Hair Removal...Plucking

Let me start off by saying this, plucking is a great way to remove hair in small areas, but if you are trying to remove hair from a large area, say your legs or your arms, this is probably not a method you would want to use.  To most women, plucking unwanted hair is probably one of the first methods you use (aside from shaving) And as much as I hate this time consuming method, I find that plucking unwanted hair can be the most effective, least irritating, and cheapest way to remove hair.  Usually this is a method I use if I have extra time, and this is the method that I prefer if I do have the extra time and I want my skin to look its best.  On an area like my chin, neck, side burns, and eybrows, I find I get the best results if I do pluck out the unwanted hair.  As far as tools and methods go I love my tweezerman tweezers.  I like using both slanted and pointed ones.

I also make sure that I have exfoliated the skin very well, that way the hair comes out much easier.  I also make sure that I put a warm towel on each area before I start to open up the pores, it helps the hair to slide right out. 

The Epilator...

Let me start off by saying that I was some what apprehensive to try this device.  Just turning the thing on and hearing the horrid noise that it made I wanted to put it back in the box and send it back to my mothers house.  So upon reading the directions I went on my way to try this out. I used the small guard like the directions suggested for small areas.

Panasonic ES-WD51-P Epiglide Ladies Wet Dry Epilator

So this is the model that I used, and since its the first (and last) time that I ever used an epilator, I am not sure how this device works in comparison with others.  

First off let me start by saying I don't have very sensitive skin, but I do sometimes have issues when I wax, shave or pluck the hair on my face/neck.  Although after using this, I had so many bumps, and spots that I have never had with any other type of hair removal. 

Secondly this was VERY painful to me, I can wax my facial hair and neck hair with hardly even flinching, and even when I pluck the hair it hardly bothers me at all.  The whole time I used this I was grimacing in pain.

And lastly I found that this epilator broke the hair off at the skin which caused a lot of ingrown hairs, and stubble.  To me it just seemed to defeat the purpose.  

All in all I must say that I gladly returned this to my mom.  So many women love the results they get from an epilator, maybe my skin is just to sensitive, cause I didn't have the results I had hoped for. 

Hair Removal...The Problem

First off let me start by saying that I have a big problem with hair, ever since puberty I had to worry about the dreaded hair removal.  Most girls don't have to worry about someone getting to close and seeing that I had hair sprouting from my chin and neck, but for me, that was the norm.  I think since the age of 11-12 I have tried anything and everything under the sun that mentioned removing hair, whether it be temporarily or permanently.  I am now 28, and still try to hide the hair that grows everywhere. From my chin, sideburns, neck, chest, and stomach.  I have been tested for any problem that could possibly cause the "abnormal" hair growth.  I have been on countless medications just in hopes to keep the hair at bay.  Much to my disappointment I have yet to find anything to work.  This has been about a 17 year battle, that I am losing, only to be told that I am just a hairy person.


So I have decided to document the things I have tried, to hopefully help someone that might be in the same situation as me.  This shall be my journey to find something that works...