yay! another post that should be tagged Too Much Information

Your icon is so appropriate! XD But I find waxing is less painful in general. There's been this general rash of waxing salons sprouting up in Singapore, so I guess either this generation of womanhood are made of iron or it really does get less painful on repeat sessions.

I don't like epilatiors. They are evil things. You have my sympathies, and I will stick to razors for everything but my face -- which I lazed, rar!

Oh, for the soft, squishy bits (or, rather, the furry parts nearby), I use my spouse's old electrical razor's beard-trimmer attachment. I occasionally nick myself, but not very painfully.

The laser zap is painful. It's... Hm. They talk about a rubber-band "snap" feeling. It's a little more, in my opinion, like you suddenly get a flash of sunburn all at once. It STINGS. However, it's over pretty quickly. The amount of sting depends on 2 things: first, how much (dark) hair is in the area, because that absorbs the heat, and secondly, how much the nerves are collected. It hurts worse on my upper lip (though there's less dark hair) than on my chin (which had a damned Shaggy goatee), for instance.

The laser treatment lasts many weeks, though, and after 4-5 of them, it seems to be having a lasting effect on many of the little buggers.

*giggle* I've tried an epilator, though, and it huuuuuurrrrrrts. It's not "ZAP! okay, done," either. It's "hai! i be rippin' ur hairz out! an agin! an agin! ha ha ha!"

Mind, I haven't had more than my face zapped, yet. I'm sort of pondering whether it might be useful to zap my legs (I'm so nearsighted and hate shaving them) or under my arms. Or other areas, though it'd be tricky -- it targets dark stuff, right? I had a little dark freckle/flat mole on my chin, and of a sudden I discovered... it was GONE! Zapped away, just like the dark hairs!

I am not sure I want to be zappin' around, say, chest areas that have darker pigmentation. >_>

My expression exactly! O:D