Hairy face

I bought an Epistick (99p from Amaazon) after reading Maggiemaybe's post early in this thread. It took me a little while to get the hang of it, but, once I did, I found it really easy and convenient to use. I keep it in my makeup bag and, when I feel I am looking a little "downy", I just give my chin the once over. A brilliant little gadget!

Apologies for delay annsixty, had to go off and see what I'd ordered. It was a Phillips facial precision JP6390/10. It was a little while ago, so not sure if that would still be the current model. If you have fine downey facial hair it would do the trick. Hope that helps.

Tamoxifen did it for me.

I also got a very downy face after taking Anastrozole .Was that the drug breeze?
My friend said her SiL got treatment for hers on the NHS but I never found out what is was. I just put up with it now, feel too old to bother doing anything about it but am interested in the fine hair shaver. Is it Boot's own make. Purely as a matter of interest you understand

You wouldn't believe what I looked like after taking a hormone drug for cancer treatment. My friend said 'Never mind, you can get a bit of work over christmas'! As I didn't want to buy a red suit! I bought a battery operated facial fine hair shaver (Boots) and it removed the hair easily. It didn't come back stubbly or worse. But I appreciate it does depend on the type of facial hair. If you have very dark hair, it's quite thick (mine was very downey) and it's bothering you, I would see a professional to see the options and cost.

DD1 has PCOS and has had laser treatment about £1000 to date on her sideburns Even then it grows back she's saving to have her chin done
I'm about to have another batch of electrolysis as the b*****s on my chin are getting worse again and the white ones are getting coarser
The DDs have promised to tweezer them out when I am old lady in nursing home

I posted about this on an earlier link. My SIL had real problems and was prescribed Vaniqa. It really worked, but had to be applied twice daily. I just spoke to her & she still uses it. It's very expensive to buy without prescription but you can get from your pharmacy ( Lloyds). she says, used on small areas, thinly, a month's supply actually lasts 3 months!
Stops hair growing, so no stubble.
www.fairyhairs.com/is-hair-growth-inhibitor-lotion-safe-for-everyday-use/

Also I forgot to mention that Electrolysis is not permanent, and it is expensive. I believe that the only permanent way of removing facial hair is by lazer.

First of all ladies, please do NOT get a NO-NO. This horrible device is a blade which is heated up by an element and it literally burns the hairs off at skin level.

It has a dreadful reputation for burning people, and also they don't like to refund your money.

I epilate my face, using a small facial epilator. It hurts a bit but for me it lasts longer than any other method of hair removal.

Shaving is not kind to your skin, it creates stubble which you have to shave off regularly, so it is a vicious circle. Just look at men's faces !

Waxing is good but can be rather traumatic on sensitive areas such as the upper lip. Ouch !

Using a cream like Veet is acceptable for me but never IMMAC as it is horrible stuff

I tweezer the big ones out as the epilator does not seem to like them

Good luck !

I actually shave mine although it's said to be really bad.

OMG that is horrendous. I would never, ever do that.

I'm reviving this thread because I saw this link on another forum:
www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3631616/Oregon-woman-ditches-razors-grows-beard.html
The poor woman, but she has some confidence to be able to do this! Puts my problem into perspective, (a few stray hairs every day.)

Having a hairy face is not aesthetically pleasing for most women, I continue to pluck out the odd hair on my face here and there, I have no desire to compete with my sons' goatees when they are in facial hair growing mode, which is quite often when they can't be arsed shaving! But good luck to any woman who wants to emulate Clark Gable it's all about choice.

I spend far more on eyebrow products rather than mascara, now eyelashes are becoming more sparse. There seems to be rather a lot of emphasis on eyebrows of late.

One of the few upsides of having an under active thyroid is that I don't seem to have much in the way of body hair I'm happy to say. Plenty on on my head thankfully and I still end up with more hair on my brush than dear hubby has on his head

Maybe we could all join in the Movember hisuite month later in the year! I have told my DGCs that my eyebrows(now sparse) have lost there sense of direction and now grow on my neck and chin

(Grin)

I think I do it because I don't want to see that whiskery old witch grinning out at me from my bathroom mirror. I might be wrong, but I don't think DH would dare comment if I chose to cultivate a walrus moustache and a set of mutton chop sideburns.

Indeed..exactly the point I was making on the burkini thread. We feel pressured into altering appearance to fit in with social morms..usually determined by men!

I reckon we remove it as hairiness equates to masculinity.

What is it that makes us spend time and money removing hair from our bodies?

I agree about threading. A quick and effective treatment for facial hair

I read somewhere that models (female) shave their chins and upper lips so I've been doing it for some time - yes, it works (for me as well as them), no fuzz!

@Maggiemaybe, thanks for the recommendation. I have ordered one. Less than the price of a takeaway coffee, so nothing to lose!, except my beard

Yes, phoenix it is very expensive. It was idle curiosity on my part.

I thought the Philips Lumea thingy was an expensive bit of kit, am I wrong?

Threading is the way to go...gentle on the skin (I have my eyebrows & upper lip done.
It does hurt a bit but is quick & lats lnger than waxing