What do you do about your arm hair? (Judgement free zone...biitches)

BetchySprout · May 2010

I am in the middle of epiladying mine off. I let it get back to Bushwoman proportions after I got pregnant and just never bothered afterward. I was driving to school today and I swear, I had gorilla hands/arms. It was at hideous/don't look at me proportions.

Defuzzing now.

What do you use, if anything?

HydrangeaSunset · May 2010

Forearm hair, or armpit hair?

bexter · May 2010

Tweezers...pluck one little hair at a time...j/k

OrganicTeacher · May 2010

Mine is so white/clear that I don't do anything for it. No one can see it. My leg hair is the same way - but I shave or Nair that

BabyRN2006 · May 2010

Nothing.

BetchySprout · May 2010

clairenmonique:
Forearm hair, or armpit hair?

Forearm/wrist/hand/knuckles.

I am a man.

BetchySprout · May 2010

bexter:
Tweezers...pluck one little hair at a time...j/k

That would be totally metal of me!

steffwd124 · May 2010

Nada

vilaro · May 2010

Ha! The title of this post gave me the LOLS, Patty.

I've never epiladied but in college I waxed all my arm hair off on a whim (my friend had just done it) and I loved it. It felt great and grew back softer.

I never did it again as I don't have a lot of hair but would recommend it.

HydrangeaSunset · May 2010

All I need to do is shave my legs every damn day and if I remember, I'll wax my toes when I do my brows and upper lip.

youngin12 · May 2010

Pattypoundcake:
clairenmonique:
Forearm hair, or armpit hair?
Forearm/wrist/hand/knuckles.
I am a man.

I occasionally shave my knuckles only because I know the hair is there and it bothers me.

I have shaved my arms before on a whim, but don't remember if I liked it or not so I'm scared to do it again.

bexter · May 2010

Pattypoundcake:
bexter:
Tweezers...pluck one little hair at a time...j/k
That would be totally metal of me!

LMAO I just about died when I read this.

kerrbear72 · May 2010

I'm very fair so I don't do anything.

Though, in the 4th grade, I shaved my arms because my girlfriend told me I was supposed to.

My mom lost her shitt.

pinkflipflops44 · May 2010

my sil shaves her arms.. my hair is dark and when i was younger it was much more obvious.. now i either don't notice it much or it has thinned out because i haven't been bothered by it.. well except for the thick hair that grows out of my mole that i seem to always forget about hahaha

BetchySprout · May 2010

bexter:
Pattypoundcake:
bexter:
Tweezers...pluck one little hair at a time...j/k
That would be totally metal of me!

LMAO I just about died when I read this.

Smile I aim to please!

dsm111509 · May 2010

My arm hair is blonde so it's not noticeable and I leave it alone.

BetchySprout · May 2010

kdodge423:
I Nair that shiit. Speaking of, I need to get some Nair.

I'll shave in a pinch, but I always end up cutting my elbow. I lost a dare back in 7th grade and ended up with shaved arms. I have darkish hair, but it get back white which annoys me.

What kind of Nair do you use? I tried the thicker creamy lotion stuff but it left a ton of hair behind even after I leave it on longer.

Mine isn't so dark, it is bushy with darkish ends. Ick.

nic5606 · May 2010

Nothing. Once, I bleached my forearm hairs in 9th or 10th grade. My hair is not that dark, so I just let it be.

bexter · May 2010

Pattypoundcake:
bexter:
Pattypoundcake:
bexter:
Tweezers...pluck one little hair at a time...j/k
That would be totally metal of me!

LMAO I just about died when I read this.
I aim to please!

LOL You succeed.

AmberZ2be · May 2010

I shave mine.

BetchySprout · May 2010

kdodge423:
Pattypoundcake:
kdodge423:

I Nair that shiit. Speaking of, I need to get some Nair.

I'll shave in a pinch, but I always end up cutting my elbow. I lost a dare back in 7th grade and ended up with shaved arms. I have darkish hair, but it get back white which annoys me.

What kind of Nair do you use? I tried the thicker creamy lotion stuff but it left a ton of hair behind even after I leave it on longer.

Mine isn't so dark, it is bushy with darkish ends. Ick.

There's different kinds of Nair?

Uh, the type I grab? Actually Veet works a little better with their spiffy "razor".

I have a cream...but they make a lotion and the foam stuff. I will have to give the Veet a chance...that "razor" is compelling.

lyse2143 · May 2010

I leave it alone. I have super duper blonde hairs so you barely see them except for in the sun light. My hair is super light and fair on my legs too. The hairs down there never get prickly, which is good, but bad when I shave over it and it doesn't go anywhere due to the type of hair. Feel free to hate me.

ConnCottager · May 2010

My arm hair is fairly dark - I feel like it's darker than my natural hair color. It also has a tendency to stand on end, like I'm cold all the time.

I've never been happy with it but I was convinced that I'm supposed to have hair on my arms and didn't want to wax it all off. Bleaching seemed like a nuisance.

Since I've been off BC, it's gotten noticably darker and I finally decided to do something. I use DH's beard trimmer and cut it short - it's not stubbly-short, it no longer stands on end, and because it's shorter, it's lighter. I love that the solution is quick, easy, and free!

bcnoelle · May 2010

Wax. I have fair skin/dark hair. In high school I used to Jolen and bleach it. Then I went to a salon that waxed it but it's pricey. After I went a few times I quickly learned how easy it would be to do it myself. I have a wax warmer, GIGI wax, and the muslin strips from Sally's Beauty Supply. It gets messy if you're not careful but I never feel stubble when it grows in. I go about 3 weeks between waxes in the summer.

LauraOTR · May 2010

I shaved it a couple times when I was younger, and my sister gave me so much crap for it. (OMG, LAURA SHAVED HER ARMS, FA-REEEEEEAK!!)

I tried Nair, but I hate it.

I tried bleaching it, but that shiz makes my arms feel like they are burning off.

Now, I leave it alone. It's dark...it's there...but whatever. It's really only the lower part of my arm. I didn't even do anything for my wedding, though I probably should have, but it didn't show up in pictures, so I'm fine with it. I considered shaving again, but I don't want to deal with more stubble on my body...I have enough to deal with.

BetchySprout · May 2010

lyse2143:
I leave it alone. I have super duper blonde hairs so you barely see them except for in the sun light. My hair is super light and fair on my legs too. The hairs down there never get prickly, which is good, but bad when I shave over it and it doesn't go anywhere due to the type of hair. Feel free to hate me.

Hate.

I bet you don't even have hairy hobbit toes Sad

lyse2143 · May 2010

Pattypoundcake:
lyse2143:
I leave it alone. I have super duper blonde hairs so you barely see them except for in the sun light. My hair is super light and fair on my legs too. The hairs down there never get prickly, which is good, but bad when I shave over it and it doesn't go anywhere due to the type of hair. Feel free to hate me.
Hate.
I bet you don't even have hairy hobbit toes

A couple of blonde strays.

FutureMrsCaesar · May 2010

Patty, this will make you feel better...I have super duper blonde, clear hair on my arms...bla bla bla. No really, I do, but in MASSIVE, LONG amounts. Like I could come damn close to french braiding it. It's noticable in the winter but in the summer when I get tan it stands out worse than if it were dark, I think. I have waxed it and shaved it for years, but have since given that up, I just don't have the time. What is this epilady you speak of?

I also have crazy hair on my toes and the top of my feet. Again, blonde, but no matter what I do, it stands STRAIGHT up. I bet if I took my socks off right now I'd have some 1" long hairs on my toes standing on end. I really need to remember to shave them in the morning, thanks for the reminder!

Bean47 · May 2010

I shave it. I have very dark, thick and LONG arm hair. I was always very self conscious of it growing up and began shaving it in college. I feel like I can't go back now!

jteneback · May 2010

I use the no-no every once in a while as my skin is too sensitive to shave or Nair. The burning hair freaks out DH, though. And it wouldn't work on your knuckles.

Milliways · May 2010

This works for me...

BetchySprout · May 2010

FutureMrsCaesar:
Patty, this will make you feel better...I have super duper blonde, clear hair on my arms...bla bla bla. No really, I do, but in MASSIVE, LONG amounts. Like I could come damn close to french braiding it. It's noticable in the winter but in the summer when I get tan it stands out worse than if it were dark, I think. I have waxed it and shaved it for years, but have since given that up, I just don't have the time. What is this epilady you speak of?

I also have crazy hair on my toes and the top of my feet. Again, blonde, but no matter what I do, it stands STRAIGHT up. I bet if I took my socks off right now I'd have some 1" long hairs on my toes standing on end. I really need to remember to shave them in the morning, thanks for the reminder!

Silk-epil by Braun

Mine is a few years old. It rips the hair out by the root and lasts for about a week or two before it starts growing back. It doesn't hurt as much as you would think.

PinkLove-S · May 2010

I shave it off every time is shave my legs... If i have time though i prefer to epilady it too because it stays smooth longer.

Lilleybug · May 2010

AmberZ2be:
I shave mine.

Me too but I do not have to do it very often.

_lobsters__ · May 2010

I can TOOOOTALLY relate. I'm Italian, Hungarian (and Scotch-Irish, German), and my arm hair was long and pretty dark.

I shave my arms! haha! I was tired of people telling my how hairy my arms were, as if I didn't know. I just use a regular old razor and shave them while I'm in the shower!

sbuxsweetie · May 2010

I don't particularly like my arm hair, but it isn't quite bad enough for me to do anything about it. In the summer, it lightens up quite a bit, so for at least a few months I feel like it's not even noticeable.

What I do have to worry about is my upper lip hair.. I use an electric razor for that. I used to wax until I found a razor that was a lot less of a hassle (and not painful/irritating for my skin).

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