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Hello~ I just thought that I would post some of my experiences with our lovely facial/body hair and see what everyone else has done and the results you got :) I think I have tried everything over the years: bleaching, Nair, waxing, electrolysis, laser hair reduction and most recently shaving,  I have also been on Spiroaldactone but stopped that due to some higher than normal liver enzymes (plus I don't like taking meds that are not "medically " necessary).  I started shaving after the laser hair removal (which did not work for me despite spending over $700.)   They shaved my face prior to each treatment and I liked how quick and easy it was.  However, when i started I only had to shave like once every 3 days I was up to basically every day!!!!  I saw my aunt's over the weekend (they are from Europe ) and they were appalled that I did not wax.  I stopped that b.c I would get little white heads all over my neck/chin and it would be sore.  So I thought what the heck I will give it a try.  I went to Sally Beauty Supply and found a microwavable wax for sensitive skin.  I used it Friday a week ago and my hair is just now starting to come back in!  Now, I did let it grow in for about a week (rough to do, I bleached almost every day).  I have had to pluck a few stray hairs but other than that I have been very happy!!!  Only a few white heads!   OK I guess I have rambled on long enough.  What are you ladies doing and how is it working??

I'm lucky enough to have a sister who's an esthetician (sp?). She gets Cirepil Blue for me. It's a professional hard wax and comes in bead form. She also bought me a warmer so I can do it all myself. The Cirepil is wonderful! Because it's a hard wax, you don't have to use strips- just wait for it to cool and pull it off. It is the most gentle wax I have ever had experience with. The waxing itself really doesn't hurt, I'm only red for 1/2 hour tops, and it has never caused any breakouts or other skin irritations. Before I talked to my sis about options, I had tried the microwave wax, nads, other drugstore waxes, nair and similar chemical solutions, and shaving. Cirepil has been a mental life saver for me!

If any of you have a connection with an esthetician, I would highly reccommend getting this through them. My understanding is that it can only be purchased by professionals, but there could be ways around it.

Sorry if this all sounds like a sales pitch, but I cannot even explain how much being able to have this product has changed my life for the better. Before having it, my hair growth caused me so much depression, but now I can manage it without any adverse side effects.

I've been blessed that I don't have the excessive hair growth, but just as all women I have the hair on the upper lip thing. I get threaded my lip and eyebrows. I've tried waxing and it just hurts so much the threading is so controlled and in the last 2 years of doing it I only have to go now once a month where when I started it was three to four times a month.

Hi, what is threaded????  I have never heard of that? THanks

Basic facts

Called khite in Arabic and fatlah in Egyptian, it's a less common method in the West for removing hair at the root, used primarily on facial hair. Rows of stray hairs are yanked out with twists of cotton thread.

Description:

The practitioner holds one end of the cotton thread in his or her teeth and the other in the left hand. The middle is looped through the index and middle fingers of the right hand. The practitioner then uses the loop to trap a series of unwanted hairs and pull them from the skin. There are also devices made that can hold the thread during the procedure.

Advantages:

Inexpensive, fast, neat, considered less painful than plucking for many. Good for eyebrows and facial hair. Like plucking, results can last up to two to four weeks.

Disadvantages:

Hard to find a professional practitioner outside large cities. Can be painful and cause itching afterwards. Side effects can include folliculitis, a bacterial infection in the hair follicles, skin reddening or puffiness, and changes in skin pigment.

 

 

Historical overview:

The history of threading is not clear, with some claiming it began in Turkey. threading hair is so basic to women in the Middle East and India that it can be compared to girls learning to braid each other's hair as children. Traditionally, threading is used on the entire face, including upper lip, chin, eyebrows, sideburns and cheeks. Here in Chicago, salons performing it can be found in the Indian and Muslim neighborhoods. Most American cosmetologists are not trained in the procedure.

Government regulation:

Many states require a cosmetologist or aesthetician's license to do hair removal like threading.

I done it all... waxing, shaving, dipilitory creams, etcc. Now im doing laser hair removal. Its taking long time to see results, but i am finally seing some results.

Hi Friends, I had so much hair it was everywhere a man would grow a beard. I went and had Laser hair removal. I have had a whole 2 years on my face and chin. I had about 8 treatments on my upper lip. I had one on the hairs of my chest. The chest hair never grew back. The hair on my face and chin is coming back very thin and only a few, They say it can take up to 4 to 6 years of treatment because of hair growth patterns. The upper lip is very good. I paid about 2000.00 for all of it . i do not regret having it done unlike this Lap Band, it has changed my life. I had to shave at least 2 times a day and carried a razor everywhere I went.