Daughter has slight (unintentional!) mustache; what to do?

[Anonymous]

Try at-home dermaplaning first

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Finishing Touch Flawless Facial Hair Remover.

I waxed for decades but now I just use this thing and it’s super easy and painless.

+1. I love mine!

[Anonymous]

Get it waxed at a salon the first time and the buy Veet wax strips to use at home.

[Anonymous]

I’ve alternated between wax and bleach.

I’ve asked my derm about laser, but they were not positive of a good outcome.

[Anonymous]

Wax

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Try at-home dermaplaning first

Dermaplaning is just shaving plus paying more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Finishing Touch Flawless Facial Hair Remover.

I waxed for decades but now I just use this thing and it’s super easy and painless.

This. My 16 yr old uses it and has since she was about 11. She has no interest in waxing or getting it lasered. It works quite well and is super easy

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Finishing Touch Flawless Facial Hair Remover.

I waxed for decades but now I just use this thing and it’s super easy and painless.

This. My 16 yr old uses it and has since she was about 11. She has no interest in waxing or getting it lasered. It works quite well and is super easy

How's regrowth?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If she's up for it, you might want to take her to get it lasered. I wish I had had that option at her age - would have saved me years of time and stress dealing with it!

My laser lady said they can’t do minors, due both to consent and raging hormones. But maybe it was just consent and I got confused about the hormones bc while I was dealing with the perimenopausal chin hairs, I was thankful I had less leg and underarm hair growth, but around then the HRT kicked in and the body hair started up again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would start by bleaching it. You can buy bleach cream over the counter at most any drug store. You can always step it up to waxing, but I wouldn't start there.

Not bleach.

Start with waxing.

Nads cold sugar wax is DIY ar home and very simple to use.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does she WANT to do anything about it? If not, don't say a word to her.

Of course she wznts to fix it.

Only a hairless woman would need to ask this question.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I used to have my upper lip threaded regularly from the time I was a teenager, when I lived in India. When I came to the US for college my aunt and cousins told me they used a men’s razor to shave. I’ve been doing that ever since, three decades and counting.

Omg, are you insane???

Do not use a razor on her upper lip.

It will give eventually her stubble, a 5 o'clock shadow, and posdibly ingrown hair.

The only solutions are waxing or permanent hair removal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Try at-home dermaplaning first

Dermaplaning is just shaving plus paying more.

And gives you stubble.

Don't do anything involving a razor OP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does she WANT to do anything about it? If not, don't say a word to her.

+1

If she doesn’t care, then don’t make her feel like there’s something wrong with her. There isn’t. It’s normal to have hair on your face! If she does care, then she can try one of the many options identified in this thread.

Sometimes I wax/pluck my upper lip, other times I don’t. I never feel self-conscious about it, and it hasn’t stopped me from being considered generally attractive. It’s not obvious from your post how “bad” the mustache is either. Some women consider any hair on their face unacceptable, but it’s often not really noticeable unless you look really closely.

[Anonymous]

Get one of those little epilators, they’re so easy. I have a teen with dark hair and this happens to her so I just run it over her upper lip as needed and it’s immediately gone.