12 year old and hair removal.

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My 12 year old has sensibly come to me to talk about the hair on her arms. She is olive skinned and does have a lot of dark hair. She said she had thought about shaving her arms in secret but thought it was best to tell me. She explained she was hiding it as she feels very self conscious about it at school.

She already shaves under her arms. I am fair so have never had this issue so I have absolutely no idea what other women do.

Do I talk to her about embracing it? Do we talk about options once she is older and if so what are the options? I have 3 DDs and have the policy with them that I will always try and fix something that is a problem as long as they talk to me about it.

I told her that I needed the opportunity to have a think and do some research which she was pleased about.

Arms are tricky. I had really hairy arms when I was younger (fine now I'm in my forties but I'm sure she won't want to wait that long!). I used to bleach mine which helped a lot but I also had fair skin and I'm not sure whether blonde hair on olive skin would still be noticeable.

The problem with shaving is she she might feel self conscious by the stubble. Waxing might be an option. The other alternative is a phillips lumiere but in the instructions is says 14+.

Thank you that's really helpful. I will look into all your suggestions.

Wax until she can use an ipl machine (you'll get your money's worth with 3) .
I'm Olive skinned and hairy and this is what I did as a teen and now do as an adult.
Don't bleach it will look ridiculous, shaving/hair removal cream will cause coarse stubble which looks worse.
You can get cream wax for sensitive skin which will whip it off and just repeat when it starts to grow through.

Thank you. That sounds like a great option. I like the sound of the IPL device.

Buy her the Philips ipl machine for use at home. Shave and zap with the treatment plan and they won't come back.