# Bleaching body hair

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleaching-body-hair/296344>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 26, 2005, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleaching-body-hair/296344 "2005-03-26T12:11:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleaching-body-hair/296344/1 "2005-03-26T12:11:18Z")

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I have very pale skin, and black hair. This is fine as long as such hair remains in the usual places. However, I have some dark arm hair that I find hideous. I’ve tried waxing before, but I got so many ingrown hairs that it looked like I had some kind of pox, so I stopped that. So now, I’ve started bleaching it. This is working fine, except that the cream tingles/stings a bit while I’ve got it on (I’m using the Jolen Creme Bleach for body hair). I mixed it as directed. I don’t think it’s an allergic reaction, because the last time I bleached there was no redness or hives afterwards, it just tingled/stung while the cream was on.

Does anyone else get this reaction or am I perhaps overly sensitive to the formula? Any other suggestions for lightening the hair?

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**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleaching-body-hair/296344/2 "2005-03-26T16:11:02Z")

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Jolen Cream is nothing but acid and ground glass. My sister and I (both with white, white complexions and dark hair) tried that when we were teenagers and ran shrieking into the bathroom after ten seconds.

L’Oreal “les Blondissimes” hair dye. I don’t care if it says don’t use it anywhere but on your head–I’ve been using it on my arms for years. It may tingle a bit, but it works and is nowhere near as searingly painful as Jolen.

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**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleaching-body-hair/296344/3 "2005-03-26T18:55:32Z")

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Yikes. :eek: I managed to last the whole 10 minutes, but not without a lot of twitching.

Thanks for the suggestion! I think I will try the L’Oreal stuff.