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Buy mens' electric razors, ladies

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Ava5 · 19/08/2017 12:24

...because they rock (especially if you have sensitive skin). I just about wept from joy when I started using 1. Back when I used womens' ones of various brands, I just about wanted to throw them at the wall. They were both utterly flipping useless and terribly irritating for sensitive skin.

Good mens' ones are cheaper, more effective, don't cause any rash, have a half a million different attachments, convinient holding racks AND are not coloured in hideous pink. Yet another installment in the 'mens' products are better' category. Had I discovered mens' electric shavers earlier, it would've saved me years of grief due to struggling with nasty hair removal methods.

The consumer patriarchy is alive and well...

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Whywonttheyletmeusemyusername · 19/08/2017 12:28

Have to agree ! Have been using one for 30 odd years - its ancient, and has never once let me down !

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TinselAngel · 19/08/2017 12:28

For your legs?

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DodgyGround · 19/08/2017 12:30

Which one do you use?

I've always used Gillette battery power, and a Philips electric shaver for my underarms as I still get shaving rash there. Am always interested in something better though, as the electric razor doesn't shave close enough really.

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VestalVirgin · 19/08/2017 12:40

For your legs?

I have to shave my face as well. (Have to as in, I grow an adorable little beard if I don't, and patriarchy doesn't like that on women)

Recently read someone claim that a quarter of female college students grow facial hair, with postmenopausal women, it is even 60%.
You'd never guess from looking at people.

So, using men's razors makes sense, after all I use them for the exact same area.

I don't shave any part of my body that I can cover with clothes at job interviews.

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Wobblebeans · 19/08/2017 12:46

I use a battery powered Gillette men's razor for my underarms and legs, it's much better than any women's razor I've found.

It vibrates so I don't get a rash anymore, I have sensitive skin.

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DodgyGround · 19/08/2017 14:18

That's the one j use wobble but t still gives me rash under the arms, but the electric razor doesn't

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