First time is the worst, but it gets progressively less violent and painful as you continue. Take as long as you need per area, this will only be so slow in the short term.

[–] tunasyne@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

i kid you not it's been 4 hours and I'm just reaching the end of one leg. one.

hopefully it gets better like you said but this shit sucks frfr (⁠´⁠；⁠ω⁠；⁠｀⁠)

edit: i took 600mg of ibuprofen at the beginning of this and it did not help much

[–] zea_64@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I started with half a limb per day because that was as much pain as I could tolerate, but after a few months most hairs were painless and the worst ones only hurt as much as a pinch.

[–] tunasyne@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago

...i hadn't even considered that

ok yeah i just about finished the one leg ill take your advice an stop for tn. tysm <3

[–] theLetterJ@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

What model? I have ran a couple into the ground. Philips was terrible the whole time, but got worse and I eventually got a different brand. My Braun silk epil 9 has been great, but required a head replacement at some point. These epilators wear out such that they don't grab as well, just yanking on the same hairs and not actually plucking them - ow.

Tips...

trim first. Epilating full length hairs enables the yanking-not-plucking since it's most effective at plucking when the tweezer is directly above the hair it's grabbing
be clean and not sweaty. Epilating in a hot house is really painful.
though they're marketed for wet use, I've found this results in a bad trim and not an epilation
don't try to mow areas like a lawn maximizing hairs per pass. Start at the edges of hairy areas and overlap it as little as possible with each pass unless you can stand more. If you try to make use of the full width of a 1.5" head it's gonna be a bad time.
Upkeep every week or two is about 10% as much hassle and pain as upkeep every month or two. They don't all grow back at once so density is greatly reduced when upkeeping before full regrowth occurs

[–] LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Beauty is pain bby. But really i cant imagine. Ive gone the laser route and epilators sound…. Barbaric

[–] tunasyne@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

they really are, i mean the machine itself when turned on looks like a fuckin industrial shredder and it's designed to rip the hair from your body (⁠@⁠_⁠@⁠)

but, as you say, beauty is pain :')