# Best solutions for female moustaches? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 26, 2015, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-solutions-for-female-moustaches/741366 "2015-12-26T04:06:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2015, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-solutions-for-female-moustaches/741366/1 "2015-12-26T04:06:49Z")
My wife thinks that trying to get rid of it would make it come back worse. I think shaving would do that but not waxing or plucking. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2015, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-solutions-for-female-moustaches/741366/2 "2015-12-26T04:11:22Z")
Electrolysis? ---
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2015, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-solutions-for-female-moustaches/741366/3 "2015-12-26T04:12:45Z")
I was under the impression that took multiple visits. BTW I just want solutions that are better than doing nothing and would not result in it getting worse than it was originally if she stopped doing it. ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2015, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-solutions-for-female-moustaches/741366/4 "2015-12-26T04:13:57Z")
Shaving does not affect follicle activity. ---
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2015, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-solutions-for-female-moustaches/741366/5 "2015-12-26T04:16:57Z")
> [@Ruken](#): > > Shaving does not affect follicle activity. I thought it was make the ends of the hairs seem thicker. ---
**Author:** ![Torontonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/45deac/32.png) [@Torontonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torontonian)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2015, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-solutions-for-female-moustaches/741366/6 "2015-12-26T04:21:15Z")
Female mustache is hot ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2015, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-solutions-for-female-moustaches/741366/7 "2015-12-26T04:23:20Z")
Shaving has no effect on the hair, contrary to popular belief. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2015, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-solutions-for-female-moustaches/741366/8 "2015-12-26T04:39:07Z")
Shaving has a perceptual effect but no affect on how the actually hair grows. Hairs grow at all different rates, and some are finer than others. The follicles grow for a while then take a rest and the hair falls out. If you shave, all the hair that is growing now comes in at the same length. After a day or two it is still very short and so seems stiffer and coarser than it was before. But after enough time has passed to resume equilibrium, it ends up back where it started before shaving. This is why there is a myth that shaving makes the hair grow back thicker. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2015, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-solutions-for-female-moustaches/741366/9 "2015-12-26T04:43:00Z")
> [@JohnClay](#): > > I thought it was make the ends of the hairs seem thicker. nope. follicles have no idea what happens to a hair once it grows past the skin. now, shaving does increase the chances of a hair becoming ingrown, which sometimes can be pulled out as a “thick” hair, but those are generally few and far between. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2015, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-solutions-for-female-moustaches/741366/10 "2015-12-26T06:13:47Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > nope. follicles have no idea what happens to a hair once it grows past the skin. A shaved hair has a blunt end rather than a fine end though yeah? That can make it seem coarser. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2015, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-solutions-for-female-moustaches/741366/11 "2015-12-26T06:39:53Z")
> [@Richard\_Pearse](#): > > A shaved hair has a blunt end rather than a fine end though yeah? That can make it seem coarser. I’m going to be crass here, so if you don’t like that sort of thing you should stop reading now: I can remember one time being with a girl. I’m laying on my back and she’s on top of me. We were kissing. Then she starts to head south to give me a BJ. AS she’s doing this, she dragged her chin down the middle of my chest and over my stomach. When she did this, I could feel stubble (which was weird because I don’t recall ever seeing any stubble). I gotta tell ya’ man, that shit really took me out of the moment. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2015, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-solutions-for-female-moustaches/741366/12 "2015-12-26T06:51:53Z")
> [@JohnClay](#): > > My wife thinks that trying to get rid of it would make it come back worse. I think shaving would do that but not waxing or plucking. Plucking hurts and can cause skin irritation. Fine for stray hairs but not for extensive fields of active follicles. Waxing requires a certain length for the wax to “grip” the hair, is painful, and can cause skin irritation. It does get rid of the hair for awhile, but you have to let it grow out again sufficiently to do it again. Shaving results in stubble, and can cause skin irritation. Depilatory cream dissolves the hair/stubble, but can cause skin irritation. Laser hair removal is expensive, requires multiple visits, and doesn’t always work. Electrolysis is expensive, requires multiple visits, can be painful, and isn’t 100$ guaranteed, either. ---
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2015, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-solutions-for-female-moustaches/741366/13 "2015-12-26T07:36:12Z")
What about bleaching? ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2015, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-solutions-for-female-moustaches/741366/14 "2015-12-26T07:42:32Z")
How did I _know_, from the thread title alone, that this was about the ole ball 'n chain? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2015, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-solutions-for-female-moustaches/741366/15 "2015-12-26T08:25:16Z")
> [@JohnClay](#): > > What about bleaching? That results in a _white_ female moustache. There hair is still there, even if it’s less visible. Whether that’s a problem or not depends on the hair - not an issue for sparse peach fuzz, a problem for actual 'stache hair. If it’s solely an _appearance_ issue and bleaching minimizes the appearance and no one involved minds the slight fuzziness (which may be preferable to stubble) sure, go for it. But if she has actual _hair_ it’s still going to be there, and it may still be quite visible. ---
**Author:** ![Donnerwetter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Donnerwetter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donnerwetter)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2015, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-solutions-for-female-moustaches/741366/16 "2015-12-26T08:40:33Z")
Here are some ideas: [http://www.mensfitness.com/styleandgrooming/grooming/10-mustache-styles-movember](http://www.mensfitness.com/styleandgrooming/grooming/10-mustache-styles-movember) ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2015, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-solutions-for-female-moustaches/741366/17 "2015-12-26T09:45:08Z")
**Moderator Warning** As it turns out, there’s a topic ban in place for this. > [@Good decisions can come from bad decisions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-decisions-can-come-from-bad-decisions/693828/20): > > Okay, JohnClay, you’ve been talked about this and talked about this. > > Therefore, it’s the staffs decision that you are not allowed to make topics that are about any of the following anymore: Your wife, your personal relationships with others, sex, or sexuality. > > If you make any more threads relating to the above, they will be closed and you WILL be warned. From here: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17573359&postcount=20](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17573359&postcount=20) Since your wife is the first thing on that topic ban list, and this thread concerns exactly that topic, consider this a formal warning for failing to follow moderator instructions. Thread closed.