Upper lip hair removal

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I’m looking for some advice on upper lip hair removal for my DD who is 13. She has beautiful dark hair and pale skin.
She wasn’t keen on trying the bleach when I suggested it. What’s the best way to keep it looking good all the time, I don’t want the regrowth to be worse than before she started removing it.

Wax!! But don’t buy the wax strips they are horrible. Buy the pots of wax that you can microwave and then just apply and pull once dried a little. I’ve been doing it for years but when I was teenager I was so desperate that I used immac (veet now) and ended up burning my face.

Just came to recommend IPL as well. Your daughter sounds like she has the perfect skin/hair combination for it work really welI. I haven't done my top lip as I don't have much hair there but my legs are almost totally hair free now. I use a Phillips IPL lumea home one, it has attachments for legs, face, underarms and bikini line. Any hair that comes back after the treatments is so so fine and soft and you just zap it again. Then it's gone completely, no regrowth stubble.
I was getting bad shaving rash that nothing solved and I'm really pleased with how it worked out.

Totally disagree with those saying to steer clear of bleach. It’s different for different people I am sure, but I suggest you try it first, before going down the waxing or shaving route.

I have been using it since I was a teenager. It works well and you don’t have to deal with little dots of regrowth that come from waxing or shaving. Much easier and cheaper for a teenager to manage than having to go to a salon every 6-8 weeks too.

https://www.boots.com/braun-fs1000-face-trimmer-white-10392898

This is tiny and quiet and works really well for my DD. She was 13 when I bought it, now 18. Uses it when she feels necessary. Bleach is very harsh for this area I think!

I have one of those mini-epilators from JML that you see on the end of aisles in places like Asda. I tried the bleach at your daughter’s age and it was horrific - it made the moustache far more visible.

If she’s really self-conscious about it I’d go with threading. I had that for years and the re-growth was always finer and thinner, especially as time went on and I’d had it more frequently. I’ve switched to the JML as there’s nowhere decent nearby anymore to get the threading done but if you can find someone close by it’s what I’d recommend.

Good luck.

@Flowerpower70 but that is shaving! It cuts the hair off at the skin’s surface.

I would take her to a proper salon and get it waxed. I didn’t go into my twenties (because I ancient!) and by the time I was 40 there was barely anything to wax.
She will feel so much better, it’s not expensive and works a treat.

I use those springy things, someone called it a twizzler stick above, but it's not very easy to target it right so it might not work for someone with more hair. I'd think laser would be an option, but if she's too young maybe a cream?

The springy thing doesn't hurt once your skin's got used to it.

I got hot wax for my dd who's younger than yours. It's the beads that you melt and then it's strip free. She found threading too painful and this is quite easy. Only wax and threading actually looks nice after. I'm asian so have a lot of experience with this 😀