Epilators - worth the pain?

Worth the pain but not the ingrown hairs imo. Nothing I did helped (tend skin, exfoliating and moisturising etc). I've given up now.

I like mine and have been using it for over a year now, I dont get many in grown hairs but i exfoiliate and moisturise almost every day

Thanks chicken. I will give it a go (maybe after some wine).

Thanks ILS. How often do you use it,does it still hurt as much?

I've just sold my once used one on fleabay.

It wasn't that painful but it would have taken an age to remove all my armpit hair. That makes me sound like i'm really hair but I wasn't, it just didn't seem to take that many hairs as you swept it through. I couldn't be arsed.

Well Im too scared to use it on my legs let alone armpits! ?

I used one a couple of years ago, and got rid of it because it was really painful plus I had to shave again afterwards because it left so many hairs behind! It may just have been me or the model I bought. Plus I am a wimp when it comes to pain.

I use mine every week for armpits (takes about 2 mins each one) and every other week for legs

It does take a long time to do legs but it is better and lasts longer than shaving

Ive got so used to the pain now it doesnt hurt at all - unless I catch my armpit in a funny way and then ??

It seems I may have wasted my money then. I'll get drunk be brave and try it tonight. Does it not leave you nice and smooth then? Im so fed up of shaving and having prickly legs!

Its similar to waxing, I find I need to epilate as often as I needed to wax when I waxed but its cheaper

I find Im proper smooth for about 2 days but only really need to epilate after about 10 days - 2 weeks

I am very dark haired though so it might be different if you were lighter or blonde

Im very dark haired too. Im not too bothered about being totally smooth, just want rid of the stubbly legs!

Good luck with that!

I've thought about getting one but for the amount of hairs on my legs I don't think the pain is worth it [laugh[

I have one I use occasionally but find it takes too long to get every hair, so tend to go back to shaving or waxing.

Didn't find it particularly painful to use on my legs but hurt like hell when I tried it on my underarms. ?

I found it took too long, and I still ended up with some hairs left< so had to shave anyway

Right, thats it. Too many of you have used the crying man, its going nowhere near the pits!

I had awful problems with ingrowing hairs on my legs, but then I am a bit lax on the exfoliating front. It took forever too, I just find it much easier to shave. I do however use it <whispers> on my upper lip <whispers> - it hurts the first time but you do get used to it and I definitely get less regrowth there now.

I use mine on my thighs and underarms. I can't use it on the bottom of my legs, far too many ingrown hairs so much easier to shave every morning! I do have very fine, light hair on my legs so not sure if that has anything to do with the ingrowns because I moisurise everyday and exfoliate regularily.

I'd take a couple of painkillers 30 minutes before, helps numb the pain. Once your past the shins its normally not as painful.

Great for underarms, okay for bikini line (yes, I have a high pain threshold ?), rubbisher than a rubbish thing for legs. What I've found is that it stretches the hairs and then they snap off at or just below skin level, which means subbliness, ingrown hairs and horrible shadows of hairs that you can see beneath the skin. Like Chicken, I tried absolutely everything in terms of Tendskin/exfoliating/moisturising... nothing helped.

I love mine. It does take a long time to do my legs but it's worth it as the regrowth is very fine and slow-growing now. I also use it on my bikini line (when I can see it, i.e. not at the moment) and my armpits. Armpits are by far the worst, much worse than bikini line. I've got one of those epilators with the ice attachment to numb the area but I only used it twice and now the ice thingy is sitting in the freezer somewhere.

I seriously can't begin to imagine how anyone uses one of these. I tried once and the pain bought tears to my eyes. I'd rather be waxed. <shudder>

Wine helps ?