I had my eyebrows threaded for the first time today.

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I'm getting old, my eyesight's getting worse and plucking them had become a total chore. I've not done anything with them since before Christmas.
I nipped into superdrug for some bits and got them done there. £7 and 10 minutes later they were neat, the random, long straggly ones were trimmed and I will never go back to plucking again. Well, my chin needs the odd tidy up occasionally. I had slight redness for about an hour after, but I found it pain free and oddly relaxing and would recommend it.

I've been having mine threaded for years ( as well as chin and upper lip). For me it's much better than waxing.

I'm in awe! I think I have a low pain tolerance as I had my brows and upper lip done in Debenhams once and was struggling not to scream the place down 🤣

I use those little razor things now but I think threading lasts longer.

Having my eyebrows waxed and tinted is the quickest, cheapest way to knock a few years off!

I had it done twice and it was just so painful I’ve had to stick to waxing since, just couldn’t take the pain! It’s a shame as I think it gives a much neater result than waxing.

I'm in awe! I think I have a low pain tolerance as I had my brows and upper lip done in Debenhams once and was struggling not to scream the place down 🤣
You could use a skin numbing cream before hand.
Other factors can make some days more painful than others. This includes tiredness, time of the month and stress levels.

@LookdeepintotheParka

I'm in awe! I think I have a low pain tolerance as I had my brows and upper lip done in Debenhams once and was struggling not to scream the place down 🤣

I use those little razor things now but I think threading lasts longer.

Same . I had my brows threaded at a brow bar in House of Fraser years ago. The pain was horrendous! I was laid back in the chair crying in front of all the saturday shoppers . Never again!

I’ve tried threading but I find it very painful. Waxing and tinting works for me. I’m old and mine would look like Dennis Healey’s if I left them

I had mine done in Debenhams too. Although I did burst into tears and was told to stop as I was putting other potential customers off. Not sure of my pain threshold as I did give birth with no pain relief what so ever, so in my world threading is more painful than childbirth...

All those that have had so much pain but would consider another go get some TKTX cream. Put it on 25 mins before hand.
Game changer!!!

Superdrug are good. Only agonising once and the poor young girl who did it was so apologetic, but even though I cried and she drew blood, she actually gave them the best shape they ever had and didn't need redoing for ages.

@LookdeepintotheParka

I'm in awe! I think I have a low pain tolerance as I had my brows and upper lip done in Debenhams once and was struggling not to scream the place down 🤣

I use those little razor things now but I think threading lasts longer.

God. Yes I had my upper lip done in Debenhams once. And people stopped to watch. It was absolute agony!

@LookdeepintotheParka

I'm in awe! I think I have a low pain tolerance as I had my brows and upper lip done in Debenhams once and was struggling not to scream the place down 🤣

I use those little razor things now but I think threading lasts longer.

SAME. I was screaming and sobbing from the pain in the middle of Debenhams. Worst pain I've ever felt in my life. FAR nastier than any aspect of c-section recovery or my ruptured ovarian cyst.

I have my eyebrows and top lip done every two weeks. It gives my eyebrows a much better definition than waxing.

There is a very wide range of eyebrow threaders out there - some are very gentle, some will draw blood.

Try to go with a recommendation would be my advice. I've been threading for 20+ years and have only ever had two bad ones (both were impulse walk ins and I suspect both were inexperienced).

I've never been able to stand having my upper lip threaded though, use an epilating stick for that.

I find threading painless. I only have it done once a year or so. I have my eyelashes and eyebrows dyed about 3 times per year.

A quick google of corticol homunculus doesn't show that many nerve endings around the eyes/eyebrows. Not enough to account for the sting!

I started (at the age of 46) last summer and I haven’t looked back. I get my brows and upper lip done every six weeks I think. Upper lip is absolutely agony (I have to close my eyes so that I don’t cry) but I don’t find the brows as bad. They now look really tidy to me, but in no way ‘done’.

I get my eyebrows waxed and tinted and it immediately makes me look more put together! I tried threading once and it was far too painful for me, glad it worked well for you

Eyebrow threading is the only ‘grooming’ I regularly pay for (asides from haircuts). I don’t find it painful at all and it makes you instantly look better.

I got mine threaded for the first time last month (exactly the same reasons - eyesight is too crap to do them myself) and I was so impressed - neat, smooth, wasn't painful at all, really quick and a much better result and shape than when I've had them waxed/ plucked before.

I am a complete convert.