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Kate and me and the hairy Billy Goat Gruff chin.... The only thing we have in common.

Before threading I take strong painkillers, takes the edge off a bit!

Also - look how hairy Kate Winslet's face is! Makes me feel better. Kate Winslet is a babe.

I find plucking makes them thicker. I have a really fuzzy face, though it's all very light coloured. The ones I pluck regularly are now dark and thick and grow in like stubble.

I was thinking of electrolysis - I thought it was supposed to be permanent?

Hmmm...so, plucking makes 'em thicker?

I have bleached for years, have a fine blonde tache but I do think that is a lesser evil than - spots from cream (always irritates me) regrowth from wax, which if my chin is anything to go by, will be darker and not much finer.

I have come to the conclusion that it's hormonal and no matter how you get rid of, the hormones will produce more. I read that even with laser the follicles are only damaged, and they eventually recover, in some people quicker than others. By the time I'm 60 I'll be a man.

So Lumea does work people feel?
I'll google it now and look for reviews.
I have the fuzz but also the black wirey ones. I concentrate on the big black ones but it means I have stopped seeing the fuzz.
A child asked me once if I was a man because I had a moustache!!!!

Depends on skill of threader also not doing at TOTM or just before. Waxing hell for me so guess we're all different.

Threading is soooo painful, much more so than waxing which is quick.

I know, its a bugger, isn't it? Eliza, from yr name had you down as a mere slip of a thing but you're around my age
I find the wand makes it no worse/no better, unlike plucking which seems yo increase hairs.

I have my peach fuzz and eyebrows threaded and the results are fab.

Thing is... I'm very fair and what was once downy and barely noticeable is now, at 50+ and in a certain light, quite fluffy! I'm nervous though, cause I pluck one hair on my chinny chin chin and I've noticed, over time, that that fine blonde wisp is now THICKER and BROWN .

Friends tell me I'm daft and its not that bad.... My mother tells me she wonders where I get it from and I should DO something!!

No, have never attempted to remove facial hair before (apart from tweezering the occasional dark wirey one) but have been wanting to for a while now.

Going to take the plunge and try the epicare wand thing - philips lumea way to expensive for me.

Eliza, no!! Buy a wandy thing (epicare) for about £10 online! Really works

Philips Lumea.... Erm.... The one at £450???

Guess ill just have to stick with the peach fuzz and embrace it!

Those reviews i mentioned were for the ipl. Wand works v well, i imagine for everyone as not dependent on skin/hair colour...obv not permanent tho

Have you hormonal issues? My hair is affected by being overweight and what contraceptive I'm using.

Well, so far I've only used the wandy thing once so far. But re growth seems to be like waxing - very fine because the hairs were pulled out at the root. I read the reviews and it doesn't seem to suit everyone / but in my view it's worth a try

Wand no prickly effect at all! Just like after threading, if you've tried?

Ok intrigued so googled reviews-
Which was critical said didn't make difference over 2 months
Argos had some user reviews, 86% positive tho 1 mentioned NOT to be used on face?
Telegraph - positive review

Can anyone share what regrowth is like after using the thready wand on the fuzzy bits & moustache. I've got quite a bit of fuzz and want to get rid but worry about being prickly or the hairs growing darker- am assuming with threading you need a reasonable amount of regrowth before you can use it again?

I would go to a salon that does threading. Enquire how long the beautician has been threading and ask around for the best person. It makes a hell of a noise but they will get all the hair off quite painlessly. Lasts about 6 weeks.

Agree with first but self-use without training of laser??
Ive got the thready wandy thing, as mrntioned below. Works v well. But yet in theory wd love more permanent solution

Please don't wax or cream! Try the Phillips lumea.

Really pinkflop? Always wondered..read so much about issues of (lack of) training w these laser gadgets by beauty industry so be nervous to let myself loose with it!