Facial hair, avoiding Gandalf look

I too have noticed my facial hair is increasing ...I am 58. Have always been very hairy everywhere .l,,eight years ago I inherited some money and used this money to have laser treatment on my legs ...it was great and has worked really Weill .
I'm now thinking about it on my face. I have used depilatory creams on face and they are fine except that I need to leave the cream on longer than recommended and then I'm left with redness. I'm now on Jolen crime bleach ...that works but I feel it lightened the hair so much that in a certain light it's noticeable!!!!!
So I'm wondering whether to have laser treatment ....although the hIrs have to be dark for the laser to pick them out and zap them ...how can I go Round with dark hairs before I have them zapped and then afterwards it would take several days before the hairs fall out because of the laser...it's a bit of a dilemma

We must also think of how we would manage when older and eyesight not too hot..
We wouldn't notice the hairs as much as we do now...but everyone else would ....and don't say " oh well when I'm old I don't care ...cos I think deep down we all would"
I have an elderly nana ...aged 95 ...who I cared for for several years. ..she's now in a care home and the whiskers on her top lip are so dark and long .....,I drag her off to her own room away from all and snip them off for her ......of which she is eternally grateful ...we do have a giggle about it though !!!

Same problem here, would give threading a try, but haven't found anywhere local that does it.

Must confess to giving my chin the once over with Mr P's nose hair/eyebrow trimmer thing last week

IPL about six sessions once per month in a salon will get rid of any dark moustache, years and years before a few stray ones come back, I do not understand an earlier comment about waiting for them to get long, cos the therapist shaves the areas applies a gel, then when you have black goggles on holds the IPL tool which travels down the shaved hair shaft burning out the root. I think for the six treatments it will be about £180, could be cheaper in some area. The horrible stray ones on chin have to be tweezered out. So the fine blonde down, is the consensus that threading and or hair removal cream be the answer? Recently read that very young women have it done for that blonde down because it gives a cleaner look.

Lots of useful tips here. Thanks. Sounds as if the expensive Lumea is not a go-er which is worth knowing. Sadly cream hair removals set my skin off into allergies.
If anyone with fair downy proliferation of facial hair has done the threading option, would be interested to hear results. Fear my pathetic skin would erupt in agony!
Will look up the whiizit. Or may have to stick to my weird little JML gizmo.

I have a had this as a hormonal problem since my late teens Lots of Electrolosis in my 40s and 50s then professional IPL.
That worked well but the few repeat hairs I get now tend to be white.
Now I just go for electrolosis as needed. IPL is rather expensive but I have been lucky enough to have been able to manage this.
I struggled before I could afford electrolosis etc nothing else seemed to work. The creams made my skin sore.
I think I would try threading if I could find somewhere nearby.

Been having threading for ages. Haven't really noticed that it is painful and it is effective. They usually get you to hold you skin taut and stick your tongue in places round your lip to tighten the skin. Usually have it done about once a month when I'm in town doing the shopping. Quick and not messy. Great.

Threading where I live in London is quick and very cheap, a fiver for lip and chin. I also have my eyebrows done. Some girls are better than others but every salon offers this service. phoenix you will have to move methinks!

I bought a mirror from Amazon,ten times enlarger and illuminated ( batteries needed) I use this at least twice a week and remover those peskie b**gers,infact I also bought one for my daughter,we think they great,no one will tell you you have a hair on your chin,you suddenly notice them
I think they hide and pop out when you aren't looking ?

Nibbie do you know the name of it please?

This is what Angela1961 meant. Worth 84p of anyone's money! From the reviews it sounds as though some people have trouble mastering the technique, but once you have (and it's not hard) they're easy peasy. I've had one for over a year now and it's kept me fluff and beard free!

www.amazon.co.uk/EPISTICK-EPILATOR-FACIAL-REMOVAL-REMOVER/dp/B004LNXA0Y/ref=pd_lpo_194_lp_t_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=Q9WCFBX3F5Q7DFK5R3VB

IPL works extremely effectively in the salon on pigmented hair. Not on fair hair. Some manufacturers insist it does but we wouldn't treat white or blonde. I'm not sure about the no no.
In a salon situation medications and other contra indications are questioned before each treatment and both the client and operator have to wear goggles for protection. If the non salon bits of kit are strong enough to work why no protection?
Epil pro is a treatment that uses sound waves to weaken the hair root, a halfway house between plucking( threading and waxing are just mass plucking) and electrolysis. Good for more extensive areas than electrolysis. Both this treatment and epil pro take a long regime of regular appointments.

I see they also do a blackhead remover for 66p. Do people still get blackheads? Perhaps they belong on that other thread about things we don't see anymore

Sorry, that referred to my post above PamelaJ1's.

CHARLEYGIRL
I bought it from Amazon,FMG White Led Mirror 10xMagnification style 1081
£12.95

I have a friend who has the most enormous single crinkly white hair that grows out of her chin. I would think if you stretched it out it would be at least 5 inches. She has had it for years and years and apparently does nothing about it. It is so long that it could not be that she plucks it and it grows back - nothing could grow back that fast!

Maybe that is the way to go - just not give a about it!!

Ahh - I used asterisks on the last sentence - they have not appeared; so....give a toss about it.

Well I had my top lip waxed today. Yippee
Never had it done before. Have had it electrolysed years ago ...but noticed few coming back ...,beautician told me many women of my age get whiskers. ...a problem ...but waxing is still in very much .
Anyway will see how I get on .
Have my forearms waxed .....have done for years

i had a lot of electrolysis as I got hairier during menopause. Unfortunately it left scars on my chin/jawline until i was told about gold needles which did not leave me with further scarring.

I now just pluck/shave but why are we so worried about downy hair??

This is similar to the Superdrug gizmo I mentioned earlier:

www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00GJW6ITA/ref=pd_sim_121_7?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=B9Z30X4TJRK6318A856W

I seem to have lost all body hair ,I can't remember the last time I had to shave my legs ,it's all migrated to my eyebrows chin and moustache ! I'm allergic to all creams and bleaches so go for threading and tweezers . Still seem to miss a stray one though until I see it glinting in the mirror about an inch long !

I had one of the expensive machines a few years ago . Only when I received it did I read the literature which stated 'not to be used if you are diabetic'

I've had a few very expensive IPL removers that I was sent to trial over the years.
They don't work on dark skins, on areas of uneven pigmentation, on grey, red or blonde facial/body hair and can't be used on irritated/sensitive skin.
I've had some success with underarm hair and on my bikini line but it does grow back. You can only use the IPL on stubble as the hair root needs to be present to be zapped.

I stopped using the IPL's on my face, as I was concerned that my hairs weren't dark enough. I was also sent a facial epilator with a very narrow head that works a treat. It has a forward and reverse action to pluck hair growing in both directions.

When I had my eyebrows threaded I was astonished at how painful I found it, compared with epilating my upper lip, bikini area and armpits myself with various machines.

I thought I had a high pain threshold but threading my eyebrows gave me a rethink. I was sat in a chair in a shopping centre mall so couldn't exactly show any reaction, either!

The facial epilation sensation to me is a sharp prickle but deals with a lot of hairs at once. In the right light you can see the hairs flying in to the air as they are plucked. I think regrowth has been weaker following repeated plucking sessions, despite the old wives tale that it encourages growth.

I have a cheap version of the "No No" which I bought after reading about it on one of the forums on here. However, Hubby
pointed out that I was better off plucking the hairs as they would only come back everyday like his when he shaves.
I am currently recovering from an operation and after being laid up for a few days, I ventured out doors only to realise that I had totally forgotten to pluck over the past few days and was sporting a lovely beard!

Dear friend met a bishop and his wife at a church occasion. She leant forward helpfully to remove a stray hair on the wife's coat collar, only to find it was attached to said lady''s chin. She vowed never to be helpful again