Do any of my fellow WoC suffer from facial hair?

[themisfit]

I do have some peach fuzz on my upper lip that i've been threading since I was 16. I also recently starting having some thick hair patches under my chin. well, it's only ONE patch, but still, it's thick hair...like the ones on my legs. I dont know where it came from or why. I've been plucking the really noticable ones, but they grow back quickly

. I think I might consider getting electrolysis.

 

[HeavenLeiBlu]

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Originally Posted by reesesilverstar I'm gonna put Orajel on it tonight and see if that helps. Thanks for the suggestion.

Yeah the orajel definitely helps. I use is sometimes when I don't feel like putting up with the pain.

 

[Saleemah]

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Originally Posted by mizzbeba I had a coworker that used Vaniqa and recommended it. Has anyone tried this?

I got my Dr. to give me a Px for it but when I went to pick it up my insurance did not pay for it and it was $72, hence I left it at the store. Maybe one day I'll stop being cheap and purchase it.

 

[imperfectbeauty]

*sigh* Damn hair!! I've got hair ALL over my face most noticible on my forehead, eyebrows, upper lip, chin and of course side burns. such a pain!! I only started getting regular waxing the end of my senior year of high school because my mom thought i didn't need waxing through high school even though i did!! Got made fun of because that stache!! I now get my whole face waxed regularly about once a month. My eye brow hair has started to grow back slower and more sparse now which is nice after two years of waxing. Im hoping that within the next few years i wont have to get any waxing done. I get threading done whenever i go to india though which i kind of prefer. I do regular face packs to keep my skin nice and fresh that and the fact waxing over time can stretch the skin which scares me!! lol.

 

[GemsMaquillage]

I am not a woman of colour, but I do have polycystic ovaries and I have extremely bad facial hair, neck, sideburns, upper lip, below my lip, cheeks, the lot! (Not only is it thick, but jet black hairs and since I have blondeish hair it looks really weird)

I tried wax strips which made me break out and tried bleach which didn't make it look THAT much better. About a year ago I bought a pack of nair easy wax microwave, the one without sheets, you just peel the actual wax off. I bought it for my legs (also hairy!) and underarms but as a last resort I tried it on my face one day and I had no reaction to it! It makes my skin smooth and although the hair grows back really fast (I have to do it 1-2 times a week) it is the best thing I have ever tried! You could really maintain it with tweezers for 2 weeks or so if you needed to go away, its great. If I could only recommend one product for people to use, this would be it. Worth a try anyway, it totally changed how I feel about myself and now I don't recoil when my boyfriend touches my face!! You can get it for about £8 in boots (UK) which is cheaper than salon treatments (which are at least £8 each) and the pot lasts me a month with 2 applications a week. It saves you the embarrassment of having someone else do it too, and is surprisingly not that painful on the face (legs and underarms are another story!!!!)

 

[MACaholic76]

Ohhh, about electrolysis. So about 3-4 years ago I had these really long fine and very dark hairs on the sides of my upper cheeks. It was like 4 or 5 of them on each side and they bothered the hell out of me. So I had the esthetician at my derm's office perform electrolysis.
I did end up with scars...over the years they faded, but nonetheless, they were pretty bad in the beginning. I think it's because the procedure involves they pluck the hairs out and then "kill" the hair follicle with laser. Well, there is a reason why laser treatments are not recommended on darker skintones - due to the high risk of hyperpigmentation.
Not only did this cause those marks there but when she first did it, I got 2 huge cysts there. I never break out like this.
Electrolysys is supposed to be the least expensive and more effective way to remove hair for darker skin folks. Would I do it again? Yes, on my upper lip but not on my face.
Oh, and the hair does eventually grow back.

 

[ShugAvery2001]

I have excessive facial hair as well... I wax and thread my facial hairs...


I hate it, but hey it's gotta be done!

Sometimes electrolysis doesn't work and I've heard the same with lasers. So beware!

 

[LoveMU]

I'm not a WOC but I have a lot of facial hair. I recommend laser on the most noticeable parts (like heavy mustache and chin). You have to shave for like 6 weeks though before you do the treatments, no waxing or plucking or Nair! my results are pretty good but I wish they were better. I would love to go for another set of sessions if i can. You can do research on places that offer package deals that are more affordable.

 

[florabundance]

i'm mediterranean so being hairy comes with the territory.

for the initial part of my life, i had a monobrow, unibrow whatever you call it, which grew more noticeable with time and as much as i love Frida, i'm not her, so i have plucked and threaded them since age 11. the upside of that though is that hairier chicks usually have naturally amazing brow shapes (am i right?)

and i wax my upper lip RELIGIOUSLY. i'm thinking of laser treatment, but i know that if i get it there, then i'm going to want it everywhere

 

[damsel]

yesterday i got threaded for the first time in my life and it was amazing. normally i wax or tweeze. i did my entire face for $25 [eye brows, upper lip, chin etc.]. it was fairly painful but she was able to do it rather quickly so it wasn't that bad. my face is smooth and hair free, i love it! i especially love my eye brows, as she was able to get even the tiniest hairs under the arch. this is a great alt. to waxing for me because the products i use to treat my acne make my skin fragile. with threading i don't have to worry about waxing my skin off. i've seen a few vids of this on youtube so i'm gonna try to learn to do it myself.

 

[Shadowy Lady]

I'm Persian and hence sorta hairy. I always thread my eyebrows and upper lips. When it comes to waxing, my legs and arms get entirely waxed. I really cannot stand hair anywhere but on my head.

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Originally Posted by LoveMU I'm not a WOC but I have a lot of facial hair. I recommend laser on the most noticeable parts (like heavy mustache and chin).

Hmmm, now I'm confused. Who's considered a WOC? I'm also an NC30 and I always post on here coz I thought I was a WOC

anyone?

 

[HeavenLeiBlu]

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Originally Posted by Shadowy Lady I'm Persian and hence sorta hairy. I always thread my eyebrows and upper lips. When it comes to waxing, my legs and arms get entirely waxed. I really cannot stand hair anywhere but on my head. Hmmm, now I'm confused. Who's considered a WOC? I'm also an NC30 and I always post on here coz I thought I was a WOC anyone?

LOL, you're definitely a WOC.

 

[enrica325]

OMG...I am so glad I am not alone is this hairy fight...lol
I was just thinking what I am gonna do about my hair on my upper lip and now my chin but I think I am gonna try threading...I have had my eyebrows threaded before and I like them but lately I have been getting them wax which sometimes lives my skin looking a little puffy...so glad I came on this site today because I honestly thought this was just happening to me

 

[arounddawaygyrl]

Wow...I had no idea there were so many women having this same issue! I have the longest sideburns ever...it runs in the family. My sister's ex husband called us Elvis...lol...then I have the fuzzy cheeks and hairs growing out of the chin area...

I used to shave it...lol...I just couldn't take it, until I nicked myself along the upper lip and that hurt like hell...then I moved on to the creams...and some of them are really too strong for my skin and would leave marks only after having the cream on for a few minutes it would burn. But I like the Sally Hansen Creme Hair Remover just not in EXTRA STRENGTH!

...OMG...I had to dilute it with water...My next move is to try waxing...

 

[TISH1124]

I totally have my upper lip waxed when I get my brows waxed..I never did or even noticed I had hair there until I started posting fotds and I was like..Is that, OMG a mustache...But I normally don't have to get it waxed but maybe once every 6-8 weeks it grows extremely slow there

 

[lsperry]

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Originally Posted by TISH1127 I totally have my upper lip waxed when I get my brows waxed..I never did or even noticed I had hair there until I started posting fotds and I was like..Is that, OMG a mustache...But I normally don't have to get it waxed but maybe once every 6-8 weeks it grows extremely slow there

The same here, 'cept I get it waxed once a month.

 

[carandru]

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Originally Posted by TISH1127 I totally have my upper lip waxed when I get my brows waxed..I never did or even noticed I had hair there until I started posting fotds and I was like..Is that, OMG a mustache...But I normally don't have to get it waxed but maybe once every 6-8 weeks it grows extremely slow there

OMG. I totally have a 'stache too!!! But I leave mine be. I got it waxed once, and I actually thought I looked worse! Ewwww, for some reason, the pores/follicles of my 'stache are HUGE. So when the hairs not there, its just like an army of big holes on top of my lip. It looked so digusting to me that I actually opted to have a 'stache. You can't tell when I put on foundation (IMO), so I said f. it. This is just going to have to work.

I am a little scared since I know it only get darker and more visible as you age.... and judging by my grandmother who I tend to take after.... that is not going to be pretty.

 

[Indian Barbie]

I use a facial hair trimmer for now... it works well and the hair doesn't grow back that much thicker or anything

 

[florabundance]

I use Nair wax (that comes in the little pots), but i've noticed that although wax is supposed to last longer than shaving/creams and so on, i'm needing to wax the upper lip every WEEK.

As for waxing the legs, that barely lasts a full 2 weeks for me.

Anyone know why this is?
Is it hormonal or is it simply that removing a hair from its root promotes its regrowth faster in some than in others?

 

[animacani]

Never ever , ever , ever shave your facial hair! My neighbour used to shave her facial hair (she is also a WOC) until the day when she woke up with ''man skin''. It didnt look that nice just so say it softly. She had like a greenish / greyish shade like all over her face but specially on her upperlips area.