To ask if a jumper debobbler would work on a hairy face - asking for a friend

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Asking for a friend, you understand

A friend of mine is in her 40s and has a hairy face. She usually uses one of those little whirring sticks you see advertised (women using them in the car at traffic lights, good marketing strategy) but it has broken and she needs to leave the house.

She is in possession of a battery powered debobbling thing for jumpers. She thinks surely they are kind of the same principle/thing as the whirling sticks, and has asked me to ask MN if they agree, before she gives it a try?

To add insult to injury, said friend has no head hair (clearly it has migrated ) and her DH normally shaves her head for her when it gets fuzzy, with a straight razor and soap in a bowl with a brush he is old school He is not there so this razor is not a suitable alternative.

Friend promises if MN thinks debobbler will work, she will try it and report back on what her lip and chin and neck and random parts of cheek looks like afterwards.

PS please be gentle on my hairy friend, she is fragile and hairy

I wouldnt, I imagine it would be really rough on your skin. Cant you get your dh to pop to the shops and either get a new face shaving sticks or a regular razor?

I just went to try mine out on my leg (curiosity), but the batteries have leaked and it's now dead!

Could your friend (ahem) try it on her arm or leg to test it? I see no reason why it wouldn't be ok, in theory... I reckon the only issue you'd have is that it might not be a very close shave.

Worst that’ll happen to —you—your friend is nothing will happen. Perhaps —you—she should just embrace the beard for today.

Tweezerman 14x magnifying mirror and good angle-point tweezers?

I just use a dermaplaner.

I, I mean my friend, uses a derma planing tool from amazon. About £7 for pack of 6. Peach fuzz, tache and upwards sprouting eyebrows dealt with. Slap on moisturiser after.

Balaclava is the only solution for today.

Or you could try the debobbler and then you'll need so many bandages it will look like a balaclava anyway

I’d use it some where else first off, or on your husband..,

Your friend sounds like great fun, does she need any new friends?
She could be my friend and I would lend her my stick thing.

Wouldn’t there be a risk of cutting her face? With the debobbler I’ve got that could happen.

My friend has been known to use the v sharp craft scissors as a last resort, opening and closing them carefully, flush to the skin. She would urge caution around ear area.

But the debobbler sounds too harsh. My friend says face coverings are a boon.

I'd try it somewhere other than the face first. I reckon it might just pull and not remove.
Waxing is a good way to remove facial hair - no sharp regrowth either. Grows back soft and eventually the hair diminishes quite a bit.

Is your friend able to wear a mask? My friend finds they can be quite effective in stopping anyone noticing any extraneous hair.

Put a mask on. Job done.

Cross post

Also, moving forward, another friend had severe issues and consulted with her GP and was prescribed Vaniqua cream to lessen growth of the hair, a very successful solution in her case.

NOOOO!!! ex husband used it on arm hair the short version is ouch

If your friend is already rocking a shaved head, she’s already brilliant and who gives a shit whether anyone sees some natural facial hair?

However, if your friend gives a shit, maybe she could pop out first in a mask to buy some disposable razors and use those before going out properly. I would have thought the jumper debobbler would not be fine enough and could lead to damaged skin or ingrowing hairs.

I know a man who did this on his beard and he bled to high heaven afterwards!

Oooh lots of advice! Sadly DH won't be back before my friend has to go out. And amazon won't deliver in time. Testing elsewhere is a really good idea but friend doesn't have enough other hair to test it on (eyebrows are patchy as it is!). Friend didn't even think about the mask (duh) and perhaps a scarf would cover the hairy neck

Scissors may be a risky strategy as friend only has pinking sheers (is that what they're called? For fabric) and is clumsy as fuck. These hairs are wiry little fuckers, the hedge trimmers might be better

Ooooh. Friend does have a long haired cat...

Although the risk of injury though trying to hold down and shave a furry cat would be substantially higher than debobbler injuries, I reckon.

Your friend sounds like really great company and has quite made my day with her funny recountings. Do tell her that she made some random on the internet laugh.

I love you op! This has brightened up my morning, you're really funny!

Does your friend have a bog-standard razor for legs? My friend has been known to use a Venus olay cartridge on neck and chin in extremis, having observed her DH stealing it to shave around the edges of his beard.

If it's only a few long wiry fuckers - the kind that aren't there one day and the next are 3 inches long and hard as steel - then tweezers?