Transfem@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 5 days ago

How do you make epilation less painful?

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Transfem@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 5 days ago

I’m doing this for the first time, took a hot shower before.

And it hurts LIKE HELL.

I have a Braun Silk epil 7. So yeah if you have any tips on how to make this hurt less do tell.

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Yeah I gave up on epilation, hurt a lot the first time, numbing cream didn’t seem to help, hurt about as much the second and third time. Starting IPL soon

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