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I've been on hrt for a couple of months and one of the hardest things I've had to deal with is my light skin + dark body hair. While I'm not out to the world yet it'd be nice to have a smooth chest without short, visible hairs after shaving, which leads to my question. Have any of you dealt with this and found someway to at least hide body hair stubble?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Just mentioning it as an option since I haven't seen ppl talk about it, but nair is also an option and leaves you without any stubble, if you can deal with the smell and how harsh it can be on your skin. IF you want to do nair patch test a part of your leg/arm first to see if you get any sort of negative reaction.

Avoid using nair if you have any cuts/abrasions for any reason.

It's also a bit more expensive than your other options. My hair is light enough that I can often get away with shaving so that's what I do if no one else is going to see it, but I wish you luck on finding a solution that works for you!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Laser is one way, and it sounds like your hair is the right colour for it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fair, honestly. Shame it's so expensive. 😞

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It really shouldn't be. Not sure how it is where you are but where I live (Argentina) there's a lot of salons that use Chinese clones of Soprano machines (like "[something random] Ice") and those are really cheap, like 10 USD for a full body session. Don't look at Candela places for the body lmao

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Those prices are crazy low! My lowest laser places go at least a couple of hundred US for full-body. Happy you can get such low prices, though. 🙏

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I personally use an at-home Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) hair removal device. Wirks great for dark hair on light skin. But it is a costly device. A regular compact epilator is also a good chraper option. I use it on my facial hair

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

My body hair was quite dark but after about 8 months I noticed how leg to chest was significantly lighter and less dark. Only my facial hair stayed corse and dark without laser. Shaving my legs early on was painful now it's mainly just a chore. Of course everyone has a different experience but I would say give it time. Unless you have the cash to full body laser then I'd say do that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Epilator works well, but it's kind of painful

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've had an epilator for a while, but with how epilating only cut the hair on my legs rather than plucking it I'm a little concerned about what it'll do to my chest. Any specific prep I should do?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It can take some practice. It works best if the hair is already short, like 2-3 days after shaving

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'll give it a shot. It'll hurt for sure but I suppose that comes with the territory. 😅

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I always do it right after bathing and drying my clawfoot tub. The hair should be no longer than 5mm or it will break off instead of pulling out from the follicle! The removed hair will also look different if it was broken instead of pulled out. Its like you can see the base part at the end. Good luck! :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Doing it after a bath is genius and I have no idea how I didn't make that connection. Thank you!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

When i epilate my legs i make sure to use body scrub too, that makes it less painful and helps with ingrown hairs (it also makes my legs feel soft and smooth :3)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Good luck! Beauty is pain ❤️

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Pain is just dysphoria leaving the body!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wait, is your epilator not pulling the hairs out?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can only say that despite exfoliating and shaving a day or two earlier and also washing right before epilating it doesn't work on my upper thighs specifically. I've had good results on my lower legs and my arms, but my guess is that the hair is so thick it doesn't pull it out all the way. I'm using a decent Braun epilator too so tgat shouldn't be the issue.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Epilating can work both dry and wet, and wet could be easier. Maybe try wet (i.e. during shower) if you've tried dry

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've tried both and the only difference it made is how much it hurt as it pulled out some of the hair. It didn't seem to make a difference in result, ubfortunately. 😞

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Then I don't know sorry 😭. I have some dark spots myself after epilating, but that's just the next hairs growing out, and/or ingrown.

I hope you find something that works for you ❤️

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The downside to that combination is that your hair is more visible. The upside is that it responds really well to laser. It's not cheap, but you know that if and when you do get it, it's going to give you good results compared to many other folk

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Laser hair removal is great for that combination. I got started on it after a couple months of hrt, and it's done a lot for body hair over a short time

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