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cindyg111 · 07-04-2006, 07:24 PM

1 when hair is visible on your arms or legs, how many of you wear long sleeves w/ pants? I do for my legs mostly. Last night I had very close friends over for a cookout and I had spiky legs and wore shorts. No one cared- not even me, yeah! I love being in my 40's. My arms are SO hairy and I actually like it. I once used NADS (evil product - see below) and took my arm hair off with it. It hurt like hell and my arms looked scary, naked and like chicken legs - eeeew!

2 how many people wear socks constantly to hide the hair around the ankle & toes & feet? Not me - the hair on my toes is light and it doesn't bother me

3 does anyone wear turtlenecks/scarves to hide hair on the chest or neck? Not me

4 or comb your hair around your face so that sideburns arent visible.
not me

5 if you cant wax, nair or pluck for a few days, do you give in to the urge to shave? (actually i heard plucking is worse and shaving is better but i feel safer plucking for some odd reason) I shave my face every day. I have way too many hairs to pluck. It would take 1/2 a day and I'd want to jump out a window.

6 favourite method of hair removal (besides laser/electrolysis but if youre on it PRAY TELL how its working for you and how long it took to complete the treatments) here are some preferences: sugaring, waxing, threading, plucking, shaving, finishing touch/electronic hair removal blades, nair/cream. also please recommend brands, types, and pros of cons of the ones you like or dislike very strongly. I shave every day - lower face, chin, neck.

Shaving really doesn't do it for me or make me happy as I shave my face/chin/neck every day.

I recently got a Fotofacial RF treatment (similar to laser). Prior to the first treatment, the doctor told me go see an endo for medication and also put me on Tri Luma cream for my face. I have never been to an endo (was on custom progesterone cream as alternative therapy). The Dr. (he's a plastic surgeon) told me the progesterone cream wouldn't do anything for my hirsutism - go figure - I didn't know that!. I had to go see my new regular doctor anyway and asked about endo/hirsutism etc. and he put me on Met. That Dr. agreed w/Dr. Fotofacial and told me we'd do the endo route if the Met didn't work and also told me no more Progesterone Cream. With just going on Met, the Tri Luma and the one treatment my hair is much less noticeable. Even my friends have noticed. Yippee. I'm going again in 6 weeks for another treatement. So far my hair situation is the best it's ever been. I look at my chin and I don't see "the black shadow" anymore. I still shave every day though - but it's much easier.

I also had done electrolysis (sp?) but that was bDS. When I got pregnant with DS (a minor miracle) my hair got so bad because of hormones, I stopped electrlysis. It wasn't working too well anyway.

I've tried Vaniqua and that was useless and a big waste of money.

7 does anyone else get knicked from shaving their arms or toes or feet? Not applicable

8 whats the strangest place that you have to remove hair? i dont know if its strange but my fingers...i actually woulda said the tops of my feet or a couple other things except that i saw some people who said they too have to remove the hair from there. Sometime I shave around my nipples as I get about 8-10 long hairs around them. I don't care my fingers and toes are hairy but the hair isn't dark.

9 HOW on EARTH do you get rid of all that tiny black stubble? the kind that looks like pores in your arms or wherever you remove it from? the ones that when you shave or whatever its still there! my legs even kinda look like that bcuz im so pale and then i got these li'l dots except on my legs its pores, on my arms its hair. anyone got any ideas? see answer to 6 above. For my legs - just a really good razor and some color - a light tan? I live in TX so all I have to do is go outside for a little while each day.

10 anyone tried those hair buffers by con-air or any of that kinda stuff? the ones where you replace those pads on it? like a microderm abrasion kit? No - that sounds interesting....

11 WHAT IS A FACIAL HAIR BUFFER? they have those facial hair buffers at the stores but i dont know if they really work like they say they do and HOW do they work? thats why im hesitant to buy it. No - that sounds interesting....

12 anyone had any luck w/ the facial hair buffer, hair off mitten, or the Sally Hansen hair removal kit that includes the "hair wand"??? i dont know what the hair wand is but its called something like that i think, i cant remember but i was and am tempted to try it except that i think its probably going to be something like nair in a tube, or "wand". i just wanna know what it is! Nope

13 favourite method? most effective? least favourite? least effective? please give details as to why, if you can. i.e. the smell, the residue, painful/leaves burns, too much preparation time/doesnt remove small/long hairs effectively, doesnt remove hair as its supposed to, etc.

Least favorite - in order of unhappiness

Waxing - got my legs waxed the day before my wedding (20 years ago tomorrow!). Was one of the worst experiences I've ever had. Basically I paid some lady $50 to torture me. Had little red dots all over my legs that you could see thru my white hose. Good thing no one but the DH ever saw them! I did have smooth (although unsightly) legs for about 3-4 days. SO not worth it.

Nads - saw the ad on Tv (5 years ago) and bought 3 sets. Two for me and one for my sister who I think has skinny PCOS. Didn't work at all on the chin or the legs. Tried the arms - it worked, mostly - although it hurt like hell and I got some bloody pores from ripping the hair out. As I've noted above, I also didn't like the look - scary white chicken legs with hands attached - eeeew! It's almost like my arms need the hair to even out the fact they're so skinny (the only skinny part on me - sigh). Never sent the NADS to sis - tossed all of it. Sent curses mentally to the creator of such an giant waste of time, agony and money.

Vaniqa - big waste of money

Nair - just plain 'ole doesn't work. Smelled up the bathroom.

Plucking - I used to pluck when I was young (teen to early 20's). I haven't plucked since I had DS - it would just take too long. Plus - when you pluck, you get more in-grown hairs and pimples.

Shaving - this is what I use every day and every other day for the legs. The only thing that works day in and day out.

14 how does hirsutism affect your love/social/sex life? and on a scale of 0-10 (or OFF THE SCALE!!!) how would you say that the hirsutism affects your self-esteem/self-worth?

When I was younger it affected me somewhat but to be honest, it got much worse as I got older and especially after I had the DS. I 'm married and DH never mentioned(s) it - so really no effect. Now that I'm in my 40's I'm actually doing something about it and it's just for me and no one else. What a terrific thing too!

15 does your partner know you have hair? do you cover/remove it and try to keep it flawless all the time or do you sometimes let it go for a bit?

The longest I will let my facial hair go is maybe a day and 1/2 and that's only if we've had a rough work week and we slug out for a day or so on the weekend and basically stay inside in our pajamas. During the winter I may not shave my legs for days.

16 does hirsutism cause a less-fullfilling sex life? Nope

17 have you come to accept the problem or do you constantly find yourself wondering how things would be different if you DIDNT have it? does it cause a constant state of depression/loss of control? The hair thing never made me as sad as the weight thing. Granted, I've been on an anti-depresant for 4-5 years and been in therapy for the same amount of time - and both have really helped. It's taught me not to beat myself up over things I have no control over, to take care of myself and to actually understand and practice what that means. I could go on and on here - LOL.

18 does the cold seem to make hair growth worse? Nope

19 pros & cons of your favourite method/least favourite method. i know ive put this a few times on here probably but i figure that different products may be listed on different areas so you dont have to answer this if you have already and youre going to say the same thing you already said...lol bcuz i dont wanna be a hassle BUT this is more for the last words on any product that is worth knowing about.

I sure wish I'd gone the drug route alot earlier. I'm very impressed with the Met, the Tri Luma and the Foto Facial RF. I'm betting laser would be just as good.

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