Alright, I am looking for any advice from anyone who has used products like Nair on their chest.
I have three problems:
1.) I have the dead-mouse on the middle of my chest. I don’t care if that stays or goes, I’ll take it or leave it.
2.) I have the nipple-ring hair phenomenon. Just hair in a big ring around my nipples - hate it, I want it gone but razor is not an option there as it is not smooth skin. I’m considering perhaps Nair-type treatments? Anyone have any success with this? Warnings?
3.) Between the dead-mouse and the rings of hair, the rest of my lower and upper chest is pretty much hairless. There are the occasional sprigs, think about lone blades of grass in the desert. Those I routinely tiddy up with the razor, tracking between the dead-mouse and rings of hair to keep the rest of my chest very clean. I can continue to do the same with them as they are so few and very minor.
You really don’t want a nipple/razor accident, and
While shaving hairs off dosen’t actually make them grow back thicker and coarser, it makes them appear to be. If you’ve just got some nipple hairs you want to get rid of, much better and easier to tweeze.
You could try a beard/goatee trimmer. With the safety attachment and the adjustable height you should be able to trim fairly close with complete safety. You could possibly use a razor at this point to clean up the stubble.
I’m told waxing that area is really painful, perhaps because the skin is looser and more delicate than legs, but maybe that’s just men and our low pain thresholds. I’d recommend shaving or if that’s too tricky, cream hair removal products.
How old are you? Sorry dude those patches are only going to get bigger. I had the same thing when I was in my early 20’s. I’ve since grown into more of an upper chest thing which makes the dead-mouse phenomenon go away. tweezing and other products just work as a temporary fix. Go ahead pull a couple out. You’ll see
I’m 34 and although I am finding hair in new and exciting places where there was no hair before, my chest still looks rather scraggly. I know nothing will get rid of it forever, but if I could find something that I could do regularly then I’d be happy.
My wife does have a waxing kit, perhaps that might be an option for getting it over quickly.
My first choice is to try a cream but I have only heard of those used on legs and not sure if it is too strong for other areas.
Don’t use a tweezer! Pulling out the hair isn’t the way to go. This damages the hair follicle. This can cause the hair to grow back thicker and more coarse. It can also lead to ingrown hairs.
I’m sure Nair would work, but I’ve never tried it. I would start slowly with that stuff and make sure your skin doesn’t have any bad reactions. Shaving or trimming will also work. The trimmer mentioned above is a good option to keep from cutting sensitive parts.
The problem with all these solutions is that it grows back. The permanent option is electrolysis. It’s a slow, expensive, and somewhat painful process, but it is permanent eventually. Usually a given area has to be gone over two or three times. Each time the hair growth will be less dense.
The reason for the multiple passes over a given area has to do with hair growth cycles. A hair follicle goes through several phases. First the follicle has an active, growing stage. This is the period of the cycle that electrolysis works best. Next, the follicle has a transition stage. Electrolysis at this time may work, but the hair may grow back, generally lighter. Last is the rest stage for the follicle. The hair remains in the follicle in this stage until a new hair begins pushing it out. Treatment in this last stage does nothing except cause you a little pain. Since there is no way to know what phase a follicle is in during the first pass, you have a one it three chance of destroying the follicle. This is why it’s important to stick with the treatment. When the hair starts to regrow, you will catch it in the correct phase. In other words, on the second pass over an area, the follicles should all be in the growth phase.
There are plenty of places online that explain the process. It does work. It’s just slow and can be somewhat painful. I wouldn’t be surprised if you would still be looking at 10-20 hours worth of treatment, possibly more, so plan according.
Timely post, as I had my first wax ever today. I got back, shoulders, and upper arms done. Chest and stomach I trim to a nice length myself with a beard trimmer.
