holy fuck it hurts so damn much and so consistently. ive been at it for hours and i haven’t even finished a whole leg yet.

please. someone. just end me now

edit: i just did a spot and the pores started bleeding

    •  tunasyne   ( @tunasyne@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) OP
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      they really are, i mean the machine itself when turned on looks like a fuckin industrial shredder and it’s designed to rip the hair from your body (⁠@⁠_⁠@⁠)

      but, as you say, beauty is pain :')

  • It hurts at first because it has to take out all the hair at once. But since it grows back one hair at a time, ulterior uses are much less painful. I have found that wax hurts a lot less than epilators, so what you could do is wax one time to get started then use the epilator for maintenance.

    • see what’s funny is i actually bought a wax kit first but was advised to go with epilators since their reusable and a little easier and both hurt like hell anyways (⁠´⁠ ⁠.⁠ ⁠.̫⁠ ⁠.⁠ ⁠`⁠)

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      i shaved a couple weeks ago and grew it out, idk how to actually measure the length of hair but I did my best using a fabric ruler and i think it was just about 5mm??

      going over it with the trimmer attachment didn’t cut off any hair tho n it’s supposed to trim down to 5mm soooo im assuming im good??

      • :/ then it was probably just because it was the first time… it really hurts bad the first couple of times… it may help to go by hand for a bit and lighten up that forest with flat tipped tweezers? just ripping one hair out or a group of three or what ever you have ^^‘’ may be less painful than the constant buzz of the rollers… just use new and disinfected tweezers

  • What model? I have ran a couple into the ground. Philips was terrible the whole time, but got worse and I eventually got a different brand. My Braun silk epil 9 has been great, but required a head replacement at some point. These epilators wear out such that they don’t grab as well, just yanking on the same hairs and not actually plucking them - ow.

    Tips…

    • trim first. Epilating full length hairs enables the yanking-not-plucking since it’s most effective at plucking when the tweezer is directly above the hair it’s grabbing
    • be clean and not sweaty. Epilating in a hot house is really painful.
    • though they’re marketed for wet use, I’ve found this results in a bad trim and not an epilation
    • don’t try to mow areas like a lawn maximizing hairs per pass. Start at the edges of hairy areas and overlap it as little as possible with each pass unless you can stand more. If you try to make use of the full width of a 1.5" head it’s gonna be a bad time.
    • Upkeep every week or two is about 10% as much hassle and pain as upkeep every month or two. They don’t all grow back at once so density is greatly reduced when upkeeping before full regrowth occurs
    • braun silk epil 9! thanks for the advice, yeah i didn’t bother with wet use at all, didn’t seem ideal. also my hairs are around the max recommended length, should i trim shorter? also also the upkeep thing is defo a fantastic idea, imma have to do that.