Beauty & Grooming  Discussion Forum

hi...i m very very very upset...i have extremely hairy arms and legs and my mom is not allowin me to wax/epilate them. and since i m 17yrs old, i find it hard to expose my arms as my frends wud make fun of me..i hide my legs wearing pants, but i cannot wear long sleeves tops in summer only to hide my arms. so ppl, please help me out. my mum doesnt allow me because she thinks by the time i reach 20 yrs old, my skin will look damaged due to repeated pulling of hair, and also, she wants me to be concentrating on studies rather than this and she says that once u remove hair, it is necessary to keep doing it again and again, but she says she will allow me to do it once i join university. (i live in canada n m gonna finish my grd 11)

so, is it safe to bleach arms? i have kinda convinced her on that. i have brown skin, so i dont think the hair will be visible after bleaching...so my main two questions are :
1) will bleaching hide my arm hair?
2) will the bleach damage my arms, because ammonia is harmful for skin?
3) is my mom's opinion on waxing rite, or is it ok for me to start now or when i m 19yrs old?
4) should i try and start bleaching now? (because i have heard that it can make ur hair even more black. but rite now, i ahave very smooth, kinda long black hair)

PLease reply to this post, as my arm hair is making me feel very very depressed. i m not a beauty freak, n i m pretty studious, but this issue is rotting my self-esteem.i would be grateful if u all take 5 min, to help me out. Malika replied. A/S dear sunaina...
happy to know dat it wasuseful for u....u r mostt welcum dearr...u can rite nytime ny query Inshallah u will get da reply...n dear let me correct u ..maname is not mallika...dear it's Malika...once again u r most welcum..n gudluk for everything..take care n keep smiling.
AH Suma replied. Hi Sunaina,

You can follow the home remedy which will not harm your skin at any way.

Malai + Haldi.... make mixture of it...apply on arms.. keep it overnight and rinse off in the morning. You will get result only if you continue using every day until 2 months. It will also improve your skin complexion. Be patient and you will get the result.

Malika replied. A/S dear suanaina....
first of all stop being upset n don hear others..just ignore if they u sumthing...even i have da same prob n ma mom too didnt give me da permission...so i also thought to go for bleaching n enquired abt dat...believe me bleaching is not safe for so young girls n ma first suggestion..plz stop even thinking abt it..don go for it plz...yes! da checmicals r toxic n might show bad results..as u said dat u r a studious student so dear better conceterate on ur studies n don notice it much...ur other is right...u know sumtimes in a hurry burry v lost wat v have to attain what v dont n n then it gets too late to set all up...so dear just have PATIENCE...u r in ur 11th n thers only 1 or 2 yrr...u will never know how soon it will pass..n then u can go for waxing..it is safe...so if u really want to a secwrk then don go for bleaching..it will becum a yrs wrk...nyway later u will have full liberty to do it nytime...so y not wait for sumtime dear...just have patience n enjoy ur studies n involve in sum wrk to take off ur attention..or just thing v soon u will also b doing..if now u do u will create a grt prob for urself...n da most impthing whatever ur mom says it is right..if she said dat at ur age 20 ur skin will get ruined then she is right...afteral no one knows or understand u better than ur mother...dear think all these u will surely have da patience n will get back ur self-esteem..hope it helped u..take care n keep smiling.
AH