# Is this a good idea?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-good-idea/99438>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 21, 2002, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-good-idea/99438 "2002-03-21T23:26:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hayduke\_Lives](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Hayduke\_Lives](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hayduke_Lives)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2002, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-good-idea/99438/1 "2002-03-21T23:26:04Z")

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Every year my dad shaves his head one time, at the begining of spring or summer. My mom gives him a buzz cut, then he uses a razor and shave cream on the rest. This year he’s not using shave cream, he’s using some oil he’s been shaving with called “shave secret”.He raves all the time about how great it is:rolleyes:

Anyway, wouldn’t it be easier for him to use a product like nair, or nads or epil stop or something? Would that work? Or would that stuff make him permanently bald?

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**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2002, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-good-idea/99438/2 "2002-03-21T23:35:33Z")

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Depilatory products have their uses, but they are a lot more difficult to use and painful than advertised.

A few relevant threads:

[Does NADS work?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=72296)

[Epil-Stop](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=67388)

[Oh, dear lord, the pain!!!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=51634)