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Sadly, I have to stop Epilating... 😪

Skyegirl21 — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 01:14:09 GMT

I started epilating almost two years ago and I have loved it. It was the answer to my problem. My leg hair is more dense and bristly than a wire brush, it’s awful, I can’t stand it myself. I have to shave every other day because it’s so prickly.

Epilating helped a lot because I was without hair for longer time and the regrowth was softer and less prickly than shaving.

BUT now, over time the ingrown hair bumps have increased horribly- I tried everything, including wet and dry exfoliating, but my hair is curly, and the ingrown hairs get worse over time. I have bumps and boils, it’s not pretty.

So I’m going back to shaving. 😭 I cant win this war on leg hair, I surrender. I guess there are worse problems... Has anyone else seen this with epilating?

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Snoopp — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 01:26:48 GMT

I haven't had a problem but have you tried Tend Skin? It reduces ingrown hairs. That might do the trick.

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D Kay — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 01:29:10 GMT

Yes, I have had the same problem. Not to the degree you are describing but I definitely had ingrown hair bumps. Back to shaving.

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BirkiLady — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 01:32:29 GMT

@Skyegirl21 That is a problem. For those of us who epilate, the thought of shaving is sheer horror! Have you tried a warm bath with epsom salts, then epilating? That's the method I use. The epsom salts are soothing and also seem to exfoliate. I've never done a seperate exfoliatiation and I've been epilating for years and years. Perhaps you are irritating your skin? Hope this suggestions helps.

I follow up with Philosophy's Amazing Grace Firming Body Emulsion Lotion. These 69-year old legs always look attractive and I haven't worried about hairy legs in a over 15 years - maybe longer! Best wishes.

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Katcat1 — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 01:55:58 GMT

@Skyegirl21 This is interesting. The hair on my legs is barely there. With age, it stopped growing. I do get a little hair on my legs but hardly anything. I will shave maybe every 2 mos. My underarms completely stopped growing hair. I love it. Friends my age still need to shave. I am not sure why this happened to me but I am thankful.

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Drythe — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 02:17:44 GMT

😮 Wow, I’m sorry. I’ve used an epilator for 20 years. I would be lost.

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San Antonio Gal — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 02:34:02 GMT

@Katcat1- The hair on my legs stopped growing many years ago too. I never had much to begin with on my legs. I do epilate my underarms and very little grows back so I continue to do my underarms. However, I have very thick hair on my head - thank goodness.

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ItsME — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 02:37:07 GMT

@Katcat1, I'm like you. I was never hairy, but have even less hair now. Rarely shave.

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@Skyegirl21 This is interesting. The hair on my legs is barely there. With age, it stopped growing. I do get a little hair on my legs but hardly anything. I will shave maybe every 2 mos. My underarms completely stopped growing hair. I love it. Friends my age still need to shave. I am not sure why this happened to me but I am thankful.

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suzyQ3 — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 02:43:34 GMT

wrote:
I started epilating almost two years ago and I have loved it. It was the answer to my problem. My leg hair is more dense and bristly than a wire brush, it’s awful, I can’t stand it myself. I have to shave every other day because it’s so prickly.
Epilating helped a lot because I was without hair for longer time and the regrowth was softer and less prickly than shaving.

BUT now, over time the ingrown hair bumps have increased horribly- I tried everything, including wet and dry exfoliating, but my hair is curly, and the ingrown hairs get worse over time. I have bumps and boils, it’s not pretty.

So I’m going back to shaving. 😭 I cant win this war on leg hair, I surrender. I guess there are worse problems... Has anyone else seen this with epilating?

@Skyegirl21, yes, curly hair is difficult. I had that problem with chin hairs, and started getting ingrown hairs. I finally took care of it with electrolysis.

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Katcat1 — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 05:02:42 GMT

@San Antonio Gal You are lucky to have thick hair on your head. Mine is medium but with thick hair you can wear the best short hair do's. I wear my short and it looks good but a woman with the same style and thick hair always looks better. Isn't that strange that the hair stops growing?

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SweetPaisley — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 11:10:09 GMT

I have been epilating my upper lip and was having problems with ingrown hair which created bumps and redness and thought I too would have to give up epilating... A couple of weeks ago I found this product on Amazon and the reviews were pretty amazing so I thought why not give it a try. Oh my goodness, I am so glad I ordered it.. it is called Kerah Lane Organice Razor, Bump and Ingrown Hair formula. It is all natural and a serum which I apply a thin layer after I epilate and it dries quickly. So far, so good as no bumps or ingrown hairs since I started using !! Great customer service also ! for use on legs, etc

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Skyegirl21 — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 11:20:32 GMT

Thanks for the suggestions... I’ll let the problems clear up and I may try again! ❣️Happy February- Skye

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LUVNLIFE — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 11:30:18 GMT

I tried epilating on my face- not good. I ended put seeing a dermatologist and she told me to stop epilating. I now use the Tria all over and have no ingrown hairs, bumps etc. Pricey system but great results.

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jlkz — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 13:49:35 GMT

@Snoopp

I have been trying to remember the product name that the aesthetician recommended for ingrown hairs. Thank you for mentioning Tend Skin.

My eyebrow hairs are a mixed bag from the start. They are very similar to my dad’s. After years of co start and aggressive tweezing, I finally got them into a decent shape.

One area at the beginning of a brow tends to have a lot of tiny ingrown hairs. Concealer is needed to cover the “surgical” site.

Where do you find Tend Skin ?

TIA

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SilleeMee — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 14:15:24 GMT

I use to epilate my bikini area. Then the ingrowns started getting bad. I started using Neosporin right after epilating my bikini area and it took care of that problem. I finally had all of my body hair lasered away. Just tired of all the shaving and epilating, not to mention ingrowns. I had my facial hair lasered away, too, but the peach fuzz is still here. I just use an electric shaver for that because I tried to epilate them and got ingrown hairs...not good.

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aprildreams — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 14:20:45 GMT

Have you tried professional waxing?

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Jacie — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 14:31:08 GMT

I agree with using Tend Skin, I have epilated for years but my bikini area needs to have the Tend Skin.

After seeing the recent costs of blades I am not sure what I'd do without my epilator!

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LindaSal — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 14:32:40 GMT

I had my legs and underarms lasered too. Yes it was expensive but it is the smartest money I've ever spent!!!!! Skin is flawless and never, ever have to shave. @Skyegirl21 if you can do it, I highly recommend it.

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zitawins — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 14:59:19 GMT

@Skyegirl21 Me, too. I am enjoying the freedom!

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aggravated — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 15:00:04 GMT

When epilating a very long time ago I had the same experience. The ingrown hair situation with the bumps and inflamation was worse looking than the hair. And painful too. I had to stop as well. Shaving is, at least, pretty quick for me and should be as I've been doing it for many years..