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Is 8 too young for waxed legs and eyebrows?

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nappyaddict · 03/04/2010 01:11

I was just noseying at a friend's friend's photos and was shocked to see one of her DD aged 8 after her "waxing session"

Now I can understand letting them use hair removal cream at that age if they are being teased about being hairy and they want to do it but waxing seems a bit brutal and grown up, or is that a bit arse about face of me as it's not the actual removal of hair I think 8 is too young for.

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SusieCarmichael · 03/04/2010 01:15

hmmm, if my dd was getting teased a lot then maybe, but it would have to be A LOT! but when i do do dd's then she will be waxed whatever her age, i don't like the chemicals in hair removal cream tbh

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nappyaddict · 03/04/2010 01:17

Aren't there chemicals in wax too?

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SusieCarmichael · 03/04/2010 01:24

ooooh, don't know

i'm clearly no help here

i'd be more bothered about an 8 yo worrying about hair rather than the method of removal i think

mummiedearest · 03/04/2010 01:30

That is very scary. unnecessary and innapropriate. would never let a dc have this done. 14 is young enough

MrsSawdust · 03/04/2010 02:00

Fgs

No wonder teenage girls go around styled like porn stars and believing that sexual desirability is the only path to self fulfilment, if the hair free, polished and plucked and artificially enhanced ideal is being indoctrinated in girls as young as 8.

So, the fashion for pre pubescent hairlessness has now extended to pre pubescents? Nice.

GardenPath · 03/04/2010 02:24

Shocked? I should think you were. What the hell? What sort of hairiness are we talking about in an eight year old? She got a moustache or something? She shouldn't even be worrying about such things.

Show her mum this:

www.mumsnet.com/campaigns/let-girls-be-girls

mummiedearest · 03/04/2010 02:36

Well said Gardenpath. shocking, truly shocking. Like thongs. wtf. !!

ChippingIn · 03/04/2010 02:50

WTF - there's no way I'd be letting an 8 yo remove hair - regardless of which method, unless, there was a serious problem with it - and if I did I would not be announcing it on fecking FB.

thumbchick · 03/04/2010 05:38

blimey, I wouldn't have had enough hair to remove at 8! not visible, anyway - I didn't think it really became an issue until puberty?
unless she has some seriously strange condition that makes her hairy all over, shouldn't even be thinking of it at that age, imo.

WorzselMummage · 03/04/2010 06:01

Far far to young

TheBossofMe · 03/04/2010 06:19

Hmmm. Depends how hairy she is and how developed she is. Some girls start periods at about 9/10, which means that at 8, they may well be developing a lot of body hair, which can be extremely embarrassing. Early puberty can be a really hard thing for a girl - don't be so judgey.

traceybath · 03/04/2010 06:45

My gut instinct is that 8 is too young. And blimey - waxing hurts!

plonker · 03/04/2010 14:07

Oh dear. Waxing an 8yo?

I have a 10yo and a 7yo (and a 2yo) and no way would I allow them to wax anything, aside from anything else, that's got to hurt like hell!!

None of mine seem to be particularly hairy though, so maybe I would think differently if they were getting teased. Still wouldn't go for waxing though ...

Dd2's friend was immac-ing her legs at the tender age of 5. I was and when her mum told me, but the littl girl was getting really teased as her legs were covered in very very thick black hair so I understood her reasons.

It's the teasing that needs tackling though - there's not always a quick-fix solution is there?
I mean, we don't dye our red-headed children's hair brown because they are teased, or slap foundation on our freckled-faced children's faces because they are teased.
We tell them they're beautiful because of their differences.
Maybe it's different, I don't know ..

DebiNewberry · 03/04/2010 14:12

obviously it's too young.

even madge didn't let lourdes wax at that age. Remember the caitlin moran lourdes mono-brow ruckus?

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nappyaddict · 03/04/2010 17:28

The girl is dark haired and olive skinned so she could have had very hairy legs to begin with. Also I know a few girls who have started their periods at 9 so perhaps she has already started puberty. Still don't think I'd go for waxing at that age though.

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ilovesprouts · 03/04/2010 17:31

8 too young imo

kissingfrogs · 03/04/2010 17:33

sweet jeysus...my jaw hit the floor. I was more interested in playing dolls with Barbie at that age, not trying to look like her.

cornsilk · 03/04/2010 17:38

far too young

MumInBeds · 03/04/2010 17:38

My nearly 7 y/o DD is rather hairy so this has crossed my mind but I think 8 is very young for such things - she still kicks up a fuss when I brush her (head) hair never mind having any pulled out.

PixieOnaLeaf · 03/04/2010 17:39

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LynetteScavo · 03/04/2010 17:45

I wish my mum had waxed my legs when I was 8, would have avoided all the spider legs teasing.

Cream is a bit toxic, isn't it?

I certailnly wouldn't post it on FB, though.

Alibabaandthe40nappies · 03/04/2010 18:04

It is very young, and certainly not something I'd be talking about on FB!

It's too young for eyebrows certainly, but rightly or wrongly female body hair is NOT seen as acceptable or beautiful - I for one remember the awful teasing I got about my legs.
I wish my Mum had been more open-minded about hair removal, it would have saved a lot of heartache on my part.

I don't have a DD yet, but if I do then I will encourage her to wax once she wants to start removing leg hair rather than shave or use creams.

FabIsGettingThere · 03/04/2010 18:09

Interesting that people would let their dd's remove leg hair because other kids are teasing them at aged 8.

msrisotto · 03/04/2010 18:10

Jesus.

I'm a bit speechless.

8 is SO young!

BritFish · 03/04/2010 18:13

i dont understand why people would encourage their DD's to wax really, its more costly and painful than shaving! or am i missing something?
fair enough get rid of the hair if theyre being teased. how sad she hit puberty that young though!