Question:
Looking for a Hair Removal that

is over the counter. I have facial hair on my chin, and have to shave it twice a day, at least. thanks, debbie    — debbie S. (posted on December 29, 2002)


December 29, 2002
Surgi-cream is about the best depilatory cream out there. However they make a stronger version sold only in salons that is even better. I've had bad redness with the Sally Hansen creams. I only wish I could afford to get waxed regularly! I need the brows, chin, moustache, even a few on the neck! Yikes! I just tweeze the strays between uses of the cream.
   — Anna L.

December 29, 2002
p.s. You can find the regular Surgi-cream at Osco or Walgreen's.
   — Anna L.

December 29, 2002
You can buy home waxing kits. They work great, just heat them up in the microwave, spread it on, and OOOOOOWWWWWWWIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEE.......no hair. The good thing is, it lasts for a long time, and is less obvious when it does grow back. You will have to do it about once a month or so....but thats better than twice a day shaving.
   — RebeccaP

December 29, 2002
Boy o boy do I know where you are coming from! I made the vital mistake of shaving when my fine hairs grew too many (hormonal problems) and guess what..instead of fine, blonde hairs it turned DARK and corse and gross and like a freakin' man! I hate it more than anything!! I grow more there than I do on my legs or pits. I personally think the waxing will not work due to the thickness that it gets once you shave...waxing wouldn't work on a man's chin. If anybody else has any ideas that they KNOW would work..send me a line too if you don't mind. Let me know how this goes. I am even considering a plastic surgeon for the laser hair removal. Take care...and keep that chin up! ;o) Trish
   — Trisha A.

December 29, 2002
I use the Surgi-wax found at Walgreens. You just put it in the microwave. I still have to do this about once a week as well as minor tweezing throughout the week, but much better than when I had to shave it.
   — tulagirl

December 30, 2002
A friend of mine had some unwanted hair on her upper lip and went and had them removed with laser(sp?). I have not really checked into this proceedure so I don't know a whole lot about it but I do know that she paid around $65 to have it done and the hair doesn't come back. I have some on my upper lip I may get removed soon. I would look maybe in the yellow pages under hair removal or ask around. Maybe a dermatologist could point you in the right direction. I have tried the creams before and I dont know if it is that I am extra sensitive or what but every one that I have tried has burned my face so bad. I think $65 is a cheap price for PERMANENT removal. Good Luck!
   — DRutherford

December 30, 2002
Electrolysis is the answer here, baby. I've had only (luckily) two funky hairs on my chin removed but after being paranoid about them for 15 years it's laughable how easily they were PERMANENTLY removed for $25!!! Usually they can give you a 1/2 hour or 1-hour quote over the phone, sometimes you have to go back, but I'm telling you it's worth it not to have them dang hairs!!!
   — cddgo

December 30, 2002
Hi! I'd be interested in finding out more about laser treatment. I find this whole hair removal thing a racket. I went to electrolysis for almost a year and had no noticable reduction in hair on my chin or sides of face. It did help with some of my upper lip. The technician was baffled and suggested I have my hormones checked.... that came back normal. I have read a book called "The Good News about Women's Hormones". The author, a doctor, swears that shaving does NOT increase hair growth and that any increased hair growth would have happened anyway - shaving or not. He suggests some drugs that help, but not alleviate the problem. One is spiralactone (sp?) basically a blood pressure drug. My PCP is totally against it and won't prescribe it. I'm leary of taking it because although I HATE my man-like facial hair, I really enjoy having thick healthy hair on my head. GRRRR it's so frustrating. I'm going to try the surgicream, becasue everything else has just burned my skin off before taking off any hair!!! The best thing I've found is NAIR, yes NAIR on my face. In the 4 minutes its on, it actually burns off the hair before it fries my skin... but it's not that great. I'm hoping that significant weight loss might help my situation.
   — w8free

December 30, 2002
Just wanted to chime in on the laser treatment discussion. My dermatologist told me that she wouldn't recommend laser treatment to anyone who has light colored/blond facial hair. The laser doesn't do a good job of picking it up and it works much better on people with dark facial hair. Me, I have some light hairs on my chin that probably no one but me sees but it irritates the heck out of me! Not to mention some rogue hairs on my neck that I usually don't see until they are very long! I usually pluck but I've tried Nair and/or wax a couple of times but I don't care for it because my skin is so sensitive, and feels burned and rough afterwards. I have my eyebrows waxed at the salon and my skin will stay red for a whole day, so I really don't want to try that on my face!
   — sandsonik

December 30, 2002
I remember when I first tried Nair. I had a horrible chemical burn on my upper lip because of it. But that's all I will use now. They have a special formula just for facial hair. But I still use the regular kind made for legs on my face and it works fine.
   — Misty C.




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