Epilator help please

[anon80]

Hello

Having trouble with my epilator I think.

I epilated 3 days ago and have short hairs comming through in places- my legs are pale and my hairs black/dark so I can see them clearly, when I finished epilating i could see there was no hairs there but when i run my hand up my legs I could feel stubble??

Is this the case with you?
am I supposed to just do it then keep doing it every 3 or so days till nothing is there- but surly by that time then the first lot would have started growing back

I did leave my legs for all the hairs to grow this time and im sure they had, they were all long.

Also when can I put on some dove summer glow without it showing all the pores up?

Thank you

[Fluffycloudland77]

The hairs grow at different rates so the ones coming through can be done now

no idea bout the Dove. Patch test?

[UML]

Yes, sometimes hair snaps - I am not sure why this happens!

[barbieisaskinnybitch]

I find it the same anon80, I just regularly do it til I get all the buggers eventually. Def patch test the Dove as holey legs look is not good!

[Ephiny]

Does sound like hairs being snapped instead of pulled. Can I ask what epilator you have? I'm thinking of getting one but don't want to waste money on one that doesn't really do the job.

[rusmum]

i have a silk epil one- really good one, wet/dry etc. Cost me fortune but don't use it as it sets off my psoriasis. boo

[anon80]

Have the silk epil one too Ephiny.

Althou to be honest it sounds like i was using it wrong- where did i get the impression id only need to epilate once a month lol-

I dont think its snapping the hairs to be honest, i thought you only had to use it once a month but after research have discovered others use it once a week, must be all growing at diffrent rates like someone above suggested.

It cost alot but i dont regret it- im very very hairy and it does do a great job still- so much better than shaving.

[Ephiny]

I think once a month is probably a bit optimistic - would for me anyway! Waxing only lasts properly for about a week for me, maybe two weeks if you don't look too closely , which is a lot better than shaving every day but nowhere near the 'smooth legs for four weeks' they claim on the packet!

The Braun sill-epil is the one I'm considering, have heard generally good things about it...

[thenightsky]

I have that braun one too.

I do legs and pits once a week.

Wish I could do lady garden too, but after two very painful attempts I no longer have the courage to try again.

[Magicglassesfairy]

same thing here - only lasts abotu 1 week - I wondered if I was doing it too quickly - do you have to do it really slowly to pull them out?

[CameronCook]

I'm fair skinned and dark haired and was really surprised that after 2 years of weekly epilating my leg hair is much more sparse.

I would imagine that the people who can epilate once a month are those that are fair haired and have been epilating since their teens perhaps.

Still I do like not having to shave my legs every day in the summer