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

[MyFriendLooksLikeAWerewolf]

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

The de-bobbler sounds a bit scary, my friend once foolishly used an epilator on her chin hairs and was pretty badly mangled, had a scabby chin for weeks!

My friend thinks the Philips Lumea she saved up for and still hasn't admitted to her DH the actual cost of is the best thing in the world ever, ever ever.

She has also, in extremis, used her DH's razor sharp special Japanese woodworking saw (which she suspects cost more than the Lumea, ) for a dry shave, but is now banned from touching the saw ever again in case she slits her throat and ruins the blade in doing so.

Cat? Problem solved! Just use the long haired cat as a stylish fur stole!

Razor sharp woodworking saw, you say?

Further investigation of the bathroom reveals friend's DC have obviously nicked the fucking tweezers as they are nowhere to be found plus what about the poirot mustaches and the DCs have razors for legs but they look a. Sharp and b. Bit manky I don't think they would approve of her nicking them to shave her face.

Liking the idea of wrapping furry cat round my neck but she is so furry she would cover my whole face...and might strangle me.

Strangle MY FRIEND I mean

Fuck me @unmarkedbythat did you just suggest my friend uses something like this on her face? Don't you think that's a touch irresponsible? Do you have DC? (In approved MN style I will feel sorry for them and say that I would report you to SS if I knew you in RL )

My friend once used a razor to tidy up underneath her eyebrows and then managed to shave half an eyebrow off, that wasn't embarrassing! If your friend has a sharpie could they draw glasses and a moustache and beard on, this causing a distraction?

My ‘friend’ uses a venus leg razor morning and night on her stupid chin that has suddenly decided to grow a beard and the razor works brilliantly...

I've actually tried this and they're no good. The blades aren't sharp and don't do a damn thing for hair.

Eyebrow razors all the way for me now. Tidies everything up nicely!

@MyFriendLooksLikeAWerewolf my friend was having an emergency and the very expensive and incredibly sharp Dozuki seemed a good choice. My friend's DH used many choice words explaining why it was not. He pretend to be concerned for my friend's wellbeing but she knows he was mostly concerned for the beloved saw!

If my friend doesn't shave her bristly chin every morning she has a stubble like ... a man with stubble - maybe not quite as noticeable but it feels stubbly. An ordinary razor does the job fine. She used to use a Venus type one but wanting to not use plastic etc and save money she now has one of these:

www.amazon.co.uk/Edwin-Jagger-Exclusive-Heather-Pearlised/dp/B00K6Z1R60/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=edwin+jagger+double+edge+safety+razor+ladies&tag=mumsnetforu03-21&qid=1600340745&sr=8-1

I know this doesn't solve your friend's short-term problem - but does she or her DH have a razor?

DH's razor is quite similar to the scary picture up thread. It was terrifying the first time I let him loose on my head but now I love it all the lathering up etc feels nice and it's strangely quite relaxing. I wouldn't trust myself not to cut a finger off though.

I am toying with the sharpie idea, with plan B being the cat or a homemade balaclava which actually I could run up on my sewing machine, it's just a giant face mask with eyeholes basically isn't it.

What about some heavy duty duck tape in lieu of waxing?

From what I understand, my 'friend' uses the springy thing and tweezers. And thumbnail/pointy fingernail for the big buggers. She longs for a lumea.

A Lumea should be given to everywoman on her 40th birthday, by the state (or earlier if necessary). Life changing things.

What a thoroughly nice thread this is. So full of 'friends' and their inventive (and lethal) advice.

I love this!

My friend is a right hairy ducker and decided to use a dermaplaning tool but now she has to do it every single day.
She wants to embrace the bearded life but is far too self conscious and is trying to impress the devilishly handsome dad on the school run.

Hello @MyFriendLooksLikeAWerewolf

Don't suppose there's any hair removing cream in your friend's house (Immac/Veet)?

Otherwise if she can't go out in the mask thingy tell her to get out there and let the light breeze tickle her follicles! 🤗🌹

Ooh my friend has one of those wiry chin hairs that she checks for every morning then every now and then it's somehow reappeared and is at least 3 inches long!
She got the laser hair remover on it last time and so far it hasn't returned

Tell your friend to self ID as a man for the duration of her essential trip out. Job done.

My sister has used the nose hair remover in emergencies. We're a very hairy family 😀

My friend bought a Philips Lumea (luckily v cheap on Ebay) but discovered she had waited too long and the most annoying of the wiry fuckers on her neck had now gone WHITE and the lumea only works on hairs with pigment. It works fine on my friend's legs and pits as the hair is dark but no good for light coloured peach fuzz or white hairs.

So heed my words - if only my FRIEND had not been such a wuss dithering about whether the lumea would hurt, then my FRIEND wouldn't have one wiry white neck hair to pluck now and could have killed it years ago.

I wish there was an edit button... I mean she's used the nose hair remover on her chinnys.

No No it won't

don't get No No they are crap

Any lighters or matches about?! 🕯🔥 (if you're very, very careful, it does work and you won't feel a thing. Personally though I'd try the debobbler thing first

My friend wouldn’t hesitate to knick someone else’s razor so long as they were a family member. Needs must, just clean it off as much as possible and chuck the head after if your friend is concerned.

My friends zombie plan includes de-fuzzing tools.