moustache : how to get rid of it on a budget?? - Hair Problems Message Board

susie226 · 03-21-2005, 11:43 AM

i am 13, and i have the dreaded... MOUSTACHE!!!!!!
ive heard shaving is bad for it, and i;m just a bit scared of waxing, but if its gotta be done.... i need something CHEAP!!! can you use like bleach in ur house kind? HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

lindiana53 · 03-21-2005, 12:30 PM

Shaving and waxing are both fine. Don't use household bleach; you may burn your skin. Shaving is cheap and effective. Waxing lasts longer but is more difficult and somewhat painful. Bleaching is OK, but you just end up with a blond moustache.

jedimindtricks · 03-23-2005, 04:45 AM

i don't know, i think shaving is a bad idea- you may regret it, are you comfortable enuff to ask your mom for help? maybe she has a suggestion....i know i never could ask my mom things-- but now i am a mom, my daughter is only eight but she knows she can come to me about anything. but i know how you feel, when i was 13 i worried i have relly hairy arms, not the same thing but close, well whatever you decide i wish you well, but i think it would be better to stay away from shaving-- trust me it only made my arms worse! take care hun

debouis · 03-23-2005, 05:17 PM

First off. DO NOT SHAVE IT!!! never shave your face it will come in thicker and more course.
If its a small moustache just on the sides of your mouth you can try to tweeze the darkest hairs (thats what i do, i'm 16) its painful at first similar to your eyebrows but it gets easier with time.
Either that or if its pretty bad then just get a sensitive waxing kit, its simple to do your self. there are so many diffrent kinds out there, ones that have the wax already on the strips, ones that are quick, ones that are for sensitive skin. Just head down to your local shoppers and take you pick.
Hope that helps.

ForgottenFaith · 03-23-2005, 06:23 PM

That's such a myth. Shaving your face doesn't make the hair grow in thicker. Some teens develop facial hair at an early age and it demands to be shaven and groomed regularly if you don't want to look like the wolf boy. There's absolutely nothing wrong with shaving, except if you have sensitive skin, but besides that, it's fine. If you have sensitive skin, check out some of the newer electrical shavers; they shave just as close as razors without the nicks and cuts, and they don't strip the top layer of skin everytime you shave.