Do any of my fellow WoC suffer from facial hair?

[Iffath]

I am desi/south asian,
I have been blessed with long eyelashes, and naturally arched and shaped eyebrows,
but along with that, I have noticeable facial hair, which is fine, thin, and light, but still, it bothers me.
So I have used Sally Hansen bleach or Jolen bleach, for side locks,
I wax my upper lip and between my eyebrows; occasionally side locks and forehead baby hairs,
I tweeze only stray eyebrows (since I have good natural eyebrow shapes)

I like combination techniques.
I do not recommend shaving, using depilatories on the face because it removes only surface hair (not the root) and thus the stubble can make hair "appear" thicker than it is.

Threading and waxing are good alternatives to such procedures and have been used successfully by women for many centuries.

Hope that helps.

 

[1QTPie]

I embrace my facial hair. I don't have a severe problem, but I have sideburns and I like them. I haven't been kicked out of bed yet. I tweeze my brows, pluck my random chin hairs and use the little shaver to "clean up" my mustache. Sometimes I use a chemical depilatory on my mustache when I'm in the mood. The fine hairs on my face I just leave alone.

 

[Sisa]

I just wax them off... sometimes I also razor it... and no, there isn't more hair than before after razoring...

 

[X4biddenxLustX]

For the longest time I thought I was the only one with some kind of facial hair besides the bearded ladies at the carnivals lol.

I have that peach fuzz all over my face but its never ever really bothered me. The only person that notices is me if I'm all up in the mirror and my brother who does make fun of me for it. I also have the 'stache going on which I have always HATED with a passion! I use to be so self conscious about people noticing it. One time my aunt came to visit us and the first thing she pointed out and said was , "why does she have a mustache?! she's a little GIRL!". So she took me with her to all the stores around the little shopping area we were at looking for wax to take care of my little problem. We never did find any though.

Honestly for the most part I just shave it off. It use to be my little secret but I can careless who knows now. Has anyone tried the emjoi tweezer machine thingy? I have one of those and it just works ok on the 'stache, still gotta shave the little hairs it misses.

I've got some crazy beast like brows though! I've found pics of me when I was a little girl and yep I had them back then too. I have to take off like half of the hairs on my brow area for them to look decent. I have to trim and tweeze (waxing always irritates my skin plus I'm afraid of having a major waxing disaster and take my whole brow off or something lol) every week or else the beast comes out lol!

 

[Incomparable1]

I also have alot of facial hair. I started getting mine threaded (entire face). The results are beautiful and it lasts a month.

 

[GlossyLips]

I forget the name, but I use that battery operated hair plucker thing. You hold it near your skin and the rotating thing plucks all the hair. The name starts with an E.

 

[X4biddenxLustX]

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Originally Posted by GlossyLips I forget the name, but I use that battery operated hair plucker thing. You hold it near your skin and the rotating thing plucks all the hair. The name starts with an E.

The emjoi tweezer thingy?

 

[KarlaKayM]

I second the GIGI wax pot from Sally's get your pot, your strips and the pre-cleanser and after wax remover (or just use baby oil) and you will have enough stuff to wax for half a year! Much cheaper than paying someone~

I have to wax....it makes me crazy to look at my own facial hair~ My biggest nightmare is to have my husband EVER tell me I have facial hair, so I take care of it before that happens~ lol!

 

[OfficerJenny]

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Originally Posted by GlossyLips I forget the name, but I use that battery operated hair plucker thing. You hold it near your skin and the rotating thing plucks all the hair. The name starts with an E.

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Originally Posted by X4biddenxLustX The emjoi tweezer thingy?

An epilator

 

[ohnna-lee]

I am not a WOC but I have some info for you all.

I own one of those spinning torture devices that yank out the hair, I have the Silk Epil by Braun. It rotates around and has a few dozen tweezer like things that grab the hair as it spins. You get used to the pain after a while and having the smoothe skin is worth it and better then having to shave all the time or have the dark hairs under the skin. I love this for my under arms and legs. The bikini line can be tricky as you can accidentally grab the naughty bits if not careful. eep!!! Bad memmories, sorry. I learned to guard them really well after that.

Threading video:

YouTube - How to thread your eyebrows

Since I have gotten older I have found some nice little dark friends that have taken residence in my nose, I tweeze them. I sneeze for about a good sec then onto gettin rid of those fuckers. OUTTA MAH NOSE! Age gracefully my ass!

 

[mamapie]

I love threading for my facial hair. I'm half Thai and the only gene I seem to have truly inherited from that side is a south-east Asian style goatee and cheek fluff. Oh and the lip and extra long eyebrows too!

 

[Cinammonkisses]

I've been watching a few YT videos on how to thread, but it hasn't really worked out in my favor just yet. I'll keep practicing.

For now, I wax my sideburns. They get really long. I wax them once probably every 4-6 months.

I think waxing my upper lip would not be to good since it's such a sensitive area. Maybe once I finally get the hang of threading I'll try it out on myself.

 

[barbie.doll]

Yes ma'am. I'm Middle Eastern and my dad is the hairy one (my mom was blessed with NO hair problems... she hardly grows on her arms and legs and only shaves once every couple of months!) Anyway, I've got chin hair.

So I go to an excellent electrologyst and she does a great job. I've only had about 6-7 treatments and it's a big difference.

I also use thread too. But only on my eyebrows and mustache, nowhere else. That is great too! A bit painful, but beauty is pain!

 

[user44]

I am a ball of fluff!
I have fine hair on my face (sideburns, and a little on the cheeks...thankfully never had a mustache!) and in a moment of great genius decided to use nair on said face...AND left it on their for 15 minutes.
When I rubbed it off I was red pink and brown. Talk about throw up city!

 

[nunu]

I thread my eyebrows, stache, chin and neck and wax everything below the neck. I am considering laser treatment and will start soon. The only thing i am worried about is the pain, but i am looking forward to the results.

I have thick, long hairs growing out of my chin and neck, can't wait to get rid of them.

 

[gujifijian]

Ok I'll let ya'll in a little secret! I suffered major major facial hair issues from early on in life. Got teased about it in school and I used everything. I used jolene bleach(yes it made the hair more noticeable and it burned and irritated my skin), I use nair (would grow back in few days and it's an everyday thing), even waxed(painful as hell and again grows back faster for me). So I got fed up with all this and went strait to a razor and start shaving. At first it was the easy solution till I started noticing a green on my face. About the same color u would see from constant shaving with guys! So I started using foundation to cover the 'green' shaving look. And I got fed up with that and didn't want to be 70+ and still shave! So I came across some laser hair removal. I did some research online. I had a close friend of mine tell me that she had gotten it done and she was far more hairier than me. So I finally gave it a shot. And it was the best thing i ever invested my money. I did 9 out of 10 treatments cuz my hair was coarser than normal. And I heard it's 95% hair reduction. It's so tru. I haven't gotten any treatments done in over 3 years now and there's no or fairly light hair on my face. I still have coarser hair on my chin area which I should really save my money and get it done again. But other than that, it's awesome. I highly recommend laser hair removal! It's safe, 95% hair reduction and u'll be happy once u start seeing the results!

 

[gujifijian]

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Originally Posted by nunu I thread my eyebrows, stache, chin and neck and wax everything below the neck. I am considering laser treatment and will start soon. The only thing i am worried about is the pain, but i am looking forward to the results. I have thick, long hairs growing out of my chin and neck, can't wait to get rid of them.

don't worry about the pain! U can buy over the counter 'numbing cream' and use it prior to ur laser treatment and it will numb ur face so u won't feel the pain!

 

[nunu]

^Thank you, i actually went for a treatment on Monday, it wasn't as painful as i thought but i love the results!!
I always felt that the hair on my cheeks/under eye area isn't noticible because it is soo thin but i noticed that my face feels glowy

I am very happy and thanks for sharing your story.

 

[gujifijian]

Nunu---------- I'm very happy to hear that ur extremely happy with the laser treatment results! Just remember to ice ur face all nite long otherwise ur gonna end up with blisters the next day! Keep up with the treatments and u'll be amazed in the long run hun!

 

[exoticarbcqen]

I got everything lasered. I started the treatment last summer and woah talk about a huge difference. I even did my va-jay-jayyy [it was free with the package I bought]. No more hair! although, it does grow back every 10 weeks because of the way the hair cycle is, but thats when I am ALREADY scheduled to go in for my next treatment, im on my 4th treatment out of 10 [the package i got has a guarantee for life, no hair..if hair does sprout when im 40 then they will re-do it for free!] I paid almost 5500 for everything, and I mean EVERYTHING. underarms, arms, bikini, face, lip, etc. I go to a persian women who does fabulous brow threading, so I do not plan on getting that done. but I suggest EVERYONE save there pennies and get laser hair removal, waxing and bleaching will ruin your skin, the more wax you get done the more your skin will pull and hang and bleaching is not doing anything but covering the problem but making the hair lighter..but its still there!!!