Should I suggest my DD removes hair on upper lip?

[tigerzzzz]

Help - sensitive advice needed please. My DD is 11. She is just starting to have a growth spurt and hormones are obviously beginning to start, although she hasn't got boobs / started her periods yet. I've noticed over the last month that the hair on her upper lip is getting thicker & darker. Close up it's really quite visible. She's never mentioned it and I don't think she's noticed it.

She is very similar colouring to me, and I had the same thing at a similar age. I remember being really humiliated in second yr senior school (so a bit older than she is now) when a boy suddenly pointed and said "Tigerzzzz has got a tache!" Cue whole class having a good look. Clearly I'm a bit scarred by this as I can still remember it really clearly! I went home and shaved it off with my dad's bic razor. I still have to remove hair with a razor now 25 yrs later.

My dilemma is should I suggest tactfully that she might like to bleach / wax / shave it, or will I just make her really self conscious about it? Obviously I don't want to make her aware of it, but can't decide if it's better if it comes from me with a suggested solution rather than risk someone else pointing it out.

My daughter uses wax strips or nair for sensitive face.

She is older than your daughter but was probably around the same age as your daughter when she first did it.

It would depend on whether she is into her looks yet! My daughter was from an early age but my stepdaughter is nearly 13 and not that interested in being girly as yet!

Perhaps have a face mask session and mention your own beauty regime, ie your hair removal and see her reaction?

can you use some hair removal cream on your own lip, and be caught with it on!!!!! your dd may be interested in what your doing and might want to try it herself!

its a difficult one if shes a sensitive soul, pointing it out to her may be too upsetting.

If she's not bothered about it yet, leave it until she is.

Thanks everyone. Yes I think I'll leave it for now, but as you suggest creme I might let her know that I'm doing mine. At least then she hopefully won't be too embarrassed to ask me if she does want to do it in the future.