Guest guest Posted January 23, 2006 Report Share Posted January 23, 2006 Welllllllllllllll, we could be like certain types of people and believe that hair is a sign of our femininity, or those that let it grow because the men like it! Seriously the best way I have found to do it is to sit on the side of the bathtub and shave away. I cannot take showers because I faint so this the only way that works for me. I thought about putting my leg in the sink because you could see it all but I can't get my leg up there. I have tons of dark hair so it is shave everyday or wear jeans. All of you fair skinned people and light colored hair people just better thank God above for your blessings because all of us dark haired people have tons of hair and it always shows! Isn't it nice to talk about something besides serious things for a change? I kind of liked it for a few minutes to think about something so mundane as shaving. What a blessing that has been! thanks Gwen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 Hi Kayla, I usually ask my husband to shave my legs for me!!! With the way my back is, I am unable to get into a tub, so that way would be out of the question! But when I have to do it by myself, I usually try to sit on the sink and put my leg on the toilet so I can get from the mid calf and up. The way I get from the mid calf down is .... I sit on the side of my bed, put one leg at a time on the bed, and start with my feet!!!!! Oh , I forgot to tell you, I use an electric razor. I have course hair, very dark, very thick, and there is a lot of it!!! ,LMAO I have also had my son do from the knees down if I can't sit on the bed with my legs up that day. I have gotten to the point that I hurt too frickin bad to worry about the hair on my legs, and I have told Tom that he can shave them more often if he is unhappy with my legs!! And I wear long pants a lot, unless it's really warm, then I just don't care and wear shorts anyway!!!!! Huggs to you, Sandy Moderator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 I have a shower seat. It is the only way I can take a shower/bath these days. I use Nair and put my legs one at a time on the side of the tub and wipe them down after the time is up. If you do not have a shower seat, you may want to consider one, best damn investment I have made in all the equipment I need lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 Lyndi wrote " I gave up on shaving years ago. I used depilatory creams and lotions. Like Nair, Neet, Veet extra. " I've tried those and found they A-don't work for me, or b-irrate my skin ( i have very sensitive skin). But thanks for replying, maybe its time ot try again. Kayla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 All this talk about hair reminded me of a story my mom has always told me. I was the first child, and it was 1953 so back then women had children while under med and then saw their child later that day or night. When I was brought into my mom she started crying and crying as she thought there must have been a mistake. I had hair everywhere, as lots of babies do, but I had an excessive amount. My face, my back and my arms had long black hair. Of course a lot of it left as I got older but I have always had tons of black hair on my arms, caused a lot of hurtful comments when I was a teen. In fact one day I was so sick of it, I shaved one entire arm, fingers and all. Of course that meant I had to wear long sleeves because immediately it started to grow back in. And it also looked ridiculous as one arm had hair and one did not. Also back them girls alotof times could not shave their legs until they were out of high school in some regions of the world. I was not allowed to shave until 7th grade. Also back then at least in my school (public) girls were not allowed to wear jeans until my senior year and then only November through March. So of course I had to be teased continually because I was not allowed to shave but once a week, so you can imagine what it looked like. I am now a mom of a teen girl and she can shave, use creams, whatever she wants, and how often she wants. Funny thing how things change in just a short time. Feel free to laugh at all of my crazy things I did. I ahve learned to laugh and maybe that is why I went thourgh all of that. I sure learned how to laugh at myself, which has helped alot through all of this pain. Gwen <I have course hair, very dark, very thick, and there is a lot ofit!!!> ,LMAO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 You know what you guys are so in touch. Just this last Sunday night my husband said to me " man when was the last time you shaved your legs? " My response was, " when my back don't hurt I will shave. " He just looked at me and said I guess you are going to start going " l'natural. " I guess so !!!!!! I try like heck at times but it just hurts too much to bend and twist to get them shaved and I end up missing spots and I give up. It is cool here now (I live in AZ) but come summer I am going to have to do it because long pants are not an option on a 120 degree day. I am going to try that stuff " nair and stuff " to see if I can get it to work for me. My hair is course and black too. The tough kind to just forget about. My daughter though she doesn't hve to shave at all her hair is blond and so fine. She told me the other day she doesn't shave and hasn't for a long long time. She lives in PA and she is wearing long pants too but she doesn't care and in the summer wears shorts and bathing suits. Some people have all the luck..... Beth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 >> I have also had my son do from the knees down if I can't sit on the > bed with my legs up that day. I have gotten to the point that I hurt > too frickin bad to worry about the hair on my legs, and I have told > Tom that he can shave them more often if he is unhappy with my legs!! > And I wear long pants a lot, unless it's really warm, then I just > don't care and wear shorts anyway!!!!! << --------------------- Oh boy, I guess I still think a little differently having been raised in a country where women didn't shave. A lot of them do nowadays, but there are still a lot of them that don't. I think that if I'm in that bad of shape, I would just forget about shaving, too. To hell with people, if they don't like it, they don't have to look at me. Funny thing is, just last year I saw a younger gal that worked at a nursery who had big ol' bushes under her arms. It's been a while since I've seen that....lol, this is probably grossing out some of the people here... Marita in Montana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 Kayla wrote: > I've tried those and found they A-don't work for me, or b-irrate my skin > ( i have very sensitive skin). But thanks for replying, maybe its time > ot try again. Those products have come a long way in the last couple of years. Now instead of 20 minutes on the skin, they take 4 or 5 and actually remove the hair. I have super touchy skin, so right after I use one of the depilatories, I smooth a very thin coat of cortisone cream over my skin. Takes care of any owies before they get a chance to give me grief. -- Lyndi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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