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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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My forearms, armpits and legs.
I was resembling a wilderbeast with my lockdown body hair.
I then applied aftersun to ease the burning 
Anyone brave enough to do their lady garden with one?
I tried 3 times over 10 years, never got further than the bikini line  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Well you have just put me off ever getting one
What about those home laser things.. They look amazing , but i suspect are rubbish  "
There is one here, but it is remembering to do it every 2 weeks to start with |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Well you have just put me off ever getting one
What about those home laser things.. They look amazing , but i suspect are rubbish
There is one here, but it is remembering to do it every 2 weeks to start with"
Oh.. Would you recommend it? |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"No I use tweezers to pluck stray hairs instead, helps being short trimmed on top, I'm scared I'd have a catastrophe if I epilated down there  "
Lip caught in a spinning device is something horror films are made of, and yes, I have thought of it |
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over a year ago
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"Well you have just put me off ever getting one
What about those home laser things.. They look amazing , but i suspect are rubbish
There is one here, but it is remembering to do it every 2 weeks to start with
Oh.. Would you recommend it? "
It is easy use and doesnt hurt, I dont know about results as not used long enough x |
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"Well you have just put me off ever getting one
What about those home laser things.. They look amazing , but i suspect are rubbish "
They are ok - but you have to keep up the regime over a few months to really see the benefit
less painful than an epilator though |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"My forearms, armpits and legs.
I was resembling a wilderbeast with my lockdown body hair.
I then applied aftersun to ease the burning
Anyone brave enough to do their lady garden with one?
I tried 3 times over 10 years, never got further than the bikini line "
I’m the same as you, I’ve ventured down as far as the bikini line and thought ow, no  !
I just use a razor now, and Hollywood bladez on some places. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"What are Hollywood blades? I shave and laser as much as I can. Didn't use epilator in over a decade and never went behind bikini line "
I’ll send you a pic. It’s a blade for the peach fuzz on your face mainly |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"What are Hollywood blades? I shave and laser as much as I can. Didn't use epilator in over a decade and never went behind bikini line
I’ll send you a pic. It’s a blade for the peach fuzz on your face mainly "
Aaaah I know these. Message me please x |
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I have in the past and found the trick was to do it after my legs so I'd kind of got used to the pain rather than going straight to that area 'cold'. Mind you I always had to finish off the very last bit with a razor as I was too frightened of catching my lips in the whirring blades. And learnt the hard way to always wear a bra when leaning over your lower body. What I did find - and it might just be my sensitive skin of course - was that epilating prompted a lot of painful ingrown hairs which isn't a good look and was one of the reasons I now leave my pubic hair alone mostly. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I have in the past and found the trick was to do it after my legs so I'd kind of got used to the pain rather than going straight to that area 'cold'. Mind you I always had to finish off the very last bit with a razor as I was too frightened of catching my lips in the whirring blades. And learnt the hard way to always wear a bra when leaning over your lower body. What I did find - and it might just be my sensitive skin of course - was that epilating prompted a lot of painful ingrown hairs which isn't a good look and was one of the reasons I now leave my pubic hair alone mostly. "
Waxing did that to me sadly  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I do everything with mine, honestly I found the legs hurt more than bikini. Once you get over the fear, it's fine  "
Wait, did you not see this comment
Lip caught in a spinning device is something horror films are made of |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"What are Hollywood blades? I shave and laser as much as I can. Didn't use epilator in over a decade and never went behind bikini line
I’ll send you a pic. It’s a blade for the peach fuzz on your face mainly "
"Adds to basket" |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I do everything with mine, honestly I found the legs hurt more than bikini. Once you get over the fear, it's fine
Wait, did you not see this comment
Lip caught in a spinning device is something horror films are made of"
Yep not gonna lie, there have been a few incidents but mostly it's fine |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"My forearms, armpits and legs.
I was resembling a wilderbeast with my lockdown body hair.
I then applied aftersun to ease the burning
Anyone brave enough to do their lady garden with one?
I tried 3 times over 10 years, never got further than the bikini line "
I literally hate the epilators, been using the laser (bosidin) and I’m loving it. I still need to do another 5 weeks but can already see massive results and doesn’t hurt too much at all x |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"My forearms, armpits and legs.
I was resembling a wilderbeast with my lockdown body hair.
I then applied aftersun to ease the burning
Anyone brave enough to do their lady garden with one?
I tried 3 times over 10 years, never got further than the bikini line
I literally hate the epilators, been using the laser (bosidin) and I’m loving it. I still need to do another 5 weeks but can already see massive results and doesn’t hurt too much at all x "
Ps: the laser machine was about £350 but happy with the purchase  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"My forearms, armpits and legs.
I was resembling a wilderbeast with my lockdown body hair.
I then applied aftersun to ease the burning
Anyone brave enough to do their lady garden with one?
I tried 3 times over 10 years, never got further than the bikini line
I literally hate the epilators, been using the laser (bosidin) and I’m loving it. I still need to do another 5 weeks but can already see massive results and doesn’t hurt too much at all x
Ps: the laser machine was about £350 but happy with the purchase "
If it lasts a lifetime it is a good investment... Do you have to keep doing it like every month or so?? Can you use it everywhere (vi-jay-jay too?) |
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"My forearms, armpits and legs.
I was resembling a wilderbeast with my lockdown body hair.
I then applied aftersun to ease the burning
Anyone brave enough to do their lady garden with one?
I tried 3 times over 10 years, never got further than the bikini line
I literally hate the epilators, been using the laser (bosidin) and I’m loving it. I still need to do another 5 weeks but can already see massive results and doesn’t hurt too much at all x
Ps: the laser machine was about £350 but happy with the purchase "
I really should start using mine and getting into a routine with it.
I got a Philips one with attachments for everything including the face...not cheap but meant to be worth the effort. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"My forearms, armpits and legs.
I was resembling a wilderbeast with my lockdown body hair.
I then applied aftersun to ease the burning
Anyone brave enough to do their lady garden with one?
I tried 3 times over 10 years, never got further than the bikini line
I literally hate the epilators, been using the laser (bosidin) and I’m loving it. I still need to do another 5 weeks but can already see massive results and doesn’t hurt too much at all x
Ps: the laser machine was about £350 but happy with the purchase
If it lasts a lifetime it is a good investment... Do you have to keep doing it like every month or so?? Can you use it everywhere (vi-jay-jay too?) "
You have to do it like every week depending on how thick ur hair is. I do it twice a week (takes me about 45-60 mins to do all areas)
It is a bit time consuming but thanks to lockdown I guess I can spend more time fiddling with it!
Also it’s not totally suitable for white/ginger/light blonde hair as the machine can’t recognise the pigment of the hair so it won’t be as effective. The people that get best results are the light skin ones with really dark hair . But seems to be working on me even with my medium white/olive skin
I was at my wits end with shaving and razor bumps and wanted something more permanent that makes me feel totally smooth. The hair atm is regrowing tho I can see a difference in amount (some parts are already hairless) and the hair is way thinner than it used to be. I’ll keep u all updated on final results which should be in 5 weeks |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"My forearms, armpits and legs.
I was resembling a wilderbeast with my lockdown body hair.
I then applied aftersun to ease the burning
Anyone brave enough to do their lady garden with one?
I tried 3 times over 10 years, never got further than the bikini line
I literally hate the epilators, been using the laser (bosidin) and I’m loving it. I still need to do another 5 weeks but can already see massive results and doesn’t hurt too much at all x
Ps: the laser machine was about £350 but happy with the purchase
I really should start using mine and getting into a routine with it.
I got a Philips one with attachments for everything including the face...not cheap but meant to be worth the effort."
I was thorn between the Philips and the bosidin and ended up going with the alternative as it looks very Dyson-esque and was developed with Stanford university. Also it has a great setting that cools the skin so the zap isn’t as bad.
And yes you need to get into the routine. It is time consuming and all but worth it. I’ve done 7 sessions in total in the past 3 weeks .. and got my 8th on Thursday |
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"My forearms, armpits and legs.
I was resembling a wilderbeast with my lockdown body hair.
I then applied aftersun to ease the burning
Anyone brave enough to do their lady garden with one?
I tried 3 times over 10 years, never got further than the bikini line
I literally hate the epilators, been using the laser (bosidin) and I’m loving it. I still need to do another 5 weeks but can already see massive results and doesn’t hurt too much at all x
Ps: the laser machine was about £350 but happy with the purchase
I really should start using mine and getting into a routine with it.
I got a Philips one with attachments for everything including the face...not cheap but meant to be worth the effort.
I was thorn between the Philips and the bosidin and ended up going with the alternative as it looks very Dyson-esque and was developed with Stanford university. Also it has a great setting that cools the skin so the zap isn’t as bad.
And yes you need to get into the routine. It is time consuming and all but worth it. I’ve done 7 sessions in total in the past 3 weeks .. and got my 8th on Thursday "
It was the price that swung it, £200 on ebay vs £545 from boots and it was immaculate being only a couple of months old.
Reading your post above is all I need to hear, I need to make the effort if your results are that good  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"What are Hollywood blades? I shave and laser as much as I can. Didn't use epilator in over a decade and never went behind bikini line
I’ll send you a pic. It’s a blade for the peach fuzz on your face mainly
"Adds to basket" "
Ooh, let me know |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"My forearms, armpits and legs.
I was resembling a wilderbeast with my lockdown body hair.
I then applied aftersun to ease the burning
Anyone brave enough to do their lady garden with one?
I tried 3 times over 10 years, never got further than the bikini line
I literally hate the epilators, been using the laser (bosidin) and I’m loving it. I still need to do another 5 weeks but can already see massive results and doesn’t hurt too much at all x
Ps: the laser machine was about £350 but happy with the purchase
I really should start using mine and getting into a routine with it.
I got a Philips one with attachments for everything including the face...not cheap but meant to be worth the effort.
I was thorn between the Philips and the bosidin and ended up going with the alternative as it looks very Dyson-esque and was developed with Stanford university. Also it has a great setting that cools the skin so the zap isn’t as bad.
And yes you need to get into the routine. It is time consuming and all but worth it. I’ve done 7 sessions in total in the past 3 weeks .. and got my 8th on Thursday
It was the price that swung it, £200 on ebay vs £545 from boots and it was immaculate being only a couple of months old.
Reading your post above is all I need to hear, I need to make the effort if your results are that good "
That’s a great price to be fair! I heard great things about the Philips one as well
Yes don’t give up! Unlike the laser that u get from the salon which is more powerful, the IPL u do at home you just have to keep doing it for 8-9 weeks non stop and eventually the hair won’t regrow any longer (and just do an upkeep every 8 weeks). Or if it does it’s small patches so u can quickly keep zapping the small areas. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"My forearms, armpits and legs.
I was resembling a wilderbeast with my lockdown body hair.
I then applied aftersun to ease the burning
Anyone brave enough to do their lady garden with one?
I tried 3 times over 10 years, never got further than the bikini line
I literally hate the epilators, been using the laser (bosidin) and I’m loving it. I still need to do another 5 weeks but can already see massive results and doesn’t hurt too much at all x
Ps: the laser machine was about £350 but happy with the purchase
If it lasts a lifetime it is a good investment... Do you have to keep doing it like every month or so?? Can you use it everywhere (vi-jay-jay too?)
You have to do it like every week depending on how thick ur hair is. I do it twice a week (takes me about 45-60 mins to do all areas)
It is a bit time consuming but thanks to lockdown I guess I can spend more time fiddling with it!
Also it’s not totally suitable for white/ginger/light blonde hair as the machine can’t recognise the pigment of the hair so it won’t be as effective. The people that get best results are the light skin ones with really dark hair . But seems to be working on me even with my medium white/olive skin
I was at my wits end with shaving and razor bumps and wanted something more permanent that makes me feel totally smooth. The hair atm is regrowing tho I can see a difference in amount (some parts are already hairless) and the hair is way thinner than it used to be. I’ll keep u all updated on final results which should be in 5 weeks "
i always avoided laser because i am quite sallow skinned and ive heard the darker the skin the more painful and the less effective - because the laser works on darker pigment which is how it find the hair or something
you now have me thinking , its winter, its lockdown, i dont have a home sunbed ... im starting. resemble casper and pribably as light as i will ever be ... maybe now is the time  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"My forearms, armpits and legs.
I was resembling a wilderbeast with my lockdown body hair.
I then applied aftersun to ease the burning
Anyone brave enough to do their lady garden with one?
I tried 3 times over 10 years, never got further than the bikini line
I literally hate the epilators, been using the laser (bosidin) and I’m loving it. I still need to do another 5 weeks but can already see massive results and doesn’t hurt too much at all x
Ps: the laser machine was about £350 but happy with the purchase
If it lasts a lifetime it is a good investment... Do you have to keep doing it like every month or so?? Can you use it everywhere (vi-jay-jay too?)
You have to do it like every week depending on how thick ur hair is. I do it twice a week (takes me about 45-60 mins to do all areas)
It is a bit time consuming but thanks to lockdown I guess I can spend more time fiddling with it!
Also it’s not totally suitable for white/ginger/light blonde hair as the machine can’t recognise the pigment of the hair so it won’t be as effective. The people that get best results are the light skin ones with really dark hair . But seems to be working on me even with my medium white/olive skin
I was at my wits end with shaving and razor bumps and wanted something more permanent that makes me feel totally smooth. The hair atm is regrowing tho I can see a difference in amount (some parts are already hairless) and the hair is way thinner than it used to be. I’ll keep u all updated on final results which should be in 5 weeks
i always avoided laser because i am quite sallow skinned and ive heard the darker the skin the more painful and the less effective - because the laser works on darker pigment which is how it find the hair or something
you now have me thinking , its winter, its lockdown, i dont have a home sunbed ... im starting. resemble casper and pribably as light as i will ever be ... maybe now is the time "
It works best with the fairest skin because the machine can detect better the pigment of the hair having said thst skin type 2-3-4 are all very effective (4 being like a milky coffee type)
5 not so good, and 6 (dark skin) as not effective and to be avoided.
I can’t see ur pics but I’d say u would get great results, maybe instead of once a week you can do like me twice a week spaced with 3 days .
As said, salons are closed and got still plenty of time to zap away |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"My forearms, armpits and legs.
I was resembling a wilderbeast with my lockdown body hair.
I then applied aftersun to ease the burning
Anyone brave enough to do their lady garden with one?
I tried 3 times over 10 years, never got further than the bikini line
I literally hate the epilators, been using the laser (bosidin) and I’m loving it. I still need to do another 5 weeks but can already see massive results and doesn’t hurt too much at all x
Ps: the laser machine was about £350 but happy with the purchase
If it lasts a lifetime it is a good investment... Do you have to keep doing it like every month or so?? Can you use it everywhere (vi-jay-jay too?)
You have to do it like every week depending on how thick ur hair is. I do it twice a week (takes me about 45-60 mins to do all areas)
It is a bit time consuming but thanks to lockdown I guess I can spend more time fiddling with it!
Also it’s not totally suitable for white/ginger/light blonde hair as the machine can’t recognise the pigment of the hair so it won’t be as effective. The people that get best results are the light skin ones with really dark hair . But seems to be working on me even with my medium white/olive skin
I was at my wits end with shaving and razor bumps and wanted something more permanent that makes me feel totally smooth. The hair atm is regrowing tho I can see a difference in amount (some parts are already hairless) and the hair is way thinner than it used to be. I’ll keep u all updated on final results which should be in 5 weeks
i always avoided laser because i am quite sallow skinned and ive heard the darker the skin the more painful and the less effective - because the laser works on darker pigment which is how it find the hair or something
you now have me thinking , its winter, its lockdown, i dont have a home sunbed ... im starting. resemble casper and pribably as light as i will ever be ... maybe now is the time "
If u are fair with dark hair then u are the best candidate  |
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"My forearms, armpits and legs.
I was resembling a wilderbeast with my lockdown body hair.
I then applied aftersun to ease the burning
Anyone brave enough to do their lady garden with one?
I tried 3 times over 10 years, never got further than the bikini line
I literally hate the epilators, been using the laser (bosidin) and I’m loving it. I still need to do another 5 weeks but can already see massive results and doesn’t hurt too much at all x
Ps: the laser machine was about £350 but happy with the purchase
If it lasts a lifetime it is a good investment... Do you have to keep doing it like every month or so?? Can you use it everywhere (vi-jay-jay too?)
You have to do it like every week depending on how thick ur hair is. I do it twice a week (takes me about 45-60 mins to do all areas)
It is a bit time consuming but thanks to lockdown I guess I can spend more time fiddling with it!
Also it’s not totally suitable for white/ginger/light blonde hair as the machine can’t recognise the pigment of the hair so it won’t be as effective. The people that get best results are the light skin ones with really dark hair . But seems to be working on me even with my medium white/olive skin
I was at my wits end with shaving and razor bumps and wanted something more permanent that makes me feel totally smooth. The hair atm is regrowing tho I can see a difference in amount (some parts are already hairless) and the hair is way thinner than it used to be. I’ll keep u all updated on final results which should be in 5 weeks
i always avoided laser because i am quite sallow skinned and ive heard the darker the skin the more painful and the less effective - because the laser works on darker pigment which is how it find the hair or something
you now have me thinking , its winter, its lockdown, i dont have a home sunbed ... im starting. resemble casper and pribably as light as i will ever be ... maybe now is the time "
Yeah don't zap tattoo's....it bloody hurts |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I have in the past and found the trick was to do it after my legs so I'd kind of got used to the pain rather than going straight to that area 'cold'. Mind you I always had to finish off the very last bit with a razor as I was too frightened of catching my lips in the whirring blades. And learnt the hard way to always wear a bra when leaning over your lower body. What I did find - and it might just be my sensitive skin of course - was that epilating prompted a lot of painful ingrown hairs which isn't a good look and was one of the reasons I now leave my pubic hair alone mostly. "
I crossed my legs at the mere thought of "catching my lips in the whirring blades"
Respect to all the Epilator ladies! |
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By *konCouple
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"Well you have just put me off ever getting one
What about those home laser things.. They look amazing , but i suspect are rubbish "
Home lasers are utter , total rubbish . Don’t bothetb |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I always use an epilator on my legs. Once they start going numb the pain isn’t too bad!
Always used to get my other bits waxed but during this lockdown I’ve let things grow back albeit nicely trimmed and shaped. I’m actually quite liking the new look and might keep it after years of getting everything off. It’s far easier to maintain.
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