Bumps

[Guest Lacey71]

My epilator is leaving me with bumps. I want no hair but not at the expense of smooth skin. I apply moisturizer liberally after and still have bumps. Any suggestions would be great.

[Guest Wendy F]

I'm interested in suggestions about this too. I have the same problem. I use it on my neck/chin and I get the angry red bumps for days!

[VickySGV]

If you are using an epilator above you naval, and even right below it, may god have mercy on your soul. You literally tear the hair out of its follicle, and can even turn the poor hair root nearly inside out. Imagine taking a sock, and reaching down inside to turn it inside out so you can put it on. The eiplator grabs the hair, and tries to pull the root to the surface like the toe of the sock. Another analogy is like pulling the plug out of a bath tub by just the chain. Your leg hair is not as deeply rooted, so they work better. Sorry, but thats life.

[Guest ~Brenda~]

All I can add is that I simply use warm water and soap and shave everything. I have been shaving so long that I don't even think about it and my arms and legs always come out smooth with no bumps. Perhaps I had bumps in the beginning but I honestly can't remember.

I think that over time, this all gets easier and your body simple gets used to it.

Love.

Brenda

[Guest Lacey71]

Thanks girls but let me clarify, I use an epilator on my legs and arms and just recently started on my trunk. Yes Vicki, there is some mayan god grinning at the pain i

[Guest Lacey71]

Sorry technical difficulties, my body has bumps like everywhere. I can see every follicle I epilate. The first few times, I had baby smooth skin. Now it feels like scales, yes I am hair free but to run your hand down my legs, it feels like someone beat me with a knotted stick.

[Guest Robin Winter]

From experience, that's normal. I went through that for the first several months, almost the first year I think. That will lessen over time as the follicles get weaker. Now when I epilate, the area just gets red, not bumpy, and goes away overnight. I recommend you go to the pharmacy and get yourself a big bottle of distilled witch hazel if they have it. I get mine at the wal-mart pharmacy, but I have to ask for it over the counter for some reason, so check with them. Shower first, epilate as soon as your skin is fully dry, then swab all red areas with wich hazel on a cotton ball. It will help with the pain and the swelling will go down a bit faster. A lot of professional hair removal places are actually doing witch hazel treatments after the removal session, for that reason. It's cheap too, so it's definitely worth trying

[Guest Lacey71]

Thank you so much Shilo, I will be trying this as soon as possible.

[Guest Melissa~]

I have to add I used to get bumps from bodily shaving. I talked in threads about it as recently as a four months ago. You know what? Not anymore, HT has tweaked the hair enough to not get folliculitis in the vast majority of spots I used to have problems. That said I still have problem primarily the back of my thighs, ingrown fine hairs.

[Guest Lacey71]

I think I have had that my whole life, Melissa. I have had that even with testosterone raging covered in hair. That so did a number on my dysphoria. I used to look at that and cry during and after puberty.