<p>We ( mom & piggle ) go for eyebrow threading .
Mom also use threading as a means for upper facial hair. We have black coarse hair. Effect of threading last for about 3- 4 weeks .
The Indian ( east asian ) owned salons in our part do threading for 5- 7 dollars .</p>
<p>Light skin + dark hair + shaving = five o’clock shadow. Not a good look for a woman. Depilation? Same thing. Those dark hairs on a fair-skinned face either need to be bleached or pulled out.</p>
<p>thanks everyone–I think we will try waxing at the salon…might just wait til school is out, in case of a bad reaction (sounds like most people tolerate it fine, but I’d feel terrible if it made it worse…)</p>
<p>A friend of mine says her D who used to wax no longer has to, now that she’s a young adult and on the pill…I thought that was interesting. </p>
<p>Maybe we’ll do the laser thing for grad gift in a few years. (better save more for college first…)</p>
<p>I go to a salon and just get it waxed off or you could even get it threaded.</p>
<p>My upper lip broke out for 10 days after I waxed it for the first time. How do you stop that? Should I be more liberal with astringent there or something? Did the salon do something incorrectly?</p>
<p>I haven’t done it again because of that.</p>
<p>blissworld.com has some good products…a low temp ‘Poetic’ wax kit and some ingrown treatments which are also good for preventing those ‘razor’ bumps…in men too. </p>
<p>Pumpkin – It may have been a sensitivity to the product or ingrown hairs. Might want to try a different wax.</p>
<p>Waxing or laser. Laser takes time–at least 4 or 5 sessions–depends on the individual. Plus, it’s much more expensive.</p>
<p>I am pale, with sensitive skin and dark upper lip hair (lucky me!) The only thing that has worked for me without break-outs afterwards is bleaching and threading. Now I get my upper lip and eyebrows threaded once a month and have had no problems. I love it.</p>
<p>VANIQA!!! Works wonders.</p>
<p>Menopause sucks. Mine seems to have been ushered in by a triumvirate of facial insults. First came the rosacea (which I know may or may not be associated with the hormonal changes), followed closely by melasma, (which will take either lazer treatments, a hundred dollar tube of skin lightener, or a combination of both) and then the appearance of noticeably darker hair above my upper lip, along with two to three rogue hairs that sprout from time to time on my chin. So now I pluck every last one of those suckers—Yes, one by one, aided by a lighted magnifier. And no, it’s not particularly painful (luckily). What’s uncomfortable is seeing a fine, dark mustache above my upper lip, and those thick, dark chinny chin chin hairs. It reminds me of something my grandmother use to say in her latter years: “Old age: When women start looking like men and men start looking like monkeys.”
I hate to say it, but I’m starting to see some truth in that observation!:rolleyes:</p>
<p>Poetsheart,</p>
<p>Your post made me laugh and cry.</p>
<p>I am experiencing some of those same things. Not fun.</p>
<p>There is no hating of shaving. It’s inconvenience if you have to shave it 3 times a week. Shaving does not increase the number of hair as one post suggests. However, it does make facial hair more coarse and does look like a mustache. I thread once in a blue moon(once a month and a half). Threading makes my facial hair comes out less coarse, almost non-existent.</p>
<p>My daughter has been doing laser the last couple of months. So far, she’s very happy. She’s the ideal candidate for laser because it works best on people with very dark hair and very light skin. I think she feels less self-conscious because dark hair on her face was noticeable if she didn’t stay on top of it. It’s easy to find discounts and coupons at places that are well-reviewed. From a purely economic standpoint, it’s a good investment because decades of waxing definitely add up if you’re paying to get it done and laser has an end in sight. I was so impressed I wanted to do my chin, but I found out it only works on hair with pigment and, alas, some of my hairs are now white.</p>
<p>Does no one pluck? The long skinny tweezers which can work from the side get numerous offenders in one tug. Magnified, lighted mirror is imperative.</p>
<p>D. uses Sally Hansen bleach for the face without any problem. The cream hair remover does irritate her skin (probably because it’s already sensitive from prescription acne medicine). If the hair is not course, this may be your best solution as then there is no real “grow out.”</p>
<p>I had electrolysis, just one treatment which did have some regrowth, but did lessen the problem. At menopause, I notices a change, and had a laser treatment. I now have lighter, very downy sparse hair that is hardly noticeable, but for very special occasions, I’ll get it waxed. I don’t wear makeup most of the time and it’s truly not much of a deal but when I want to look and feel particularly good, I go that route. I’ve noticed that body hair is becoming sparser and lighter anyways. I always intended to have my arms lasered, but now there is no need, but for those with thick, coarse dark hair, it can make things so much nicer.</p>
<p>I have a few years before menapause so I’m glad I can laugh at some of these posts. SO much to look forward to…</p>
<p>This reminded me of my cousin who went to get her eyebrows waxed. The lovely, Persian woman who had a thick accent, finished her eyebrows and immediately said “I do your lip next”. The thought had never crossed her mind! The woman assured her that she needed it done. My cousin was appalled that she had been walking around needing her upper lip waxed. She told ALL of us that if something needed to be waxed, plucked, bleached we were to inform her immediately!!</p>
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That’s how I deal with the stray chin hairs. The first time I stayed in a luxury hotel (before chin hairs) with a magnified make-up mirror in the bathroom, I thought it was way cool. Now I have my own, and am somewhat horrified by what I see – but agree that it’s a necessary evil.</p>
<p>I have dark eyebrows on light skin, that are somewhat heavier than the style of the moment. Whenever I go to have my nails done, they <em>always</em> say, “I do your brows too?” But this is my look…I wouldn’t recognize myself with skinny brows. I am always glad when the fashion mags say natural brows are ‘in’, though it doesn’t stop anyone from asking if I want them trimmed.</p>
<p>I tweeze stray chin hairs. But there is hair and there is hair. If you have too much to tweeze, you are better off waxing or with laser. Waxing is hard on some parts of the faces (sides) because it can trigger rashes/breakouts and it works better on less fine hair.</p>