I've done laser. Plucking\waxing supposedly encourages MORE growth. With laser I went every three months or so for about 1.5. Its been 4 years since I've gone, now I need to shave once every two weeks or so.... Being on the pill before I got laser seemed to slow it down a little bit...

I typically wax and pluck. I've shaved before but it does make grow back so dark...at least for me. I can't wait to try laser soon.

I shave every day, unless I'm not going out for whatever reason. I couldn't go through plucking and waxing, as my facial hair grows in a full on man beard pattern - all up my cheeks, sideburns, all accross my chin and down onto my neck...waxing that? Nooo! I tried removal cream but I had a really bad reaction to it, and bleaching really is pointless as it is thick and coarse and besides, when it gets to a certain length (achieved only once or twice during my lifetime due to serious illness for example) it just itches like crazy and I just need to take it off. As my husband is a very facially hairy beast, he gets through hundreds of disposable razors keeping himself groomed so I just steal one from his packs (and mine last a lot longer! haha!) and it doesn't add to our bills so I'm reluctant to go for laser hair removal when I can just have a quick shave in the shower, but it has its downsides - I've a big round scar on my chin where I slipped once. It's not so noticeable now but I was practically caking it in makeup for a good couple of months after it happened!

Ah, the pains we go through...

I use http://www.olay.com/skin-care-products/facial-hair-removal for my upper lip every couple of weeks, and just pluck the dark hairs from my chin, but I don't have the bad hair issues some of the ladies here have (still embarrassing, though).

I shave daily and it still shows a shadow - I just live with it. Tried spironolactone and it made no difference. Tried laser and it kept growing back plus it hurt so much I was sobbing hysterically - they say it's because the hair is so dark it absorbs the heat more. I haven't tried Spito plus laser - which I know I need to do at some point - I just dread the pain so I'm procrastinating.

I've had laser done on quite a few areas including my face. I've been to three different places, if the laser is hurting you that much, you need to find a different place with a better laser. Lasers are not all created equal. It's very important that they get you on the right type of laser machine for your skin tone/hair type. I'm sorry it was such a horrible, painful thing for you. It doesn't have to be that awful.

I tried all the usual methods and meds over the years and finally picked up the laser hair removal number my doctor gave me. LOVE it! I think 80% of the chin hair was gone after one treatment. I did lip and chin and now there are just the rogue strands. I was told with PCOS I might always need a touchup. I loved it so much I went for the underarms, just for me. I currently go four times a year and when they do those, they zap any on my lip/chin. There are definitely groupons out there (saw one this morning) if you don't have a specific recommendation. My place offers bundles, it was $175 per treatment in the beginning, now with the amount I've done and adding the underarms, it's $100. If I waxed every two weeks like I was, it would be $40 or so each time. This looks better and there's no instant regrowth within a few days.

I'm a wimp with pain. I was told it was like a hot rubber band snapping and that's pretty accurate. I take an extra twenty mins and get the numbing gel. It takes enough of it away (done it both ways). I also have someone who just goes for it, unless you say stop, she'll speed along and keep going. I do make it through each section without stopping. I've found this to be the best solution for me and if I need a few treatments a year for now, I'm okay with it. I was picturing me as an old lady in a nursing home with a beard and I'm making sure that doesn't happen.

I beleive I got a Conair one, I will have to look it up and get back to you! I live in Canada, and went to the states to get it-we didnt have many options at stores here unless I ordered online and spent a fortune to have it shipped. I bought another one recently thats much larger and meant for body, I find my hair grows faster in the summer (?) and have been using that on my chin. I grow enough that I could do my up my cheeks as well, but I don't want to start with that. So annoying. My brother is like you have chin hairs. I KNOW THAT!

I shave every day. I shave in the morning before I go anywhere. And if I go out late in the evening/night, I have to do a touch up shave.
My hair growth started in middle school and I got picked on relentlessly for it. I cried EVERY day. My parents bought me creams and had me try all sorts of things. But I eventually realized that shaving worked better and faster.

I started spironolactone about 6 years ago. I've taken it on and off and haven't really seen much of a difference. But I started laser hair removal a few months ago and am hoping that combining that with the Spiro that it'll help keep it gone.

I haven't seen any difference on my chin and neck yet, but I've noticed less hair on my cheeks.

When you mentioned your brother complaining about his lack of beard, I totally can relate. My mom and sister both get a few rogue black hairs that they have to pluck off their chin and they complain about them. And I want to smack the both of them. I've gotten to the point where I just stare blankly when they start talking about it and will often say, "I really don't feel bad for you…"
Because I WISH I just had a few hairs that I could pluck. Trying to pluck my facial hair would be like trying to pluck my legs. It's an absurd thought.

I'm with you guys on the man-beard. I've let it grow out for 3 days once (3 day weekends + no plans = RAZOR break! WOOHOO! No razor burn for awhile!) and it gets pretty impressive. And depressing.


I scrimped all my pennies for years in order to be able to afford this laser. It BETTER WORK! Grrr

Hi,

I used to shave my top lip as I was too embarrassed to get a wax; but I ended it up getting a dark shadow on my top lip(not cute). I decided to get Laser Hair Removal about a year ago as I was so depressed with how I looked, and whilst expensive it's been the best thing I've ever done. I've been hair free on my top lip now for 2 months since my last appointment, with no stubble or shadow. I was very lucky as the laser works best on pale people with dark hair (which I am), and it didn't hurt at all.

I understand that LHR isn't for everyone, but if you have any more questions on it I will be happy to help.

Luckily it's not awful for me - I have to pluck my chin basically daily - I pull at least 5 or so out which isn't awful (for even those without PCOS). When I was in 5th grade, though, my cousin (male) said, "You have a mustache!" and I was mortified. I've never told anyone really, but I started shaving then and have had to keep it up (just on my upper lip) since then. I have light hair, so laser hair removal isn't really ideal. I've never told my boyfriend, even, and he lives with me. I know he'd be understanding, but it's pretty embarrassing to me. I don't want to feel like a man shaving my face, and I don't want him to be nice about it and thinking "ew" on the inside. I only have to shave quickly in the morning and it holds up ok until the next morning. I tried some cream hair removal several years ago that worked pretty well, but I don't even want to let it "grow" at all anymore to be able to use the stuff to remove the hair. You kind of have to let it grow some, right? Sigh...def the WORST part of PCOS. I hate it, but I am thankful that it's lighter for me than others.

Shaving, waxing, and plucking here. I hate it too and feel your pain.

I began getting laser hair removal in 2006 and it's a lifesaver. I still get it done about once every 6 months, as I still get some hair growth but it's super thin and fine. Prior to 2006 I had to shave my face (especially chin) every morning and I'd have shadow/stubble by the end of the day. I still shav, because I like it super smooth, but only once every 2 weeks.

Laser hair removal is expensive but it's a lifesaver!!! The best laser is the Candela GentleLase. I've never tried the Tria at home laser but it'd be worth a shot.

I tried laser hair removal from age 17-19. It worked a little bit, but I would have to go back on a monthly basis at least to get it re-done. I pluck and have tried using the No-No Hair. The No-No makes the hair easier to pluck but that's about it. My upper lip is way more pigmented than the rest of my face from the laser hair removal and hormones (at least that's what my dermatologist told me). My chin and neck is pretty much in a permanent state of stubble and scars from picking at my face. My dermatologist said I could try the laser hair removal again, but I wouldn't get drastically different results/would have to go back on a monthly basis for touch ups.

Has anyone had similar issues with laser hair removal? Apparently it works really well for most people, and I'm contemplating trying it again because I'm desperate. I can't spend that much money on a monthly basis for something that sort of, kind of works.