ADVICE PLEASE TO HELP GET RID OF DAUGHTERS DARK HAIRS ABOVE HER LIPS

[mummymayhem18]

Hi everyone. I'm after some advice please. My nearly 16 year old daughter has some dark hairs above each side of her top lip,a light moustache you might say.
I had noticed before she had a few smaller hairs there ages ago but wasn't to worried. She came home from school today and i noticed it looked more noticeable and she said she had plucked some which I think has made it a bit more noticeable.
I was wondering if any of you had had this problem with your daughters and what was the best way to tackle it as I'm worried of making it worse and the hair coming back thicker and faster.
I know there are creams,bleach,laser,waxing etc but wondered what was the best and lasted the longest. Many thanks in advance.

Take her to a salon to have it waxed. After she’s had it done a few times she might be happy to do it herself at home with strips.

As someone who had to bleach their moustache as a teenager, and was really self conscious of it, I wish waxing was more common back then. The bleach eventually gave you an orange ‘tache and the black hair regrowth was really obvious amongst the bleached hairs anyway.

I did eventually use hair remover cream to get rid of it in one go and then spent years plucking daily the ones that grew through until waxing became really common.

DD and I both use stripless wax from Amazon. Doesn't hurt, takes a minute, long lasting results.

Jolen cream bleach is the best first try.

Buy her a Philips Lumea. What I would've given to have had one at that age after years of horrid bleach that lasts a few days and nasty irritating wax.

I find Nair very good. Takes three minutes. I don't use the after cream as I find it causes a spot-ache

I've got rid of mine permanently by using a NoNo. It took months of doing going from twice a week to once and so on.

I'm not sure how/if it would work on someone so young though

Honestly? I use a razor every morning.

Waxing is no good because you have to let the hair grow long enough for the wax to grip. The creams have nasty chemicals in that I don’t want on my skin. Razor works perfectly. (If waxing / creams were any good, men woukd use them!)

Or laser treatment at a reputable salon. I wouldn’t mess around with lasers at home on my dd’s face.

Ps I suggest you don’t bleach, I’ve met so many women with orange / blond moustaches that we all pretend we can’t see. Very odd.

Threading - removes even the tiniest hairs, reduces growth over time.

I wouldn’t personally use creams as they can cause a reaction. Bleach just gives you a blonde tache.

Epilator plus Lumea or suchlike

I've recommended this before on another post. Any facial hair should be removed with electrolysis if you can find a salon. I had a similar issue and chin hairs (very late teens/early twenties) and this was the only permanent solution. It can also target lighter hairs (grey and blonde) so if there are any long hairs that are lighter it will get them as well. It changed my life. I was so so self conscious and upset by it but the only thing is, you cannot wax or pluck in the interim! She will have to leave them until jer appt and they zap the hairs individually and then pluck them. So she will walk out of her appt with nothing. Good luck!

Please don't shave
Threading is amazing

I have a question for all those recommending threading or waxing - surely this might be ok if you're getting rid of fine blonde hairs, but if they're thick and dark, what do you do while you're waiting for it to grow long enough to remove again?

Before looking at removal you should investigate if there is a reason for it. 10% of the female population suffer from PCOS and many cases go undiagnosed. There are many symptoms, facial hair growth is one of them.

Threading grows back finer and you can pluck as well if you need. The thread can grab really tiny hairs.

PML at the potential reasons for having facial hair. Where I come from (in Europe), 100% of the women I know have some kind of facial hair and remove it

I've tried threading, waxing, bleaching, plucking, lumea, electrolysis and the thing I find works best for me if one of those jml finishing touch flawless facial shavers. I just keep it by the sink and use it after brushing my teeth.

@Thewindwhispers

Honestly? I use a razor every morning.

Waxing is no good because you have to let the hair grow long enough for the wax to grip. The creams have nasty chemicals in that I don’t want on my skin. Razor works perfectly. (If waxing / creams were any good, men woukd use them!)

Or laser treatment at a reputable salon. I wouldn’t mess around with lasers at home on my dd’s face.

OP, please do not follow the above advice - please do not encourage your DD to shave her upper lip or any other facial hair.

As PP have said, a good place to start is with waxing. It's quick, effective and relatively painless (though the philtrum part under my nose always makes my eyes twitch!). Just ask the salon for an upper lip wax.

If you are looking for an at home solution, the wax strips and depilatory creams such as Veet or Nair are ideal, but just be careful not to leave the cream on too long (as a teenager I managed to give myself a mild chemical burn by leaving the cream on slightly beyond the maximum time suggested, which scabbed on my upper lip...).

If you are able, now might be the time to invest in an at-home hair removal laser device such as a Philips Lumea etc as leg hair, underarm hair etc will probably follow suit.

Waxing is awful though. You have to leave the hair to grow and then it gave me terrible spots.

I’d investigate a permanent solution such as electrolysis or laser. I’d go to a reputable service that offers these and get a consult to discuss permanent options and which would be best with the type of hair etc.

I'm very hairy and have tried a few things.
Bleaching makes it more obvious and it twinkles in the sun.
Do not shave ffs you don't want stubble.
Waxing is great -does grow back of course but wispy not stubbly. If I don't use some kind of sudacrem, or witch hazel after I get a few spots. The benefit brow bar are excellent at facial waxing if you have one near by.

I also have an ipl which works well but never used it on my face as I don't want to shave it first.

Wait has she actually asked how to remove it ?!!!

If you can afford it, buy Philips ipl machine and use that. They are very good

@catfunk I thought that first but then went for it. Very glad I did. It’s made it so much better.

Thanks for everyone's replies. Only just remembered I had put a post up and to check if anyone had replied 😂.
To answer someone yes my daughter wants and knows I'm looking into getting it sorted.
I definitely didn't want to get her to shave it there as don't want to risk stubble. I will Google the Lumea and suggestions like that but for now have ordered this cream from Amazon. Will do a patch test first but hoping it doesn't cause a reaction so she ends up with a scabby moustache instead 🤞. I have PCOS so know about that but hoping at nearly 16 it's not down to that 🤞🤞.