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Facial hair remover when over 70.

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Purplepixie Mon 02-Sept-24 12:33:31

Hi all

Does anyone have any tips on getting rid of facial hair in the 70’s. I am 72 and my face would be covered with a beard and moustache if I didn’t go and get it waxed off once per month. In between I usually have to tweezer some of the hairs off. I am fed up with it and just want to get rid of them permanently but with something that isn’t too expensive. Any ideas would be helpful. Also the waxing is £20 per time and I need to save some money. Thank you for reading.

MissAdventure Mon 09-Sept-24 20:15:46

My family said I looked like a surprised egg when I skillfully drew myself some eyebrows. smile

Ilovedogs22 Mon 09-Sept-24 20:13:47

I too have no eyebrows left & have 2 say that I look like a boiled egg without drawing them on!!

Ilovedogs22 Mon 09-Sept-24 20:09:32

Ref, "No eyebrows" me too!!! I look like a boiled egg without makeup! 😕

Bevbeau Mon 09-Sept-24 19:44:36

I used a Braun, but on reading this bought one of these...it's amazing, far better than the Braun.

Lisaangel10 Mon 09-Sept-24 19:39:10

Anybody tried dermaplaning? Costs about £30 at beauty salons.

Janetashbolt Mon 09-Sept-24 16:07:26

I use a battery operated Philips device, nearly every day, can't bear a hairy chin. What's annoying is I am 71 have very little body hair elsewhere, never needed to de-hair my legs or armpits!!!

MissAdventure Sat 07-Sept-24 19:00:11

Feeling, not telling!

MissAdventure Sat 07-Sept-24 18:59:41

It is exactly like a babys bum now.
I keep telling it, and there's not even any stubble!

I'm flabbergasted that a little shaver thing can do such a good job.

Oreo Sat 07-Sept-24 18:33:07

MissAdventure

Thank you.
I've just had a little look inside the "cutting part", and I reckon you're right.
At £5 I'll just buy another. smile

I feel as if my face has got a new lease on life!!

Like a baby’s bottom hey?😄
Another fan of the Flawless here, but I only need use it once every few weeks and btw am not over 70 nor anywhere near it.

MissAdventure Sat 07-Sept-24 16:31:26

I've barely got any eyebrows, annoyingly.

They're thin and sparse and fair enough that I've never had to do anything with them. (I penciled them in once,and my family laughed at me!)

AGAA4 Sat 07-Sept-24 16:18:30

I've got one for my eyebrows too.

MissAdventure Sat 07-Sept-24 16:14:59

Thank you.
I've just had a little look inside the "cutting part", and I reckon you're right.
At £5 I'll just buy another. smile

I feel as if my face has got a new lease on life!!

AGAA4 Sat 07-Sept-24 16:09:45

I think you can get replacements for that part but I never have. After a few years I just buy a new one. They do last quite a long time if you regularly brush out the hair.

MissAdventure Sat 07-Sept-24 15:43:17

Do you have to replace any part of it, at all?
The cutting part, for example?

AGAA4 Sat 07-Sept-24 15:35:57

Flawless is really good. I wouldn't be without it. Had a bit of a panic when I went away and forgot to take it. Had to make do with painful tweezing or grow a beard.

MissAdventure Sat 07-Sept-24 15:21:33

I bought the "flawless" (£4.99, ebay) after reading this thread, and can confirm, it's brilliant!

My face hasn't felt this smooth in years, despite tweeting, epilating, and shaving.

All of my hairs have gone, the horrible grey wiry ones, and the peach fuzz.

dogsmother Thu 05-Sept-24 11:21:20

Thatsamore you and me both!
My ex colleagues too had the care instructions, as I am considerably older, they were told if anything devastating happened on their watch, they must come in to see to that chore….I worked at the local hospital.
The stubble isn’t so bad and unless you know and don’t do it again the next morning, then you won’t know.

RosiesMaw2 Thu 05-Sept-24 10:00:08

Either I need to go to Specsavers or I am lucky in that I do not seem to suffer from this problem.
Not even by a hair on my chinny chin chin.
Something to be grateful for!

harrigran Thu 05-Sept-24 09:21:49

I have a bog standard pair of tweezers they are used every day to remove hairs as they appear. Not a big job if you keep on top of it.

Retread Thu 05-Sept-24 06:44:29

Yes I do! On my chin and upper lip. It momentarily stings during use but my skin isn't even red afterwards.

I've had it for a while and originally bought it because it was recommended for facial hair in a beauty editor's "best picks".

Delila Wed 04-Sept-24 23:22:31

Retread

I have this epilator, it’s brilliant. I use it a couple of times a week. It has a “tweezer effect” in other words, it’s not a shaver.

It’s electric, so I use it plugged in next to my dressing table.

amzn.eu/d/3glyAcX

Do you use that on your face?

Retread Wed 04-Sept-24 22:15:50

I have this epilator, it’s brilliant. I use it a couple of times a week. It has a “tweezer effect” in other words, it’s not a shaver.

It’s electric, so I use it plugged in next to my dressing table.

amzn.eu/d/3glyAcX

Llamas99 Wed 04-Sept-24 20:44:12

What a timely discussion! Found my first chin whisker last night! Flawless sounds to be the solution. Thanks!

Lydie45 Wed 04-Sept-24 17:58:14

Totally agree about the flawless remover I would have a moustache to rival Poirot without the flawless.

WelwynWitch3 Wed 04-Sept-24 09:42:41

A beautician I use to go to told me waxing and threading actually encouraged growth so I stopped having it done. Now I just use a facial hair removing cream, it seems to last a bit longer and I use tweezers in between. Facial elapidators don’t seem to work well on light or white hairs so would be waste of money. The only permanent way is by laser treatment.