I've had my eyebrows threaded before. It might be the same procedure...basically it works the same as tweezing but the aesthetician wraps a thread around each hair and twists to pull it out.

I was in Asia when I had it done so it could be the same thing...I think it would take a very long time to do one's legs that way

Threading = OUCH. I wanted to fight the thread artist when I had my eyebrows threaded. I guess like waxing, you'd get used to it, but I don't know.

Waxing, pretty good.

Veet = +1 on the burning and rash. I don't what's up with Veet, but my skin does NOT like it!

Hmmm. Maybe I'll hang out at the place and follow someone in and listen to them having the thread job. LOL.

Thanks for the info. I've been considering it for those stray eyebrows on my chin.

avon hair removal cream is great and only takes 2.5minutes. And you should be able to buy an anti chafing gel at you supermarket or chemist. Fail in that use a talc with somekind of mint or eucaliptus in .......like a foot talc. As it reduces pesperation reducing moisture and chafing which i know is painful.

I use an epilator on certain bits. It can hurt like the bejeesus, but not always. It hurts like mad if I go all winter without doing my legs. Lower legs are only mildly painful once they are in 'maintenence mode' (MM). Upper legs are moderately painful in MM and OMG painful if you let them go all winter. Bikini is pretty painful no matter what, but gets easier if you keep at it. Chin and cheeks are a breeze, upper lip is painful.

I have never done armpits or eyebrows with it (I shave the pits and tweeze the brows).

I also get serious hives from the epilator, so I always have to do it at night before I go to bed.

But, for me, it's easier than shaving or waxing. I'm too lazy to shave as often as I would need to, and shaving the bikini hair just results in ingrown hairs and a rash. I am seriously thinking about saving up for lazer hair removal, but I am afraid to from all the horror stories (terrible burns...). I have pale red-head skin, so I don't know if I'd be more at risk or not.

BP

stay away from the Veet. I'll never use it again, felt like battery acid on my legs and they were itchy and red for hours. I'm not a wimp with pain, but that had me in tears.

I decided to try the Smooth Away thing that they've got on TV - bought the kit yesterday. I have to say that I'm totally impressed with it - it was fast, painlss, easy, and it might be another weapon in my arsenal against my KP. If you haven't seen it, it's basically the equivalent of using superfine sandpaper. I spent $10 for the starter kit, which contains a palm-size thing that the sandpaper sticks to, and a smaller one-finger version - and 5 of each of the sizes of paper. Because it's a really effective exfoliator too, this might be just the thing for those that want to use the tinted moisturizers. Thumbs up on this one!

Thanks for the epilator advice bopeep. I went out and bought one. It worked and hurt about the same as waxing does for me...unfortunately, it was still really easy for me to miss spots and I found it didn't alwasy grab the hairs as I ran it over the spots. I'm not sure if that's me or the device I bought... but I guess there's no perfect way to get rid of my leg hair.

I use an epilator, too - it takes some time to get the handmotion down right. I bought one with a light, and still sometimes miss spots! You have to go slow, and go against the direction of the hair in my experience. You also have to go over the same area more than once sometimes. Good luck!

I'm an Avon rep in my after work life, so forgive the plug-but the skin so soft hair remover is really awesome. The facial hair remover works wonders (I'm hairy hairy HAIRY on my face-it's scary) and I've been burned by Nair for Sensitive Skin.

For the ladies that have done laser hair removal. ( I was going to start a new thread but my post count isn't high enough.)

My question is... Like a year down the road after all the treatments, is the hair that was removed still completely gone? I have read stories of people having a lot of the hair come back.

Also, how much of the hair would you say was removed? And if some came back, how much would you estimate was still gone from the original state?

I know the laser centers say that you should get around an 80% reduction after all the treatments.

Additionally, I am looking into the at home FDA approval laser hair removal systems. Does anyone have any input on there effectiveness?

Thanks.