removing upper lip hair

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Can someone explain what is going on hormonally? Is it that there is MORE testosterone being made, or just less estrogen and progesterone?

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain what is going on hormonally? Is it that there is MORE testosterone being made, or just less estrogen and progesterone?

I’m talking about those of us over 45

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Anonymous wrote:For people who do at-home IPL, did you get a Tria? Something else? Do you think it's worth the price? The mentions of how painful it is turned me off, but I'm mid-40s and tired of constantly shaving my mustache and plucking chin hairs. I have fair skin and dark hair, so I'm a great candidate for lasers.

I used the Tria. I really didn't have high hopes for it, but it worked beautifully. I used it religiously every 10 days or so for ~6 months and then touch ups every few months or so. I'm 5 years out from when I started, and don't think I've needed to give a touch up since before the pandemic (so over 2 years). I have olive skin and dark hair. Pretty furry overall. It is somewhat painful, but not THAT bad. Upper lip is a small area and the pain is over quickly. It gets better as time goes on because there is less hair and what remains becomes thinner.

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Anonymous wrote:Suffered through threading and waxing it for year and now just shave in the shower or use a tinkle razor at the mirror. So much better and you don't have to deal with that awkward grow back phase before you can wax again.

Yes but is there some sort of five o clock shadow that is left?? And seriously, how can there not be some kind of stubble like a PP said?

NP. Yes! btw not all women have moustaches nor is it a requirement that you spend a lot of time on this.

BUT if you are a woman who has determined their moustache is bad enough that you need to get rid of it, by necessity it must be a bad moustache. And therefore have stubble. We're not talking about a few small wisps or anything, or you wouldn't be razoring it.

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I don’t know why everyone on here is so anti-waxing. Get the Nads or Veet strips, warm them up between your hands, and go.

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Anonymous wrote:Suffered through threading and waxing it for year and now just shave in the shower or use a tinkle razor at the mirror. So much better and you don't have to deal with that awkward grow back phase before you can wax again.

Yes but is there some sort of five o clock shadow that is left?? And seriously, how can there not be some kind of stubble like a PP said?

There’s some very light stubble I guess but not noticable to anyone but me running my finger over it. Mine is blonde, just fairly dense, so no issues with 5 o clock shadow. If it was dark enough for that I’d just take of it for good with laser.

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I use a Braun facial epilator that I've had for at least 15 years! I couldn't see anything quite like it on Amazon right now. It hurts when using it but its over quickly. Takes me like 1-2 minutes.

I've tried a metal spring (coil) facial hair remover and I hated that. The epilator is much quicker.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know why everyone on here is so anti-waxing. Get the Nads or Veet strips, warm them up between your hands, and go.

I shave because you have to let it grow in to wax it. What do you do in between?

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Anonymous wrote:I just shave mine with a razor every other week or so (until I notice it again). I don’t even use soap, just wet the razor and hit each side once or twice. So easy, wish I started way sooner.

Yep. Same here. No fancy device...it's done.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know why everyone on here is so anti-waxing. Get the Nads or Veet strips, warm them up between your hands, and go.

I shave because you have to let it grow in to wax it. What do you do in between?

It’s not that noticeable—it seems like it’s just suddenly there and it’s time to was again. Maybe I’ve been waxing so long there’s less hair than there used to be (finally, an upside to aging) but even so it doesn’t all grow in at the same time.

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Anonymous wrote:Suffered through threading and waxing it for year and now just shave in the shower or use a tinkle razor at the mirror. So much better and you don't have to deal with that awkward grow back phase before you can wax again.

Yes but is there some sort of five o clock shadow that is left?? And seriously, how can there not be some kind of stubble like a PP said?

No. (I'm a NP.) At least, not like you'd think. I have a little trimmer/shaver-- don't know the brand. I was definitely nervous about stubble but it's just not that big a deal, especially peach fuzzy stuff, regardless of color. Now, I would never only do it once a week. I can do it every other day, no problem, and even every third day is fine. But more than that, and the thicker hair doesn't look good.

It is so not a big deal though-- I can't cut myself on it so I can just sweep it around. Takes 30 seconds, about 3x/week. Let's see-- that's 6-7 minutes a month, maybe an hour and a half a year including wiping it with alcohol every so often? How much time does waxing take? Especially if you have to go to a professional? And it always looks good (no growing out), and my $20 trimmer has lasted 10 years so far (wow, I guess that's right!) and has taken like 4 batteries in that time. I will never go back. The only thing I would consider, if a whole lot more of my hair gets thicker and darker, is maybe laser removal. But that's it. I wasted way too much time waxing and tweezing and bleaching. (Okay, I still tweeze the worst offenders.) It's much more intimidating in theory than in practice.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Suffered through threading and waxing it for year and now just shave in the shower or use a tinkle razor at the mirror. So much better and you don't have to deal with that awkward grow back phase before you can wax again.

Yes but is there some sort of five o clock shadow that is left?? And seriously, how can there not be some kind of stubble like a PP said?

No. (I'm a NP.) At least, not like you'd think. I have a little trimmer/shaver-- don't know the brand. I was definitely nervous about stubble but it's just not that big a deal, especially peach fuzzy stuff, regardless of color. Now, I would never only do it once a week. I can do it every other day, no problem, and even every third day is fine. But more than that, and the thicker hair doesn't look good.

It is so not a big deal though-- I can't cut myself on it so I can just sweep it around. Takes 30 seconds, about 3x/week. Let's see-- that's 6-7 minutes a month, maybe an hour and a half a year including wiping it with alcohol every so often? How much time does waxing take? Especially if you have to go to a professional? And it always looks good (no growing out), and my $20 trimmer has lasted 10 years so far (wow, I guess that's right!) and has taken like 4 batteries in that time. I will never go back. The only thing I would consider, if a whole lot more of my hair gets thicker and darker, is maybe laser removal. But that's it. I wasted way too much time waxing and tweezing and bleaching. (Okay, I still tweeze the worst offenders.) It's much more intimidating in theory than in practice.

I feel like I didn't give an adequate picture of the "stubble." It feels soft and is pretty unnoticeable in the case of finer hairs-- I know you'd say, what's the point in shaving those? But I just seemed to have many more of them after 35. Like they were soft, but... furry. And seemed to grown longer. And for the thicker, coarser hair, I just don't see anything noticeably "stubbly" until about day 3, and probably nothing anyone else would notice until day 4.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know why everyone on here is so anti-waxing. Get the Nads or Veet strips, warm them up between your hands, and go.

Maybe because many women over 40 are using some type of retinoid product. Waxing is a big no if using retinol, especially retin-a

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Suffered through threading and waxing it for year and now just shave in the shower or use a tinkle razor at the mirror. So much better and you don't have to deal with that awkward grow back phase before you can wax again.

Yes but is there some sort of five o clock shadow that is left?? And seriously, how can there not be some kind of stubble like a PP said?

NP. Yes! btw not all women have moustaches nor is it a requirement that you spend a lot of time on this.

BUT if you are a woman who has determined their moustache is bad enough that you need to get rid of it, by necessity it must be a bad moustache. And therefore have stubble. We're not talking about a few small wisps or anything, or you wouldn't be razoring it.

Nah, I'm a Scandinavian blonde with barely noticeable short peach fuzz and I shave my entire face once a week, including above the lip. It makes makeup sit better. Never any stubble. I agree, if I were more hirsute, I'd probably wax or thread, but a lot of us take care of facial hair that's not "bad."

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Anonymous wrote:Does no one else use the nair type product? Also has anyone ripped their upper lip skin off using at home wax?

The nair type of product can burn your upper lip skin. It never worked for me and I think it's because generally brunettes have stronger hair that can't be melted with this product (but it does affect the skin).
Maybe it works on very blonde soft peach fuzz hair for some.