Have epilated face

[yummyoldbag]

Please help, I did this about half an hour ago and have a red face with white bumps rapidly coming up! Any advice as to what to put on? I have aloe gel, sudocream, rose oil and various moisturisers but am not sure which to choose and do not want to make things worse.

Aloe Vera or aloe gel, or tea tree lotion.

Keep it cool and v clean.

Good luck!

And maybe some ice?

OK going to go with the aloe gel. Wish me luck! Bloody hell I never learn. Am going out on Saturday if it has not gone down I will be so pissed off. A beard would be easier to cover than this.

I have my chin/ throat area waxed every so often and it does exactly the same, keep it clean, cool and avoid perfumes etc it will go down but mine usually takes 3 days to calm down completely, maybe take some anti inflammatory's like ibroprofen (spelling?)

You daft git That's something you do last thing at night so that it has recovered by the time anyone you are not related to needs to look at you. I'd be very tempted to go for a sudacrem beard - as long as you can get it off later. Good luck!

Looked in mirror to apply aloe vera and still have tache. This is not going well at all! Think sudocream might be the night cream tonight. Good tip re ibuprofen but would have to go to chemist without make up. Oh bugger.

I would admit defeat and go to my nearest salon and see what they can do, it's cold enough to wear a scarf

I used to use Sukar sugar solution for my tache which is easier to use than wax. Otherwise I found laser v good for my face!

The redness has gone down a huge amount and it looks less bumpy apart form my neck which still has a raised rash with white heads! Overall beard and tache much reduced too. Will have to see what it is like in the morning but I am a little bit hopeful it might have been a good thing to do....

Thanks for advice - Aloe was definitely the right thing to use and I have just taken some ibuprofen. I think taking a couple of doses might reduce the inflammation left. I am a little worried it will all flare up again overnight.

I got fed up with this as a result, and now just use facial hair remover.

Pleased it's looming and feeling better op. Keep topping up with aloe / sudo and keep it cool.

thankyou for posting this.if i ever considered doing this, i wont now!
hope your face gets better soon!

Cheese, will post in morning as I think that will be errrr illuminating (?) ATM very pleased with loss of tache and beard. I hate facial hair growth!

How is it now?

Am intigued as have fluffy cheeks and an epilator. (I already tweeze moustache to buggery so that's sort of under control.)

Face looks good - am very pleased, my neck however :(

There is a rash where each hair was removed - perhaps because the skin is thinner? Not sure. Bit cheesed off though. Scarf for work tomorrow I think.

Do it again same time next week OP. I am not "being funny", but it is a bit like waxing: the first timeis the worst/hardest and if you keep on top of it, the subsequent epilations are not so traumatic. And, you will know now to do it last thing.

I do it about once a week and have fairly sensitive skin. Sudocreme/aloe gel beard las thing at night straight after epilating and you are laughing.

ok wise women of mumsnet

Neck red and sore.

Tonight - sudocream, steroid cream or aloe gel?

PS a few smallish spots on face but no beard glinting through the foundation! I am going to crack this. just need to work out and correct what is going wrong with neck....

Thanks - good luck, hope all the spots have abated by now!

I think neck skin is quite different to face skin, mine is pretty sensitive and prone to blotchiness. I'd stick with the aloe, maybe with a drop of tea tree added?

I might try a test strip on my cheek at the weekend - eek.

Neck is terrible - has got worse! The spots are growing heads! Bugger. I can't see me going anywhere near it with the epilator again for a while.