The bearded lady

Had a go with my Wizzit now, and have taken Ana's advice and removed the guard, and tried multi directions.
Didn't hurt at all on my chin, but was definitely heading towards pain on my top lip!
I'd give it 7/10

Hope that helps Liz46 (hairless)

lol about the blood pressure monitor! (Actually I think I was a bit worried too )

Interesting to keep them wondering Maggie

Well, it looks as though there are plenty of us in the same boat, Ibelonghere! Welcome to Gransnet!

My Epistick is here, sitting beside me as I type. I must steel myself to use the thing tomorrow, otherwise it'll join a long line of items bought and never used, often because I've wimped out (come in, blood pressure monitor I never dared use because I got it into my head it would just keep on squeezing, and squeezing, and squeezing...).

Two of my menfolk have picked the Epistick up, studied its rather dubious appearance and the Chinese writing, and quietly put it back down. I have no idea what they're thinking.

I joined Gransnet, purely because I found this thread and say thank you! So glad that I am not alone in this. I am cultivating hairs out of my chin, neck and the side of my nose. (yes sadly they are sprouting there too).
I am feeling a bit freakish though, as I have to pluck every single day & sometimes, I reckon I could do it all day long. I too have made DD promise to pluck them out, if I ever do into a coma etc.

As for the eyebrows, they are fast turning white, straggly and are refusing to be dyed. Even by the experts.

Don't know what I expected really. I started going grey at 17 years old.

I'm a poor excuse for a human being...Would make a reasonably good looking Werwolf though!

I had epilation on my chin and upper lip years ago but then got a bit of a red rash which apparently was rosacea - not sure if it was connected to the epilation. Generally I use tweezers but may send for a Wizzit.

My eyebrows have to be kept under strict control as well, they would grow right down and very long if left to their own devices. I try to pull out the white ones but then worry I will not be left with many dark ones (head hair is still dark!). A sort of cross between Denis Healey and Alistair Darling in reverse.

I have detailed off my DIL to come and tweezer me when I am gaga.

yogagran, I have looked at this previously and the reviews on Amazon are not too favourable and it is relatively expensive.

I'll admit that I know nothing about this but it was an advert in The Weekend section of The Telegraph

www.trynono.co.uk

I must be honest - I love a good pluck

Thanks Ana btw.

I got the courage up to try my Whizzit today! (daughter was threatening to wrench it off me and do it for me) It works really well. Just a quite satisfying tickle. Nothing like as bad as when DD tweezers them out!

Brabant - thank you so much for starting this thread, a) because some of the posts have made me laugh out loud and b) it's so good to know that I am not a freak!

My particular moan is the fact that hairs on my chin and top of my neck are so easy to locate by hand but disappear when the tweezers get near!
Eyebrows are also behaving strangely now - apart from the very coarse white variety I am now finding very++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ long ones - an inch to an inch and a half long. Am beginning to feel like Dennis Healey. Have also developed a habit of feeling top lip hairs with my tongue (when on my own I hasten to add) - tweezering those out does really make my eyes water!

Thanks for the various recommendations - off to Amazon/E-bay now!

Ah thanks Ana, I wondered about that (especially as I had trouble getting the plastic cover back on....

Mamie, I've found the Wizzit works better without the guard on. I'm not recommending or encouraging anyone to try, just saying...

And trying different directions of attack helps, too.

Got batteries in my Wizzit yesterday, then I could only find one decent hair!
Anyway it seemed to work, so I'll keep you posted Liz

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Not doing well with the Wizzit so far. It gets a few fine hairs out, but that has never been a problem. It seems to pull the coarser ones out a bit further, that is all.

Never pack without my tweezers! I say 'never' I was volunteering on a Welsh island a few years back when I had only a couple of persistent hairs. I realised with horror that I had forgotten to pack my beloved tweezers. One of the other volunteers had a see through make up bag and to my joy were, snuggled in the bottom, a pair of tweezers. I locked the wash room door and plucked (excuse the pun) them from the bag and tweaked to my heart's content. She never knew. I don't think she would have been too happy, we had already nicked named her Mrs Bouquet!

My aunt used to use a SilkyMit facial hair remover. It's a sort of fine sandpaper that you stick on a holder and rub over the affected areas!
I have tried it a few times (my own one, not my aunt's!) and it seems to work but can cause a bit of soreness. I prefer the certainty of tweezers.

Perhaps it had a bumpy landing, Brenda
I do my own hot waxing with stuff you can buy in Boots. Works fine, except I struggle with getting my left eyebrow the right shape.

eBay jinglebellfrocks. I have sent a notification to the seller. Now just need to wait.

Amazon or eBay *brenda^? I got refund including p and p for the one from an Amazon seller that didn't work. The one I've got here from eBay works ok.

My Wizzit has arrived today broken!

Lona and Mamie, I am waiting to see how you get on. I have pale, downy hair on my cheeks which I would like to get get rid of.

I ordered my Whizzit this week from Amazon. It left Edinburgh yesterday, flew from East Midlands Airport to Brussels, was taken from Brussels to Paris then on to Le Havre. A DHL van will bring it from Le Havre to me in deepest rural Basse Normandie by the end of the morning. All for 8€. Not good for my carbon footprint.