Old Lady Facial Hair

Phoenix said:
I have one too, but it does not help me. I don't wear makeup. I stopped tweezing my eyebrows when I could no longer see the hairs very well. I decided plucking the eyebrows was dumb anyway unless one has a uni-brow.
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I tried one of these as well and it didn't work well for me either. I love going to the spa to get them to remove everything but it ends up being around $70 with tax and tip! I can't afford that very often.
 

chic said:
I take care of any unwanted sprouting anywhere. Why not? I care.
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I use an electric shaver to shave those chin & upper lip whiskers when they sprout. Used to pluck them, but grasping them with tweezers became too difficult, even if I used a little spotlight on them--hands too shaky. I once asked my youngest daughter to pluck any she sees if I'm in the hospital for days. She just grimmest. lol
 
Elsie said:
I use an electric shaver to shave those chin & upper lip whiskers when they sprout. Used to pluck them, but grasping them with tweezers became too difficult, even if I used a little spotlight on them--hands too shaky. I once asked my youngest daughter to pluck any she sees if I'm in the hospital for days. She just grimmest. lol
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Aw. I pluck them for my mom but don't tell her I said so.
 

This problem is not only ‘old ladies” some young women have issues as well
I know of two, one never shaves or removes the very thick hair which is about 3 inches long and mainly under her chin area, We were dancing friends of her parents ( her fathers now deceased ) .

She had a disabled son and when he died at 21 we attended the funeral so that’s how we know her, she’s never worked but now her one and only child is deceased she has to work for the dole
she’s working for a large salvos op shop serving so she’s out there in public.

I’m sure her parents would have encouraged her to treat her facial hair but she never has
 
I gave up on the spearmint tea and the little contraptions that affect me like shaving. It feels brisley and makes me feel not feminine. I have gone back to tweezing and that is what really works. I can't afford to go to a salon as I already go for nails and hair. I have a magnifying mirror on my shelf in the bathroom and just keep the tweezers there, handy. I see now, that it lasts much longer and now my skin is becoming soft again. I have to keep onto it though.
 
Since I first posted to this thread in June of last year, my need to use the Braun Epilators has lessened. I was doing legs, underarms and upper lip once a week to start (vs shaving every 2 - 3 days) and after several months that moved to every 10 days or so. It hit me the other day when I was charging both epilators that I was only doing it once every couple weeks now.

The hair that’s there is still growing, but it seems like there’s less of it, and what’s still there is growing more slowly. I’ll take it!!

And the hair is softer too. That’s the thing I like most about epilating vs shaving....there’s zero stubble, and even when the hair grows, it’s soft and silky.
 
I use an epilator on my face but for some reason it doesn't get the short dark hairs. Once they grow out a bit longer it grabs them well though, and most of the 'peach fuzz' hair. The problem with my darker hairs is they aren't all visible to me - if they are under my chin enough or at the side of my neck area, I can't see them to pluck them. It's times like this I wish I had a sister who lived next door so we can pluck each others old lady hairs :)
 
BlissfullyUnawareCanadian said:
I use an epilator on my face but for some reason it doesn't get the short dark hairs. Once they grow out a bit longer it grabs them well though, and most of the 'peach fuzz' hair. The problem with my darker hairs is they aren't all visible to me - if they are under my chin enough or at the side of my neck area, I can't see them to pluck them. It's times like this I wish I had a sister who lived next door so we can pluck each others old lady hairs :)
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I use a magnifying mirror to make visible all the chin & neck stray hairs.
 
debodun said:
I couldn't help but notice at the senior's club meeting yesterday, how many women have long hairs on their face. One woman I used to deliver meals-on-wheels to had ones so long they curled up and over her chin - I wanted to grab them and yank them out. I keep after mine and do stray hair patrol evey few days and pluck out any I can see or feel. Am I OCD about this, or don't other women consider it necessary to do this grooming procedure?
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For whatever reason it grows, I shave my facial hair on a regular basis. I can't stand having facial fuzzy hair.
 
I'd be afraid to start shaving those few hairs on my chin. I'd hate for them to grow out thick!
 

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