let's stop with the horror stories. I pluck my facial hair once a week, and I have no scarring on my chin or lip or redness. it looks no different then ever except, ya know, it reduces beard shadow big time, but not completely. I only do it once a week and sometimes twice a month. But I just got money so I'll be stopping. However, I also have very few hairs on my face for a 31 year old MAAB. After I'm done I imagine there is at most a hundred hairs i plucked out. It takes a half hour tops. It's also soft downy hair cause apparently my body isn't big on making me manly. Since you're Italian, and people of Medittereanean descent, are know to have think coarse facial hair, this might not be a good idea. I didn't even grow facial hair to a couple years ago. I'd just save the $100 bucks for one laser session. But if you not on HRT, ;aser is pointless. I'd get on it asap. You will become more masculine over time and all that prettiness you have now will be gone. I'm not trying to scare you but you do change over time and T will start to really affect you in a couple years to the point you'd need FFS and you dont now. Go to New orleans and get on it. Stat. Like now. When I was your age I could not pass as a guy and i had shaved head. So, it's important for some to start early, but not all. Im doing okay and I started late. Is a late transitioner someone who starts at 30?

I once used an epilator, but it left too many scars. After using Tria, I have no reason to use epilator. Tria has removed most of my hairs in legs, armpits and beard area.

barbie~~

@joanna plucking is way gentler than using an epilator

Quote from: sad panda on February 06, 2014, 04:00:29 PM
@joanna plucking is way gentler than using an epilator

Oh, did not know that. I thought they were kinda similar. But guess not. But ill be getting LHR soon and a script for prometrium (why not? Can't hurt.) so i cant wait. Plus got my blood tests and my Free T is 16.2. They dont test any other version of T. My prolactin is 29.92. and they also dont test E. My doc says there's no point as my body will even it out no matter what or something. I go to Mazzoni so i asume he knows what he's doing

I recently started using an epilator, and while it does work, it takes a very high pain tolerance to use. Using an epilator hurts far worse than my tattoo ever did. I've been reduced to epilating in stages because it hurts so much, but it does work really well.

Quote from: Joanna Dark on February 06, 2014, 10:19:38 PM
Oh, did not know that. I thought they were kinda similar. But guess not. But ill be getting LHR soon and a script for prometrium (why not? Can't hurt.) so i cant wait. Plus got my blood tests and my Free T is 16.2. They dont test any other version of T. My prolactin is 29.92. and they also dont test E. My doc says there's no point as my body will even it out no matter what or something. I go to Mazzoni so i asume he knows what he's doing

Did he comment on your prolactin? Seems too high. D:

Get waxed first... epilating after that is much easier as the hairs are shorter. 
I do my arms and chest and have noticed thinner hairs after a year... tried the legs, but I'm tall and they take forever. 
Shaving is much easier on the legs.

I epilate weekly. I'm not on HRT, so I still got dude skin, but it's just a bit of a sting. My tattoo was way worse.

A good routine for me is to epilate the legs, feet, sides of hands, chest, and lower abdomen. Then shave the face, pits, and pubic area. I'd epilate those but it just hurts too much...

It'll remove the hair by the root, and it'll grow back thinner because it's a fresh new hair that will reach normal thickness as it grows. Remember that your body grows hairs in cycles, so there are dormant hairs. You'll epilate, and then new hairs will show up whenever they decide to go active. Epilate those ones too. Getting all the hairs pulled will guarantee less epilation. It won't ever stop growth though.