I’ve tried shaving my leg hair a few times now, but it takes an hour or two just to get back with stubble within roughly two to three days at most. Also for some reason my skin just can’t help get irritated, no matter how much I exfoliate, apply lotion afterwards, all that stuff. Because of this, I’ve been looking into other options
- wax seems fine, but having to buy new stuff each time sounds like a pain
- shaving cream sounds too good to be true, but from what I’ve read it also really messes up your pores, so I’d rather not
And so I landed on epilators. Since masc hair is a bit tougher though, I’m wondering if any of you have recommendations of epilators that actually do the trick? I’ve read a few reviews of some and every now and then you see a review along the lines of “I’m a man and it didn’t work properly for me since the battery ran out before I was done” and since I’m not on hormones or anything, I assume my hair growth is similar-ish, meaning it wouldn’t be much of an option for me either.
So again, do any of you recommendations for good epilators? And if not, do you have any shaving tricks or generally other ideas for how to get rid of leg, or even better, all kinds of body hair? I loved the feeling I had after shaving my legs, it just sucked that it lasted for two days and then I had about a week’s worth of leg itching, despite trying my best to do avoid that.
I tried epilation and it hurt too much, does anyone have experience with or recommend ipl or laser devices or services?
I’ve had laser on my face, it was pre-hrt so it took like twice as many sessions as normal. The face is also a much cheaper region to get laser on, but the results are fantastic, I’d recommend it if you can afford it, have light skin, dark hair and can deal with the pain.
The pain is probably comparable to epilation, but each session is over much faster. And modern laser is increasingly comfortable, especially the fancy new cold plate lasers.
IPL is decent, but not a complete solution. It only stops pigmented hairs, so depending on area you might only see a 50-80% reduction in hairs, but the survivors will be less visible so at least you won’t need to shave as often.
It has been great on my arms & legs, helpful on my chest, but has done almost nothing for my facial hair and I don’t know why.