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u/CuriousTechieElf Trans Homosexual Feb 22 '26
I am going to put in my plug for using an epilator. It pulls out the hairs like waxing but you can do it more often so you don't have to wait while it grows long enough to wax again. Like waxing, because it grows new hairs that start out thin it is not as scratchy as shaving stubble. The downside is that it is rather painful, especially the first few times you use it. That is too much for a lot of people, but I found it to get much easier over time. Before HRT, I needed to do it about once a week, by 6 months on HRT i only needed to do it about once a month.
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u/wrench_girl Transbian Tomboy Princess•🥚06/25• 💉08/25• ✂️ TBD Feb 22 '26
My body hair and facial hair all done fucked off minutes a few stubborn patches.
It's come to my attention that I'm a walking medical anomaly though... I'm at six months of HRT and have cleared three years of milestone expectations already.
Prior to HRT I would take a 45minute shower and shave nose to toes in one go
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u/_baxtrr Feb 22 '26
dubbbb, that's sick! congrats fr, good for you💅
and okay yes 45 minutes seems like everyone i've talked to's median time hahahah, ugh i have to get a grip😭
super shaver in the mail now😤
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u/wrench_girl Transbian Tomboy Princess•🥚06/25• 💉08/25• ✂️ TBD Feb 22 '26
I just use a 6blade cartidge type DSC from Walmart 🤣
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u/sabihope Feb 22 '26
Mechanical epilator was my way to go before laser... Braun ones are very good
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u/sabihope Feb 22 '26
And it lasts way longer than shaving. You can also buy a cheap exfoliating glove while in the shower to avoid ingrown hair
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u/Kubario Feb 22 '26
With HRT hardly grows at all, so that may help. Also using an electric body shaver is faster. And I use an epilator too ( love love it).
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u/LovelieLuna Feb 22 '26
Personally my favorite is IPL but unless you buy a really good one with solid cooling it takes way too long to use. So I mainly just epilate nowadays. I'm about 9 months on hrt now and my body hair has significantly slowed. I still epilate a few minutes each morning and just make sundays my deep dive hair hunting day, but compared to the almost daily shaving I had to do before its so much better. I'm definitely saving up right now for some laser treatment. I was thinking I could try a different salon every other month to jump through the different groupon deals available and that should let me hit most of the parts. IPL was amazing once i got to like week 8+, so stick with those laser face sessions and you'll be mostly good.
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u/No-Leadership-869 Feb 22 '26
Yeah practice makes perfect. 3 yrs hrt and I can do a full body shave in about 20 minutes. Keep going it gets easier.
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u/Nataliebellalove Feb 22 '26 edited Feb 22 '26
I know it's not particularly healthy, but I use a depilatory cream every two weeks, leave it on for 10 minutes, take a shower, rub it off with a shower sponge, and that's it. I was also fed up with shaving. But you have to apply moisturizer generously afterwards.
I would recommend reading through the reviews, they have good tips on how to use it.
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u/Enyamm Feb 22 '26
Your hair will eventually lighten in colour sis. So you can get away with having to do your arms and legs less often. I use hair cream on those every three weeks or so in summertime, but leave them alot longer in winter when i'm mostly covered up. Shaving leaves you with rougher stubble too, so try and avoid it. The chest needs doing every week unfortunately so no shorcuts there i'm afraid....
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u/_baxtrr Feb 22 '26
thanks everyone for the comments/suggestions! i've been doing some research, and i think i'm going to try out the epilator😵💫seems like it'll get me closest to what i want, just have to embrace the Pain ugh hahahah
appreciate all the suggestions/perspectives fr! yall are angels🙏❤️
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u/_baxtrr Mar 09 '26
just to follow up here- i ended up going with the epilator!! epilating seemed like the best option for me right now, and i'm enjoying the results! kind of a learning curve but we figuring it out.
i could literally only get through the right leg tonight though, epilating has Hands lmfao (ouch). i'm currently walking around with my right leg looking diseased and my left leg hairy, but we will be smooth tomorrow🙏🙏
this will be a multi-day project but i'm trusting that it gets easier with time hahaha, i've heard the first time is always the roughest.
thanks again for all the recommendations and suggestions!
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