HAVE YOU HAD ANY EXPERIENCE WITH HAIR REMOVAL AND SKIN RASHES?
FOR MY SKIN I USE AN "EPILADY TECH" AND I'VE USED IT FOR YEARS MYSELF, WITH NO
PROBLEMS. BUT NOW MY DAUGHTER'S SKIN IS RED AND VERY SCRATCHY WHERE WE USE IT.
SHE'S SEVEN YEAR OLD AND EATS WELL. SHE HAS BEAUTIFUL HEALTHY SKIN OTHERWISE.
BUT THE RED RASHES ITCH AND FOR A LONG TIME AFTERWARDS IT LOOKS WORSE THAN
HAIR!
HAVE YOU FOUND A WAY TO REMOVE HAIR WITHOUT A RASH? OR CAN I GET MEDICINE TO
STOP THE RASH FROM HAPPENING? (ALREADY TRIED CALOMINE LOTION).
WE'D APPRECIATE ANY TIPS.
THANKS,
JACKIE ROWE
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Ok here are a few tips:
1) Don't type in ALL CAPS. It is like shouting.
2) Why are you concerned about hair on a 7 year old? It's possible that her
young skin is too tender. As a man, I have virtually no experience with hair
removal but several woman have told me those "Epilady" contaptions are
medieval torture devices that should be outlawed at a Geneva convention.
"I am Bill Gates of Borg. You will be assimilated.
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>MOMS AND DADS-
>
>HAVE YOU HAD ANY EXPERIENCE WITH HAIR REMOVAL AND SKIN RASHES?
>
>FOR MY SKIN I USE AN "EPILADY TECH" AND I'VE USED IT FOR YEARS MYSELF, WITH NO
>PROBLEMS. BUT NOW MY DAUGHTER'S SKIN IS RED AND VERY SCRATCHY WHERE WE USE IT.
>SHE'S SEVEN YEAR OLD AND EATS WELL. SHE HAS BEAUTIFUL HEALTHY SKIN OTHERWISE.
>BUT THE RED RASHES ITCH AND FOR A LONG TIME AFTERWARDS IT LOOKS WORSE THAN
>HAIR!
>
>HAVE YOU FOUND A WAY TO REMOVE HAIR WITHOUT A RASH? OR CAN I GET MEDICINE TO
>STOP THE RASH FROM HAPPENING? (ALREADY TRIED CALOMINE LOTION).
>
>WE'D APPRECIATE ANY TIPS.
>
>THANKS,
>
>JACKIE ROWE
I think the answer is to get more child support. Then you can
take her to a dematologist and see what he recommends. In fact, it's
outrageous that you aren't getting enough money already for this.
Aren't hair removal problems already provided for in your state's
child support guidelines?
Where on earth does a 7 year old have hair that you think needs to be removed.
Of course this child has a rash...you have pulled her hair out of the follacles
- epilady "contraptions" pull out the entire piece of hair - root and all. This
had to be extremely painful to this child. Near torture if you ask me!!
Stay away from lotions as they will only clog the follacles you have exposed by
removing this hair.
The rash should disappear in a couple of days - and for goodness sakes - don't
worry about hair removal with this child again unti she reaches puberty!!
K
"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent"
Eleanor Roosevelt
: MOMS AND DADS-
:
: HAVE YOU HAD ANY EXPERIENCE WITH HAIR REMOVAL AND SKIN RASHES?
:
: FOR MY SKIN I USE AN "EPILADY TECH" AND I'VE USED IT FOR YEARS MYSELF, WITH NO
: PROBLEMS. BUT NOW MY DAUGHTER'S SKIN IS RED AND VERY SCRATCHY WHERE WE USE IT.
: SHE'S SEVEN YEAR OLD AND EATS WELL. SHE HAS BEAUTIFUL HEALTHY SKIN OTHERWISE.
: BUT THE RED RASHES ITCH AND FOR A LONG TIME AFTERWARDS IT LOOKS WORSE THAN
: HAIR!
:
: HAVE YOU FOUND A WAY TO REMOVE HAIR WITHOUT A RASH? OR CAN I GET MEDICINE TO
: STOP THE RASH FROM HAPPENING? (ALREADY TRIED CALOMINE LOTION).
:
: WE'D APPRECIATE ANY TIPS.
Tip #1... don't use all caps. all caps are used for yelling.
Tip #2... for the rash try Eucerin. Eucerin can be found in a drug store
and it runs between $10 to $12 per 16 oz bottle. My family has extremely
dry skin and our doctor suggested this. So far it has works wonders. I
use it on my legs everyday I shave, because I'll break out in a rash
everytime if I don't. I can't use anything that contains alcohol (for
oily skin) either. Epiladys is like dry shaving... and people with dry
skin will break out.
Good luck,
Tracy
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Why are you SHOUTING?
And what are you doing removing hair from a 7 year old? Whatever hair
she has is probably meant to be right exactly where it is! When she's
ready to start shaving (14 is the youngest age, in my experience), her
skin will be less fragile than it is now. Geez - let her be a kid
before she has to start worrying about vanity things like shaving.
Jessie is a competitive swimmer and any Olympic swimmer will tell you the hair
causes drag and slows her down. It can really make the difference in a meet.
I would take my daughter to the doctor in a flash if I saw any sort of
dangerous condition. But I won't take her to a doctor for such piddling things
because I don't want to teach her to be a hypocondriac.
Thank you for the Eucerin suggestion. We will try it. If anyone has more tips,
please let me know.
Jackie
In article <199804130516...@ladder03.news.aol.com>,
mjon...@aol.com (MJON4703) wrote:
>
> Jackie, Why is a seven year old shaving her hair?
> I would ask your doctor about this one. Could be she is too sensitive for
> anything yet. Maybe she's too young.
> Very anxious to hear why she is shaving.
>
> 晻ЁMARYЁ换晻
Anyway, when I turned 13 a couple months ago, my mom said I could stop
shaving it. The soreness went away after that in just a few weeks
I have to agree that 7 is a little young to be growing hair, but they
say that girls mature faster than boys, right?
So, anyway, try Neosporin Plus. It definitely helped me a lot! Good
luck!
-Roger
>Anyway, when I turned 13 a couple months ago, my mom said I could stop
>shaving it. The soreness went away after that in just a few weeks
Ok - boys and girls.....how did this happen?
K
"The oldest habit in the world for resisting change is to complain that unless
the remedy to the disease should be universally applied it should not be
applied at all. But you must start somewhere"
Winston Churchill
(I couldn't resist this one!!)
> Mary-
>
> Jessie is a competitive swimmer and any Olympic swimmer will tell you
> the hair
> causes drag and slows her down. It can really make the difference in a
> meet.
>
I'm not sure I would allow a child of seven to become so caught up in a
competitive sport that she is willing to alter her body in order to win.
The hair removal causes pain and discomfort - that would tell me that
this is not right for my child. I would tell my child that there are
things better than winning and one of them is a respect for her natural
body.
Caroline
I did ask a swimmer I know and she said there is still some debate on how much
difference it makes. She has known winning swimmers that didn't remove any
hair.
I also have to wonder about any child in any competetive sport. I despised the
"win win win" mentality of competetive sports back when I was her age. It
still bothers me some. I have seen parents push there kids so often it sickens
me. I guess that is the reason I hated sports so much as a kid. And the abuse
I got for "dropping the ball" or "striking out" etc. only served to cast my
resolve in stone. And the abuse was NOT just verbal.
As a 36 year old, I look back at those years as the worst years of my life.
Windows 95 (win-DOH-z), n. A 32 bit extension and graphical shell
to a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit operating system originally coded
for a 4 bit microprocessor which was written by a 2 bit company
that can't stand 1 bit of competition.
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>>In article <6h33t3$lc2$1...@nnrp1.dejanews.com>, jvr...@usa.net wrote:
>>Mary-
>
>>Jessie is a competitive swimmer and any Olympic swimmer will tell you the
hair
>>causes drag and slows her down. It can really make the difference in a meet.
>I did ask a swimmer I know and she said there is still some debate on how much
>difference it makes. She has known winning swimmers that didn't remove any
>hair.
>I also have to wonder about any child in any competetive sport. I despised the
>"win win win" mentality of competetive sports back when I was her age. It
>still bothers me some. I have seen parents push there kids so often it sickens
>me. I guess that is the reason I hated sports so much as a kid. And the abuse
>I got for "dropping the ball" or "striking out" etc. only served to cast my
>resolve in stone. And the abuse was NOT just verbal.
>As a 36 year old, I look back at those years as the worst years of my life.
I think I'm with you on this one, Opus.....I am very strongly against teaching
kids to be that competitive at such a young age. When I found out she was a
swimmer, I was more aghast (??SP??). I am despirately trying NOT to raise kids
whose life centers around sports.
The one thing my ex and I agreed upon was that our childrens' early years -
before 12 or so - are the most important - and that whatever base we give them
at that time is what will carry them through the rest of their lives. That is
why they were put in private school there. We felt that they needed a strong
educational base, and some good learning skills. We allow(ed) our kids to play
sports, because it is educational to learn to work as a team, etc. BUT - we've
never stressed winning, and never allowed our kids to win at games - heaven
knows it's tough enough to beat the little worms at things like Bonkers,
etc...without "letting them win"..... :)
I do have one STUPID question - she's 7 so I'm assuming we're talking about the
hair on her head.....why doesn't she wear a swim cap???
PixturThis wrote in message
<199804160202...@ladder03.news.aol.com>...
No...I'm pretty sure she is talking about other body hair. If she used an
Epilady on her head that would be paramount to pure torture...of course
those Epiladys are torture on the legs to. I used mine exactly once...I
don't like pain!
I wonder, though...how much body hair could a 7 year old girl possibly have
that would affect her swimming performance? My 5 year old has extremely
fine, short hair on his legs...not anything like what an olympic swimmer
(being past puberty) would have on their bodies. Is there really a need to
shave or do anything to remove that hair? If it is so incredibly important
for her to win...time her when she is unshaved. I would bet that there is
little difference. Let up a little bit...she is still a very young child,
and sports are supposed to be *fun*.
Nicol
>I'm pretty sure she is talking about other body hair. If she used an
>Epilady on her head that would be paramount to pure torture...of course
>those Epiladys are torture on the legs to. I used mine exactly once...I
>don't like pain!
I think this comes somewhere close to torture. My 7 year old has reddish hair,
and I can't see body hair on her. I'd NEVER think of removing it. I'm sorry -
I'm having a real problem with this one....
K
Totally sane mother of four....
"Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have
never failed to imitate them"
James Baldwin
My mother thought that the hair on my hands was totally disgusting, and she
decided to remove it. She started by shaving it with a safety razor, but she
said it grew back to quickly. By the end of the day, I had a "5 o'clock
shadow" on the backs of my hands.
So then she started doing wax removal, but she thought it was too much of
hassle, and too time consuming. It hurt my hands pretty bad too.
So then she picked up a home remedies book which said that ammonia can prevent
hair growth if applied to skin. So my mother began pouring small amounts of
ammonia into a pair of latex gloves every night and would make me sleep with
them on my hands. (She let me know right away that if she every caught me in
bed without the gloves on, there would be hell to pay, meaning a nice belt
whipping.) The most annoying part of it was the smell. I hate the smell of
ammonia and every time I was in bed, it smelled like Windex. The skin was
also quite pink and very sore from this, and I hated it.
But I have to say it actually worked! The hair stopped growing after about 3
weeks, and my mother continued to do the "ammonia treatments" for almost two
years. She stopped the treatments when I began to grow dark hair on my arms,
and the hair on my hands then grew back after a couple of months.
I certainly don't recommend using ammonia for hair removal, mainly because it
is quite painful and irritating to the skin. Also, I don't know what other
long term health effects it might have. But, anyway, I thought everyone would
find this anecdote interesting.
Regards,
Thomas
In article <35352B...@creamy.com.REMOVE_FOR_EMAIL>,
Roger Chatlan <x...@creamy.com.REMOVE_FOR_EMAIL> wrote:
>
> I used to have exactly the same problem. I started growing pubic hair
> when I was only 9, and my stepmother always used to shave it every week
> or so with her Epilady, because "little boys shouldn't have hair down
> there." I always got very red and sore, and sometimes it would bleed a
> little. Neosporin Plus helped a lot. Once, we ran out of Neosporin,
> and Mom put rubbing alcohol on it instead. It burned so bad I wanted to
> die!! We never did that again!
>
> Anyway, when I turned 13 a couple months ago, my mom said I could stop
> shaving it. The soreness went away after that in just a few weeks
>
> I have to agree that 7 is a little young to be growing hair, but they
> say that girls mature faster than boys, right?
>
> So, anyway, try Neosporin Plus. It definitely helped me a lot! Good
> luck!
>
> -Roger
>
> jvr...@usa.net wrote:
> >
> > Mary-
> >
> > Jessie is a competitive swimmer and any Olympic swimmer will tell you the
hair
> > causes drag and slows her down. It can really make the difference in a
meet.
> >
Maybe I'm wrong, but this thread has shown me a few new forms of torture to
children. Each one I read, I am more unnerved than I was after reading the last
one.
WHY are people so caught up in appearances and "winning" and whatever else
makes them torture their children? Why do we have to teach kids that how they
look and how they perform makes them better? I would never dream of shaving my
children, or using an epilady, or ammonia, or anything else....tar and
feathers, etc. It is all abuse or torture or something, not to mention
disguisting.
Amazed....
Nonetheless, this is your call. I find that Gillette Good News
razors work well. I like Lubriderm to moisturize afterwards.
That Epilady thing was very painful for me, and I always got a
rash afterwards.
jeth...@aol.com wrote:
>
> I had a very similar experience to Roger's. I went to Catholic school my
> entire life and I come from a very strict upbringing. When I was about 11
> years old, I began to grow black hair on the backs of my hands. I didn't grow
> dark hair anywhere else but there (except for hair on my head, eyebrows, and
> eyelashes).
>
> My mother thought that the hair on my hands was totally disgusting, and she
> decided to remove it. She started by shaving it with a safety razor, but she
> said it grew back to quickly. By the end of the day, I had a "5 o'clock
> shadow" on the backs of my hands.
>
> So then she started doing wax removal, but she thought it was too much of
> hassle, and too time consuming. It hurt my hands pretty bad too.
>
> So then she picked up a home remedies book which said that ammonia can prevent
> hair growth if applied to skin. So my mother began pouring small amounts of
> ammonia into a pair of latex gloves every night and would make me sleep with
> them on my hands. (She let me know right away that if she every caught me in
> bed without the gloves on, there would be hell to pay, meaning a nice belt
> whipping.) The most annoying part of it was the smell. I hate the smell of
> ammonia and every time I was in bed, it smelled like Windex. The skin was
> also quite pink and very sore from this, and I hated it.
>
> But I have to say it actually worked! The hair stopped growing after about 3
> weeks, and my mother continued to do the "ammonia treatments" for almost two
> years. She stopped the treatments when I began to grow dark hair on my arms,
> and the hair on my hands then grew back after a couple of months.
>
> I certainly don't recommend using ammonia for hair removal, mainly because it
> is quite painful and irritating to the skin. Also, I don't know what other
> long term health effects it might have. But, anyway, I thought everyone would
> find this anecdote interesting.
>
> Regards,
> Thomas
>
> In article <35352B...@creamy.com.REMOVE_FOR_EMAIL>,
> Roger Chatlan <x...@creamy.com.REMOVE_FOR_EMAIL> wrote:
> >
> > I used to have exactly the same problem. I started growing pubic hair
> > when I was only 9, and my stepmother always used to shave it every week
> > or so with her Epilady, because "little boys shouldn't have hair down
> > there." I always got very red and sore, and sometimes it would bleed a
> > little. Neosporin Plus helped a lot. Once, we ran out of Neosporin,
> > and Mom put rubbing alcohol on it instead. It burned so bad I wanted to
> > die!! We never did that again!
> >
> > Anyway, when I turned 13 a couple months ago, my mom said I could stop
> > shaving it. The soreness went away after that in just a few weeks
> >
> > I have to agree that 7 is a little young to be growing hair, but they
> > say that girls mature faster than boys, right?
> >
> > So, anyway, try Neosporin Plus. It definitely helped me a lot! Good
> > luck!
> >
> > -Roger
> >
>
I'd say the spammers have escaped from their can again. This post was
absolutely ridiculous.
That may be as it is, but I would not be so certain. Removal of
children's pubic hair is
actually very common in much of the world, especially in South America
and Spanish speaking parts of Europe. While it is not as popular in the
United States today as it was during the Victorian era, it has actually
shown a resurgence since reaching a modern low in the late 1960s/early
1970s of 3% of girls and just below 1% of boys. As of 1995, this had
risen to 4% of girls and nearly 2% of boys in the United States. I was
not shaved in this way, and I have not shaved either of my two daughters
(who are now both in college). However, my mother, her sister and her
brother all had their pubic hair removed by my grandparents until they
were married.
If you have parents or grandparents who were born in the early part of
the century (or earlier!) you may learn something by asking them about
this.
--------------------------------
Dr. John Goldfarb, Ph. D.
gold...@aurora.cis.upenn.edu
The opinions expressed in this message do not necessarily reflect the
views of the University of Pennsylvania or the anthropology department.
> Removal of children's pubic hair is
> actually very common in much of the world,
and...
> If you have parents or grandparents who were born in the early part of
> the century (or earlier!) you may learn something by asking them about
> this.
Troll alert! Troll alert!!! Someone get the troll gun!
peterd
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>John Goldfarb went fishing, and ended thusly:
>
>> Removal of children's pubic hair is
>> actually very common in much of the world,
>and...
>> If you have parents or grandparents who were born in the early part of
>> the century (or earlier!) you may learn something by asking them about
>> this.
>
>Troll alert! Troll alert!!! Someone get the troll gun!
>
>
Wasn't that original post wierd??? Shaving your child's pubic hair??? Give me a
break...I barely have time to wash the hair on their heads a few times a week,
let alone add something ridiculous like that....
:) Go get 'em Peter.....
Something to giggle about..
"You must be the worst caddie in the world," said the dejected golfer after a
disasterous afternoon on the links.
"I doubt it, sir," replied the caddie. "That would be too much of a
coincidence."
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