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Shewhomustbe... · 17-09-2004 12:59am

Anyone any experience with epilators, sick of shaving or using creams.

ApeXaviour · 17-09-2004 5:12am

What's an epilator?

I'll tell you what I HAVE bought:
http://www.bnbmedical.co.kr/english/product/product_info.htm?no=20

You may call me foolish but I've heard reports that it works.
160eur it cost me. Sure beats the hell outta 4 grand..

Thing is I have to get someone to do my back now..
I have an evil plan..

PS: You mighta seen them on ebay for $300. This is where those guys get it from and for much cheaper..

Skud · 18-09-2004 1:45am

the thing you linked is an epilator i think, or it's similar to that.. that is a home electrolysis kit, tougher to do on your own, better off getting it done professionally if you that bad. Laser surgery grows back after 5 years too...

ApeXaviour · 18-09-2004 3:34pm

Skud wrote:

the thing you linked is an epilator i think, or it's similar to that.. that is a home electrolysis kit, tougher to do on your own, better off getting it done professionally if you that bad. Laser surgery grows back after 5 years too...

That's not necessarily the case..
Also getting it done professionally is simply not an option.. Where the hell am I gonna get four grand??? 170euro by comparison.. worth a try.

It's not a home electrolosys kit. It's a home laser kit, the only one in existence.... And it's not laser surgery, that's entirely different! There's NO SURGERY.. it's laser hair removal...

LegacyUser · 10-10-2005 3:27pm

What's an epilator?

I'll tell you what I HAVE bought:
http://www.bnbmedical.co.kr/english..._info.htm?no=20

You may call me foolish but I've heard reports that it works.
160eur it cost me. Sure beats the hell outta 4 grand..

Thing is I have to get someone to do my back now..
I have an evil plan..

PS: You mighta seen them on ebay for $300. This is where those guys get it from and for much cheaper..

By the way did this actually work for you in the end? seems too cheap to be true.

merritt · 10-10-2005 6:01pm

And here's the science bit...

Shaving or creams don't make hair grow back faster or thicker. However, because they just remove the visible parts of the follicle, it seems as though the hairs grow faster. And because each follicle is tapered at the end, when they are shaved, the end are now flat, rather than pointed, so they look thicker.

Waxing etc remove hair from the root, so the hair must grow again completely. It takes longer to get from root to above skin so it seems to grow back 'slower'. And because it begins with a new tapered ending, it looks finer.

So, in the heel of the hunt, go for waxing. The effect lasts for a few weeks and the follicles will not be chopped and look stubbly.

And if anyone has more details of the €600 laser, let me know!!

mad m · 10-10-2005 8:08pm

Few of the lads in my job could do with lazer treatment on there noses/ears.Its like the amazon.

So once the back and arms are done lads start saving for the vino&ears because they will be next.

chump · 10-10-2005 8:37pm

I honestly think if you were to get this done, it needs to be done as "properly" as you can...

I would look past shaving, and veet and wax and go straight for the laser...

If you dont have the money, save up.

It would not be worth the hassle and continuous expense of waxing for such realitively minor issue. IMO

ApeXaviour · 10-10-2005 9:51pm

blobert1980 wrote:

By the way did this actually work for you in the end? seems too cheap to be true.

No.. and it is

Dave · 10-10-2005 11:54pm

HM wrote:

I am fairly hairy too and i have too patches of hair on my back and some is is starting to grow on my shoulders too. I have no confidence at all because of this and i was thinking of getting it removed permantly. Ive heard that with laser treatment that it would probably grow back and that with elecrtolysis it will not. Does any have an idea how much it costs??

I used to think so too. But all the girls I've been with don't seem to care. I kind of take the piss out of it sometimes to them aswell. So just don't let it bother you, or be embarassed about it because I think that would be a far greater turn off.

That being said, when/if I can afford laser treatment I'll be doing it.

mad m · 11-10-2005 12:51am

The answer to all mens hair problems,link

Seriously though most women like men with hair.

ApeXaviour · 11-10-2005 1:04am

mad m wrote:

The answer to all mens hair problems,link

Seriously though most women like men with hair.

On their backs and shoulders though?

Maybe back in the day a man with a bit of chest carpet was all the rage. Nowadays though? I dunno, the amount of women I know that literally cringe when they see a hairy chested man on the telly. Kinda gets me down tbh though I know it's all fashion. Modern women want feminine men, look in the media, there are no manly men anymore. All skinny pufters with highlighted surf-hair etc.

Tiffany · 11-10-2005 1:48am

ApeXaviour wrote:

Maybe back in the day a man with a bit of chest carpet was all the rage. Nowadays though? I dunno, the amount of women I know that literally cringe when they see a hairy chested man on the telly. Kinda gets me down tbh though I know it's all fashion. Modern women want feminine men, look in the media, there are no manly men anymore. All skinny pufters with highlighted surf-hair etc.

Stop generalising, women are all different. Don't base women on what you see in the media, each woman has their personal preference.

ApeXaviour · 11-10-2005 10:18am

Tiffany wrote:

Stop generalising, women are all different. Don't base women on what you see in the media, each woman has their personal preference.

Imagine I said "most" before "women" then in the above post..

seamus · 11-10-2005 10:36am

ApeXaviour wrote:

Modern women want feminine men, look in the media, there are no manly men anymore. All skinny pufters with highlighted surf-hair etc.

No they don't. All women are different, but pretty much any woman I've talked to recently has made it clear that the feminine, polished pretty boy you see on the telly is the last thing they want.

Think of Brad Pitt in Fight Club, and you're getting closer.

Santa Claus · 11-10-2005 12:25pm

I saw we lobby RTE to start shwoing Magnum and Knight rider again....After enough exposure to Mr Selleck and the Hoff the women of Ireland will only be gagging for a nice hairy man !

ApeXaviour · 11-10-2005 12:37pm

seamus wrote:

Think of Brad Pitt in Fight Club, and you're getting closer.

You mean a thin prettyboy without a follicle on his body?

seamus · 11-10-2005 12:53pm

ApeXaviour wrote:

You mean a thin prettyboy without a follicle on his body?

Buff, yes. Thin, no.

I'm talking more the scruffy-faced, I don't give a **** about my hair look he had in that film.

Women aren't as concerned about visuals as men. At inital glance they do care, but it's much easier for women to "ignore" the visuals than it is for men. For example, get any old monkey-faced, beer-bellied man, stick him on a yacht in a navy outfit with a few million euro, and instantly many women won't think twice about sleeping with him.

Put a monkey-faced, beer-bellied woman on a yacht in a bikini and with a couple of million euro, and men will still think she's a monkey-faced, beer-bellied minger.

What I'm trying to say, is that although women will still sometimes go "ewww" about things they see on a man, it doesn't make as big a difference, in terms of attraction, as men seem to think it does.

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