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What exactly is the difference between depilation and epilation? Epilating leaves us without any hair on the skin’s surface for much longer, as when we epilate we remove our hair with follicles. I was so tired of shaving every single day that I finally decided I needed to look further. This time I figured I won’t put poor Linda at risk (you can read about our depilation cream experience) and try out something that would keep me hairless for longer by myself. As my holiday departure day was approaching, I had to make up my mind. When I was leaving the store with my new Braun Silk Epil epilator in a bag I thought my problem was solved.
Needless to say, little stupid me had to wear pants for the first two days of my vacation.
It wouldn’t be that bad if I just did my legs and stop. No! I wanted that smooth bikini line.When I figured I can handle the pain on my legs if enough glasses of wine get consumed, I thought I am ready to get rid of my bikini line hair.
The pain was enough to make my heart ready to jump out of my chest, my eyes watering, my hair getting up, my feet going cold, and red and black spots pulsing in my eyes. When I glanced down there I thought I have spilled some wine, only then I realized it was blood! I am a brave girl, but I was screaming for Novocain. And the sound of metal rotating tweezers didn’t make it better for me either. Never again! Never again!
Using an epilator on the hair that has been shaved is very painful (especially bikini and underarms). When frequently shaved the hair becomes thicker. Using an epilator on that hair is a torture. It will be less painful if you start using the epilator after your hair has been waxed at least once. Epilating makes your hair thinner and easier to remove, thus causes less pain in the future.
Although, after three uses the pain wasn’t diminishing for me, so I buried my epilator at the bottom drawer (…only now I think as an electric device it probably wanted a cremation better…hm).
Lessons learnt:
1. You need the hair to be of a certain length before you can epilate.
2. Make sure that you pull the skin tight. This prevents snagging and makes the hair removal treatment less painful.
3. Epilators are better to use after having a warm shower or bath as it opens the pores and the process is not so painful.
4. Epilators can cause bruises if you don’t hold them at the right angle.
5. You should not go tanning for a day or two after epilating.
Other parts of the story:
Razor…Crème…Epilator…Wax…Laser…and Design. Bikini Line!!!
…Shaving
…Depilatory Creams
…Waxing
…Pubic Hair Design
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naomi
August 12th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
hi i have realy bad problems with shaving down there coz every time i get rashes and bumps ect. so i realy want to epilat but am so scared of it hurting to much and cant bring myself to actualy doing it once iv turned it on. so i thought i would wax coz i thought once it was on there i would have to get it of but then i went to pull it but for some reson however hard i trided to pull the wax strip i just wouldnt pull it fast anuf. so i tryed cream and that was crap.
do you have any iaders on what i could do to bring myself to using an epilator or what i can do to pull the strip quick???
thanx
me
August 12th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
Hey Naomi!
I would still recomend wax! It is more gentle for your skin! And less pain I have to say.
Make sure to generously apply the wax. And be aware that it dries extremely quickly and is awful to get off once it’s gone hard. Make it small areas, with generous amount of wax, and don’t wait too long. If you don’t want to go to the professional, apply wax only on the flat areas, so you don’t hurt yourself with hot wax and don’t damage sensitive skin.
Hey, I’m sure you can do it! The good thing is that when you get used to it, it doesn’t hurt that bad anymore:)
naomi
August 12th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
thank you so much i shall give it another go.
naomi
August 13th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
i tryed waxing again but for some reson i just cant pull fast anuf. i realy need to get rid of them but i cant. i dont have the money or confidence to go and get it done properly. so i tryed the epilater coz im so desprit but the PAIN. it hert so much i couldnt hold it down nomatter how much i wanned to. when you epilated how did you manage to hold it down since the pain makes me move it. well anyway i have 21 and a half days to get this done and i am starting to get stressed and realy angry at myself for not doing it. i no this sounds weird and OTT but i am not kidding. now i am so despret i started to pluk at them. this is realy embarising. it herts but i can do it coz it isent ripping them out since i pull slowly and in my own time. but realy its impossible to get it doen it takes ages. i no this is weird but i think im starting to get some sorrta illness over it. like i cant stop thinking about it and screem inside i get so angry. please help me i dont care how but please help. im desprit. this may sound like a joke but please belive me i need HELP
farzanah
October 26th, 2008 at 9:09 am
I tried epilating and it was fine at first then the epilator started pulling on my skin in stead of just my hair…is there anyway to stop this? I only epilate my underarms and at first i thought my epilator spoilt so i got a new one but it had the same problem and it was too soon to spoil….is there anything else i can do about this?