Hello, I just registered but I have been reading the information on HairTell for a week or so. I am a young female that is very fair and has very dark brown hair. I am not excessively hairy but most all of my ancestry is from cold areas and I think I was built for warmth a little more then some women ^_^. My biggest problem is I have very sensitive skin.
I have no found a hair removal method that works for me. I realize this isn’t really ‘sharing my feelings’ but all the other forums were specific to a method and I don’t know which. Of course I have tried shaving, but it doesn’t last very long and I cannot shave around my public area as I always get nasty red welts within hours. I have tried depilatory creams (Nair and another brand I can’t remember) but I don’t find they work consistently. Sometimes the hair will come off pretty well, other times it just breaks part way down the shaft and I am left with stubble. It does not work on my armpits and I have never tried near my pubic area. Often it leaves my legs very irritated with red bumps for days, up to a week. This is more troublesome because I can’t show my legs off because they are covered with red bumps and often stubble and I can’t shave because of the irritation.
I have tried waxing and I have similar problems of having red welts for days up to over a week. By the time the welts go away the hair starts to come back. It is almost impossible for me to wear a standard bathing suit. I only have a day, maybe two, after waxing my pubic region before the bumps come. I have done the waxing myself and had it done professionally - no difference. The esthetician offered me some after wax cream to help, and it did but only a bit. Also the cream was $6 for a tiny jar - so good for pubic area but not for legs.
I don’t have the money for laser. Am I doing something wrong to always get welts? I am interested in epilator devices but from what I am reading most people get some degree of red bumps so I am worried I will have a huge problem.
I used to use shave minimizing moisturizers, first by Jergens then Aveeno, and they really helped reducing my between shave time but they stopped making both brands. Does anyone know of anything still sold in Ontario, Canada like them?
~ SD