lip waxing--stubble?

[Anonymous]

Okay, so I am a pretty hairy person! I don't usually wax. For example, when I have waxed my bikini area, it grows back in like 2 weeks and I never have kept it up long enough to see if waxing thins it out. I have used bleach on my upper lip, but its a pain. I would wax, but I am worried about how it would grow back in between. My hair is dark and I dont want a stubbly lip! Anyone have experience with this?

[Anonymous]

Nair works really well for me for facial hair, if you aren't opposed to using chemicals.

[Anonymous]

I'm hairy too and mine grows back thick and fast. I only wax for special occasions that are happening the next day.

I use a combination of bleach and Surgi-Cream. It's a pain but it works for me.

[Anonymous]

OP here--what is surgi-cream?

[Anonymous]

Have you tried threading it? I do mine and eyebrows too. If done properly, you should not get a stubble.

[Anonymous]

you won't get stubble. I've waxed my upper lip for years and years. Of course, I have a few hairs that are more coarse, but I just yank those with the tweezers when they pop up.
I also wax my upper lip at home now using strips that you warm by rubbing between your palms--I can't think of the brand now, but CVS should have it. $7 or so for a whole box.

[Anonymous]

OP again--so what do you do as the hair grows back before you can wax again?

[Anonymous]

I sometimes wax, sometimes thread. Prefer the thread - waxing leaves a numb sensation on my upper lip. Between wax/thread sessions i don't do anything. But I do it quite regularly, 1 a month. If an emergency comes earlier - I use epilator machine. I think there is more chance of getting stubble with creams.

[Anonymous]

Surgi-Cream is a cream depilatory like the Nair mentioned above. I've found that one works best for me, it's found at the drugstore or Ulta.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP again--so what do you do as the hair grows back before you can wax again?

If it'd dark, bleach--I used to have to do that, but now I don't really notice it growing in--more like it's just back and time to wax again.

[Anonymous]

try laser hair removal. has been well worth the money for me.

[Anonymous]

try threading....its great, fast, and causes a lot LESS reaction than waxing. there's a good place (kiosk) that does it in Montgomery Mall outside the Sears on the first level. Its $7 for the lip.