Epilators...

[PregnantGrrrl]

Do you have one?

Any good?

What one?

I've just got myself a Braun Silk Epile with my Boots points. It was about £39 I think.

Its ok. Just that really... ok. I did have to 'tidy up' a bit with tweezers when I noticed the odd hair sticking out in the bright sunlight.

And I did my armpits too... painful and very red afterwards, but a more successful job than my legs.

I have thought about getting one but I have heard they can be very painful. I am thinking about getting a laser hair removal system instead.

themoon66- is it better than shaving would you say?

i use one. tis painful but a much better 'finish' than with shaving.

I have just one thing to say - ingrown hairs.

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...are the work of the devil.

themoon- i bought that same epilator from the boots i work in and it was reduced to £5 and less with my staff discount card!

love my epilators, after you get used it feels really theraputic

Agree about it feeling therapeutic. It is not really that painful to be honest, just sort of 'twangy'.

I agree with NineUnlikelyTales - great at first but after a few weeks of use you end up with loads of ingrowing hairs.

I got rid of mine months ago but I still have some red marks on my legs from old ingrown hairs that I had to remove

Oh, I think i wouldn't get on with one having read this...
I am so fed up of itching like mad after I've shaved. Mum suggested shaving with the growth which helps with the itching but I can't get really close and my legs end up bristly (only way I can describe it!) I was considering an epilator but ingrown hairs are just horrid.
I did surrepticiously (sp?) use dhs electric shaver last year which was great but he began to complain about it getting blunt really quickly and I didn't dare confess... Maybe I'll have to bite the bullet and get a mens shaver - ladyshaves just don't seem as good

I've got the Silk Epil one too and it's not too bad. Can't imagine doing my armpits with it though themoon66! That sounds excruciating!