How old do you think a girl should be before...

jharris

jharris

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My 11 year old step daughter has dark hair on her upper lip and wants to get rid of it. She does not have her period yet.(if that matters)

Do you think it would be harmful to her skin if I took her to get it waxed or should we use any over the counter hair removal? We bought some Sally Hansen at the drug store tonight.

I think waxing would be the best way to go, as it is done by a professional where as using an at home kit leaves me with the dread of "what if mess up" feeling.

Jenn
 
She has dark skin and her hair is dark brown. She is part spanish. (Dad's side of the family is from Puerto Rico) Her mom is white.

We picked up the Sally Hansen one for facial hair removal it looked a lot easier to use than the bleaching kit.

I'm just a Nervous Nelly about this. :eek:

Jenn
 
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I remove the hair on my 10 y/o daughter's upper lip and between her eyebrows (she's a fuzzy little monkey...we've been doing this since she was 9 ;) ) . She won't let me use wax, so I use Sally Hansen's cream. It works well, but be sure to watch the time and test to see if the hair is ready to come off about a minute before the bottle says to (we're good to go at 3 minutes). That way you'll hopefully avoid any redness.

If you do experience redness, icing it down a bit will help greatly.

As far as what's the best method, I'd have to go with waxing only because it seems like the technique with the least amount of chemicals. However, if you're stuck like me, the cream works nicely.
 
Bleaching is much easier and less stinky than the hair removers imho. I have PCO and have the facial hair. If it becomes coarse shaving with a little cream is easy but might hurt her self esteem. But, the hair removers won't leave light colored hair on her upper lip. Having it waxed hurts the most and that is the most sensitive spot that I know of (short of one's private parts.) I feel her pain! I was teased and my parents wouldn't allow me to shave my legs because I was "too young" even though I had hair under my arms from age 9. Lets just say that going on the class trip to the lake was torture. The boys were so mean to me.
 
well unfortunately, I too, have hair on my upper lip, dark hair, so very unattractive. I didn't notice it until someone told me about it when I was 18 years old.

Aside from the embarrasment, I had my upper lip waxed, professionaly for about a year. Then I realized how easy it was and to save money, I began doing it myself.

I use the "Nads: Premade strips". it's perfect for small areas and one package lasts a long time! I wax about every three weeks.

I wash my face first, DO NOT moisturize, then I dry my upper lip very well with a dab of baby powder. then, according to the instructions, I wax my lip.

It WILL leave a red tint where you wax, so I used a poweder foundation to get rid of the red tint. The tint usally lasts me about 6 hours give or take. less exposure to the sun helps the red tint go away faster.

Hope this info helped! Oh, and I don't think age matters. I could be wrong. But if her hair is VERY FINE, I'd wait till she's alittle older.
 
oh yeah, I heard that laser removal is really good too! It takes a few sessions to get rid of all the hair. well worth it, but I don't have the funds yet. I've perfected my method, so for now, waxing will have to do. hehe;)
 
Hey Jenn!!!

A less intimidating way of removal (if she's scared to wax/bleach) would be to shave it. My family on my dad's side is Lebanese so I know all about dark hair growing in places it shouldn't!:p:eek: I shave my upper lip and it does NOT grow back in prickly or darker or whatever. It's quick, cheap, and I don't have to wait for it to get to a certain length again before I can wax it!
 
I think if she's old enough to be self conscious about it, then she's old enough to have it removed. I don't think it'll do damage to her skin. In a few years she's probably going to start her own hair removal regime anyway, if she hasn't already. I was 10 when I started shaving my legs, and 12 when I started shaving under my arms by necessity.

Let her try waxing, and if she finds it too painful, there are plenty of creams that can help.
 
I'd wax. Primarily because over time, waxing damages the cuticle and the hair will eventually start to come back thinner and thinner. I've known people to wax for a few years, and eventually not need to anymore because of this. I used to wax my eyebrows, now I don't have to - I just pluck the few random hairs that need it. Same with my legs - I shave in the summer, and can go for two weeks between shaves because the hair grows back so sparse. When I go to get my legs waxed the aestheticians are usually confused for a minute because they can't see the hair!
It's not really that painful and only lasts a second anyway.
 
You could try threading.
There is an Indian woman who is threading in one of our malls.
I've been meaning to go and get my eyebrows and upper lip threaded but there is always a line. One of these days.
 
If you're going to wax, I'd recommend taking her to a professional, first. Then, practice on yourself a few times before waxing her.
 
Tamrahan said:
You could try threading.
There is an Indian woman who is threading in one of our malls.
I've been meaning to go and get my eyebrows and upper lip threaded but there is always a line. One of these days.
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There is a threading device that you can buy to use at home (that's what I use for the hair on my face). Here's one such device: http://www.facialhairremover.co.uk/ If you go down about 2 pages worth, there's a youtube video showing how it works. Takes just a bit of getting used to. (This isn't the exact product I have, but it looks just like it. I'm not at home right now, so don't have the info onhand). This thing gets off every single hair, even the teeny tiny ones that other epilators don't.

Someone mentioned shaving, but I would never recommend it for a woman's face. Though the hair itself doesn't really grow back coarser, the '5 o'clock shadow' that grows in has a wider tip because it's the hair that was cut off in the middle, while the 'shadow' for hair removed at the root (like with threading) is finer looking because it's the tip of the hair that is coming up).
 
no 5pm shadow here ..... but my upper lip hair is very fine. probably no one even notices but me! i suppose if someone had thicker upper iip hair there could be issues.
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Well today we tried the cream, I don't think we left it on long enough, it did nothing. Then we tried the wax strips that you warm up in your hands, again nothing.

The threading looks very easy, but can you only purchase online or is there some retailers that carry them?

I have a feeling we are going to wax.

Jenn
 
My almost 10yr old BEGGED me to shave her legs. She has dark hair and she too is darker complected. I thought long and hard about it, but then came to the realization that if it bugs her, then why not remove it? We used a nair type product with good results. It's not perfect, but it removed most of her leg hair and she is one happy camper now!
 
I'd love to try threading.

Right now though I vote waxing over bleaching. I used to bleach but then one day I caught a glimpse of myself in the sunlight and it looked like I was sporting a big, golden Colonel Saunders type 'stache. Been waxing ever since!!
 
sparrow13 said:
I'd love to try threading.

Right now though I vote waxing over bleaching. I used to bleach but then one day I caught a glimpse of myself in the sunlight and it looked like I was sporting a big, golden Colonel Saunders type 'stache. Been waxing ever since!!
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Oh my gosh, that was hilarious! I, too, struggle with stupid dark facial hair and have discovered the Colonel Saunders stache in the sunlight!

FYI, I have had laser hair removal and if your hair is dark and thicker on your upper lip, it's not permanent. I had 6 sessions and after the last session it grew back, albeit finer and thinner and now bleachable without the golden stache effect. It was too expenseive for me to start the treatments all over again. Some people probably experience permanent removal, but it's not a gaurantee.

Personally, I dislike waxing because it doesn't leave ANY hair behind, even the harmless fine colorless ones that naturally cover the rest of the face. For me, it still made the area noticable because there wasn't any hair at all. But it obviously depends on each person!

Kelly
 
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