I do not but this really isn't much different than dermaplaning, just on a more superficial level.

Yes, I have a ton of baby-fine, very blonde peach fuzz if I don't. I have a trimmer with multiple attachments (for getting at that pesky nose hair, trimming one's pixie neckline during the age of Covid, and whatever else floats your boat). Works perfectly. I suppose it is a very gentle form of dermaplaning, although I don't notice any discernible difference in the condition of my skin.

I just use my Flawless hair remover. But, I don’t have that much, but enough to notice when outside.

I have a Flawless I got for around my mouth. I’m blonde so it’s not too obvious. Do you use it on the entire face? I wouldn’t know where to stop!

As a side question, do you also remove hair on your arms?

(Ida, I like my nose trimmer but it makes me feel like my dad!)

I started a couple of years ago and absolutely love the results. Same here — I saw videos and was intrigued, so picked up some to use.

My skin felt so amazing afterwards! Lotion and makeup went on smoother, and I really do think it makes my skin look refreshed. That’s my primary reason — for the dermaplaning effects. I remember after the first time, I couldn’t stop feeling my wonderfully smooth skin. 😄

For first-timers: GO SLOW AND USE SHORT STROKES. Please watch videos. I’m yelling for the people in the back because whoo boy ... I cut my face pretty bad at first. Ouch. These razors are sharp ... think of the old-timey men’s straight razors.

I do shave my arms, with a regular ol' razor like the kind I use for my legs. I probably only do my arms once a month though.

My colleague just told me about 15 minutes ago, apropos of nothing in particular, that she no longer has hair that grows on her arms, and hasn't since her hysterectomy a number of years back. She said that hair stopped growing, and the chin hairs started in with a vengeance instead. Lord, it's hard to be a woman.

Yes and I use regular razor like I would use on my legs. Some type of five blade razor. I’ve used face ones but don’t find them to be necessary. I also just use Dove soap.

I shave my face and down my neck some.

Ida, may be just me, but all my life I’ve found blonde arm, neck , etc (not legs ) hair attractive. It glistens in the sun and , well, just looks pretty IMO. Jinx , Thanks...just ordered the Tinkle from Amazon. Arriving tomorrow...we shall see.

Caroline, can dermaplaning be done at home? Using what?

No, don’t shave my face. It’s weird though that as you age hair becomes more sparse on your legs and underarms but gathers all that filament protein into a thick single terminal akin to rope, that you somehow don’t see until it is an inch & a half long jutting out from the side of your chin. Then, you have to wonder how many people saw it before you did and had thoughts similar to“the Mole” on Austin Powers.

Be very careful with those little razors. I know someone who badly cut her hand with one. Apparently they are very sharp!

I rarely have to shave my legs anymore, after 60. I’m glad to hear that a couple others don’t shave their face, I think I will continue to not do so, either. Well, maybe just around the mouth. And the nose. I took over looking after my mom’s chin hairs after Dad’s stroke, and they are pretty easy to tweeze out. But yeah, they have to be long enough to grasp, so might have been noticeable before that!

Martinca, I agree with you about blonde arm/neck hair!

No, I don’t shave my face or arms. I’ve never really had any arm hair though, and I have been on hormone replacementment therapy since the late 1990’s so I don’t have facial hair either.

I do and I also use the Tinkle razors posted above. I don't have dark hair on my face I do it because it's like dermaplaning and helps to exfoliate the skin.

My legs are not nearly as hairy as they used to be so I can get away with 2 days without shaving and not looking like a gorilla. When I was in my 20s my leg hair was so abundant and dark (as were other areas) that I got them waxed frequently.

Somebody here mentioned doing it a long time ago, so I tried it and it works fine. I just do around my mouth and chin - no different really than waxing, IMO, and far less painful - works better too.

(Giggling at "Tinkle"!)

I wouldn't like the super smooth feeling of a shaved face. plus I would absolutely hate the stubble it would bring every day. I'd rather exfoliate if it's a skin issue, or wax if I was too hairy.

I don’t get stubble on my face whatsoever.

No stubble here either. It's very soft light hair. You don't even know that's it has grown back in until you shave and all the wispy hairs are on the razor.

I most certainly do! I suggest getting a well magnified hand held makeup mirror and take a good look at your face. While doing my brows using 10 times magnification I found a one inch long hair on my chin! I never noticed it using a regular mirror. How many little children did I scare? lol That's when I took a closer look and discovered lots of downy hair on my cheeks and especially the "side burn" area. There was a little forest growing and I had no idea.

There is NO stubble, that is a myth. We are women, not men with male hormones in regard to our faces. However, I did shave between my eyebrows once and stubble did come in, so that area is plucked.

Also, if you wear makeup it goes on much better with the fuzz gone.

Not sure if it's because of my light coloring but I hardly have any leg hairs and no longer shave in the shower. I now dry shave on the front porch! I wear my readers and find those single hairs that have grown out, and it takes about 30 seconds each leg. Love it. :)

As others have said, one of the "benefits" of aging is a slowdown in the growth rate of body hair. Also, I rarely have to pluck my eyebrows. I used to have to pluck between my brows quite often, but rarely need to anymore.

At the start of quarantine I thought about not shaving at all, to see what would happen after a couple of months, but it warmed up and I put on shorts and decided that was a bad idea. 😉

While I was in the shower today I decided to run the razor over my face after shaving my legs. Can't say that it feels any smoother.

I get a few weird and unwanted facial hairs on my chin and by the edges of my mouth. Yep, I shave them. With the same manual shaver I use on the armpits. My leg hair has nearly entirely stopped growing so I don't bother with doing that most of the winter. The summer I check and spot-shave the legs.

all you ladies that say they shave their face do you not find that once you do it you have to shave every day or second day.

i usually use wax strips for my above lip and odd chin hairs. I might have to do it about every three weeks but if I shave one chin hair it seems to grow back within 2 days.

Well, I got my Tinkle ( 🤣🤣... Ida!) and went to work on my face this morning. As expected, I had no facial hair, and was disappointed to see very little Sign of much derma work happening. Maybe that‘s due to the good job the retin a is doing, along with my little scrubber.

I bought a package of those Tinkle type razors but I just got some from Big Lots and they don't really cut very well. It does seem like if it was very sharp, it could easily cut you though. I think I'll just stick to a regular old shaver like I use on my legs.

I do have a lot of light fuzz on my face and do shave it occasionally. I wish my leg hairs would stop growing! I think it is less than it used to be but still a lot and very dark...UGH! I seem to also have a few more dark hairs in the mustache area and my chin...UGH to that too! I always just tweeze those. I have a very strong lighted magnifying mirror that I use, I couldn't live without that!

Lyban, you can't feel the difference on your face but your makeup will be noticeably different in a good way. I made sure to check the first time I did it. :) My face doesn't feel too hot afterwards because of the exfoliation and i need lotion immediately.

Martinca, did you use a magnifying mirror to see if you have fuzz? I had no idea I had it until I saw it in the magnifying mirror. It could be the Tinkle razor. I don't like them because they're just not sharp enough, even for my fine downy hair. They also get dull fast so I'm going to check out other brands.

Speaking of magnifying mirrors...this is a huge first for me and made me thankful I bought one. I was plucking my brows and then I got a glimpse of my nostrils. Cue the music, Nose hairs!

What do I do? What do I buy and does it hurt? Is it like going to the dentist? :)

Hi Oakley, yes, one of the frighteningly close up type. 😱. The years post menopause have reduced my leg and arm hairs to zero....and my face as well. Never had much to begin with.

Stubble is what happens after shaving coarse hair like a mans beard or anywhere a woman may have coarse hair whether it's face, legs, bikini line, where ever. So if you only have the fine peach fuzz hair on your face you won't get stubble in that prickly way that we think of it. But those coarse chin hairs can definitely produce that prickly sensation. If you only have a hair or two or three chin hairs, probably not a big deal. Many years ago I wanted to do laser for those dark chin hairs which were beginning to get more coarse but it was expensive and I couldn't justify it. Tried waxing a few times but hated that time in between so fell back into tweezing. Now those hairs are mostly white so laser is not an option and have become more coarse. Checking that magnifying mirror is a daily necessity. Not fun.

Oakley, I just use a nose hair trimmer from the drugstore like my dad’s! It’s weird, but it doesn’t hurt (well, at least I haven’t hurt myself yet lol)

I started recently after watching a video on YouTube. I bought the Schick Silk ones rather than the Tinkle. You have to make sure you are holding it right. If the blade is perpendicular, you won;t get anything off. You have to have it almost flat against your face. The video I saw was posted by Pretty over 50. Not crazy about her other stuff, but she does show the proper technique. I suggest fast forwarding quite a bit if you find the video. :)

The face shaving helps me a lot with tweezing my upper lip, makes the black hairs easier to see.

OMG I always cut my ankle when I shave. Can't imagine butchering my face!

I found a one inch long hair on my chin! I never noticed it using a regular mirror. How many little children did I scare?

Literally LOL. This is part of husband duty.

I always use a magnifying mirror. I have dark hair and I get this wild, stray hair on my jaw area, kind of in front of and below my ear. I use tweezers. That sucker hasn't shown up in a while, but I'm not convinced it's gone!! I also have a little stray hair that comes up below one side of my lip, and it is WHITE. But it is stiff, prickly! Tweezers again. I do not have enough of the downy hair to justify shaving my face, and as mentioned, I do not want to worry about cuts. I know someone who cut herself pretty badly with a Tinkle razor. The downy area I have is just outside the outer ends of my eyebrows up towards my hairline. I think it would be hard to use a razor there and it's really not very noticeable. I don't use foundation, so I don't have to worry about make-up making those little hairs more noticeable. I do use concealer and mineral powder (not around my eyebrows), so I always take the powder brush and brush those hairs downward, just in case. LOL

I have my legs waxed every 4 - 6 weeks (pre-COVID). I’m lazy and it is so much better than shaving! I have my lip, chin, and eyebrows waxed, but not my cheeks.

My sister and niece have their faces waxed. They say the same as those of you who shave: moisturizers and make-up goes on much more smoothly.

My BIL got tired of dealing with cutting nose hair, so now he has his nose hair waxed. I can’t imagine! It brings tears to my eyes just thinking about it.

I didn't even know one COULD wax nose hair. Yikes. I use a multiple-attachment trimmer that has a head for the nose hairs. You just insert it into the nostril and it spins at a maddeningly fast pace to cut the hairs and actually tickles a bit, but definitely doesn't hurt.

There's a commercial we see in our area fairly often where the owner of a local remodeling firm speaks, and that poor man needs his nose hairs trimmed. Once you start TCB in that area, you tend to notice those who don't.

This thread is heading to TMI LOL!! I used to follow a decorator on instagram but I just couldn't take it after a while, that gal was way too high maintenance for me! She's probably in her 30s, has had work done more than once (which is her right of course) and she had a post once about nostril waxing. I cannot even imagine. I think men tend to have more trouble with the noise hair. At least it seems so.

Oh I just remembered. Once I was in my little beauty salon and there was a man in the space nearest me, having a haircut. Nicest lady was cutting his hair. He then asks her if she can do his nose hair!!! My gal and I both about lost it!! We had to keep it under control till he got outta there. The stylist told him she doesn't do that and he told her his barber always did!!

^^^ Tina Marie that's true - DH has told me barbers perform more services then stylists - eyebrow and nose hair trim included.

Sorry to go O/T, but are the boards down for anyone else right now? I opened this thread from my search history to post this, but if I go to any forum, I see this:

JInx, same just happened to me too. The only way I could get here was by the link from an email notification.

Ok, working again. :)

DLM, the salon owner where I go does men's eyebrows and beard. It fascinates me to watch her do a beard. I'm not sure why! LOL

If someone asked me to do their nose hair, I'd be heading for the door!

Martinca, as often as I wash my arms I just noticed there are zero hairs. One place I still have to shave is the top of my big toe. Black hairs have always grown there.

I'lm definitely getting a trimmer. I always thought nose hair had to be tweezed. Ouch!

About TMI, let's just say I am so happy I'm from an older generation who didn't have to do such things to my body the way younger women do now!

Oakley, Not just women, the guys manscape too. My 16YO DS has a subscription to razors and what they call "The Lawnmower" from Manscaped to keep things tight. My DH is a pretty hairy guy and DS said to me last year " I hope I am not as hairy as dad". According to the moms I know from DS team the HS boys on the soccer team all keep it tight down below.

I can’t imagine shaving my face. I have my brows and lip waxed. I tweeze those occasional horrible coarse chin hairs. Why do those start appearing when your eyes start failing? I have a strong magnifying mirror plus I make DH help me spot them. Ha!

Rory, really??? Sometimes I’m so glad my boys don’t tell me anything.

I remember the "down below" convo came up on GW a number of years ago, and a member who has since left the forum was adamant that there's something weird, wrong, and perverse about women who "'scape" down there. I remember being taken aback by the things she said, thinking it such a personal matter, that I couldn't imagine anyone possibly caring about what someone else does to the hair in their nether regions! I still feel the same way. Shave it, wax it, grow it long and strong... whatever one prefers --- and for many, there ARE definite preferences.

You long timers Remember the fall Down laughing tale...uh, yeah, tale...whew...first person account of gal self waxing her whole nethers , fore and aft? It ended up going viral, but not sure if it originated here. Sooo funny!!!!