13 year old with underarm hair

[scunner]

What do mums advise for a 13 year old girl with quite a lot of underarm hair. Not fine and fair, but dark and wiry. Should I find a cream to remove it? She is very self conscious. Any suggestions would be most welcome.

I'm sure given this was SIX MONTHS AGO that op has sorted something by now.

Waxing - once lockdown is over obvs. Done every 6 weeks or so, the hair will weaken and pretty much disappear over time.

@Woofer18

We only shave our armpits and legs because advertising campaigns from shaving companies in the 1920's told us that we had to, to look clean.

I don't know why more women don't stop and think "hey, maybe the shaving companies had a vested interest"

Nope! Ancient Egyptians, Romans and Greeks all removed their body hair, as have generations of women in Asia and the middle east. Look up threading and sugaring. It’s not a 1920s thing.

Don’t most 13 yo shave their armpits?

Let her be. At age 49 the amount of time I have wasted on hair removal is astounding. Don’t start it.

This probably isn’t age appropriate for her just yet but I got laxer treatment for mine - best money ever spent. My skin was always so sore after shaving

Here is one teens like: estrid.com/gb/

@rosiejaune

Teach her not to hate her body? Perhaps leading by example if you don't already.

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Wanting to remove hair is not 'hating your body' Ffs

@ComDummings

Weird thing to start a thread about, the obvious answer is a razor

No it's not.

It started as a parenting site. This type of question was common. It's good to know what other people do about xyz.

@Regularsizedrudy

Do you not have armpits and under arm hair op? How do you get rid of yours? I’m baffled as why you would need to ask this...

Bitchy comment- how very helpful. why comment, why not just scroll on past?

Jesus.

Someone asking what other teens are doing about something is hardly 'out there' on a parenting forum.

Unless you have the clumpiest of daughters 13 is perfectly old enough to use a razor.

I disagree with the sentiment "teach her not to hate her body'" because that is not the most important lesson she needs to learn.

What you should be teaching her is to own her own body. Her body. She decides. If she wants underarm hair she does nothing, if she doesn't she removes it.

Buy a ladyshave.