I’ve been on hrt for a couple of months and one of the hardest things I’ve had to deal with is my light skin + dark body hair. While I’m not out to the world yet it’d be nice to have a smooth chest without short, visible hairs after shaving, which leads to my question. Have any of you dealt with this and found someway to at least hide body hair stubble?
Laser is one way, and it sounds like your hair is the right colour for it.
It really shouldn’t be. Not sure how it is where you are but where I live (Argentina) there’s a lot of salons that use Chinese clones of Soprano machines (like “[something random] Ice”) and those are really cheap, like 10 USD for a full body session. Don’t look at Candela places for the body lmao
Epilator works well, but it’s kind of painful
I’ve had an epilator for a while, but with how epilating only cut the hair on my legs rather than plucking it I’m a little concerned about what it’ll do to my chest. Any specific prep I should do?
It can take some practice. It works best if the hair is already short, like 2-3 days after shaving
I’ll give it a shot. It’ll hurt for sure but I suppose that comes with the territory. 😅
I can only say that despite exfoliating and shaving a day or two earlier and also washing right before epilating it doesn’t work on my upper thighs specifically. I’ve had good results on my lower legs and my arms, but my guess is that the hair is so thick it doesn’t pull it out all the way. I’m using a decent Braun epilator too so tgat shouldn’t be the issue.
My skin tone and hair color are similar to your description: it was significantly visible enough on my legs after shaving to make the act seems pointless. Epilating does work very well and makes me feel much more comfortable in my skin. Either as a result of the epilator, hrt, or both, its no longer so bad on my chest. There are still some hairs around my areolae and belly button but I could get away with just shaving my chest if I wanted. As a bonus the epilator will be better for the planet and save you money but the real true draw for me is the abject bliss of the pain. :)
The downside to that combination is that your hair is more visible. The upside is that it responds really well to laser. It’s not cheap, but you know that if and when you do get it, it’s going to give you good results compared to many other folk
Shaving and an at home IPL device. I’m not sure how well it’ll work long term but for now it’s enough for me.
