plucking: how to avoid scarring - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

ShaniFaye · 08-24-2006, 10:41 AM

I've plucked a hundreds times around areas of my face and neck and I have yet to see one scar

*Nikki* · 08-24-2006, 10:48 AM

Never heard of scars happening. I am the plucking master and never had a single scar!

shelbel1 · 08-24-2006, 11:08 AM

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Sage · 08-24-2006, 12:07 PM

The only reason that plucking would cause scarring is if you did it in such a way to actually damage the skin, resulting in a would that then heals- leaving a scar.

Since, when you pluck, you're just pulling the hair out of the hair follicle, there's no interaction with the skin at all, thus no risk for a scar. If plucking caused scarring, then everyone who got Brazillian waxes wouldn't be able to close their legs!

What's your source on your belief that plucking causes scarring? Where did you hear that? I'm curious because I've certianlly never heard it before.

maleficent · 08-24-2006, 12:27 PM

i pluck my eyebrows and never have had scarring... if you're skin is sensitive.. you can rub an ice cube on it first to deaded it a little and use good tweezers.. and pull the hair, in the direction of growth as close to the root as you can get - without grabbing the skin...

Waxing is usually easier for your upper lip... a nail salon that does waxing usually charges well under 20 bucks to do it...

CaliLivChick · 08-24-2006, 12:28 PM

Never had any scarring, and I've done eyebrows, chin, and upper lip.

ngdawg · 08-24-2006, 01:19 PM

I think someone lied to ya...plucking doesn't cause scarring. In fact, if you pluck a few times, sometimes that hair stops growing back.

evil_twin617 · 08-24-2006, 01:36 PM

I pluck the couple of dark hairs on my upper lip as well as my eyebrows. The ice is a good idea and I always make sure I "de-grease" well afterward with astringent or alcohol to avoid breakouts. It seems like every time I forget, sure enough I get a zit right where I plucked.

Gilda · 08-24-2006, 01:46 PM

I had the dark hairs on my upper lip removed using electrolysis. My sister was already going two hours a week, so I figured, hey, I can stand a half hour to get things taken care of permanently.

I get my eyebrows waxed every time I go in for my legs and Brazilian.

Gilda

Grasshopper Green · 08-24-2006, 03:19 PM

I pluck my eyebrows, as well as lip hairs between waxing...and no scars. Well, except for ones that were already there.

Lady Sage · 08-24-2006, 05:38 PM

I waxed.... once. I use that Nads stuff now, doesnt hurt even half as bad as waxing and leaves your skin behind. I pluck the few hairs left behind and never have had a scar...

lindalove · 09-27-2006, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Gilda

I had the dark hairs on my upper lip removed using electrolysis. My sister was already going two hours a week, so I figured, hey, I can stand a half hour to get things taken care of permanently.

How much does something like that cost?

08-24-2006, 10:31 AM	#1 (permalink)
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ShaniFaye Submit to me, you know you want to Location: Lilburn, Ga	I've plucked a hundreds times around areas of my face and neck and I have yet to see one scar __________________ *I want the diabetic plan that comes with rollover carbs. I dont like the unused one expiring at midnite!!*

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08-24-2006, 12:07 PM	#5 (permalink)
Sage hoarding all the big girl panties since 2005 Location: North side	The only reason that plucking would cause scarring is if you did it in such a way to actually damage the skin, resulting in a would that then heals- leaving a scar. Since, when you pluck, you're just pulling the hair out of the hair follicle, there's no interaction with the skin at all, thus no risk for a scar. If plucking caused scarring, then everyone who got Brazillian waxes wouldn't be able to close their legs! What's your source on your belief that plucking causes scarring? Where did you hear that? I'm curious because I've certianlly never heard it before. __________________ Sage knows our mythic history, King Arthur's and Sir Caradoc's She answers hard acrostics, has a pretty taste for paradox She quotes in elegiacs all the crimes of Heliogabalus In conics she can floor peculiarities parabolous -C'hi

08-24-2006, 12:27 PM	#6 (permalink)
maleficent Junkie Moderator Emeritus Location: Chicago	i pluck my eyebrows and never have had scarring... if you're skin is sensitive.. you can rub an ice cube on it first to deaded it a little and use good tweezers.. and pull the hair, in the direction of growth as close to the root as you can get - without grabbing the skin... Waxing is usually easier for your upper lip... a nail salon that does waxing usually charges well under 20 bucks to do it... __________________ Free your heart from hatred. Free your mind from worries. Live simply. Give more. Expect less.

08-24-2006, 10:48 AM	#3 (permalink)
Nikki ~~~~~~~ Location: Charleston, SC	Never heard of scars happening. I am the plucking master and never had a single scar!

08-24-2006, 12:28 PM	#7 (permalink)
CaliLivChick In Transition Location: Sanford, FL (between Daytona and Orlando)	Never had any scarring, and I've done eyebrows, chin, and upper lip. __________________ Don't trust anything that can bleed for a week and not die. Oh wait, that's me... nevermind... you can trust me.

08-24-2006, 01:19 PM	#8 (permalink)
ngdawg peekaboo Location: on the back, bitch	I think someone lied to ya...plucking doesn't cause scarring. In fact, if you pluck a few times, sometimes that hair stops growing back. __________________ Don't blame me. I didn't vote for either of'em.

08-24-2006, 01:36 PM	#9 (permalink)
evil_twin617 Upright Location: Houston, TX	I pluck the couple of dark hairs on my upper lip as well as my eyebrows. The ice is a good idea and I always make sure I "de-grease" well afterward with astringent or alcohol to avoid breakouts. It seems like every time I forget, sure enough I get a zit right where I plucked. __________________ I'm not good at empathy - will you accept sarcasm?

08-24-2006, 01:46 PM	#10 (permalink)
Gilda 32 flavors and then some Location: Out on a wire.	I had the dark hairs on my upper lip removed using electrolysis. My sister was already going two hours a week, so I figured, hey, I can stand a half hour to get things taken care of permanently. I get my eyebrows waxed every time I go in for my legs and Brazilian. Gilda __________________ I'm against ending blackness. I believe that everyone has a right to be black, it's a choice, and I support that. ~Steven Colbert

08-24-2006, 03:19 PM	#11 (permalink)
Grasshopper Green ...is a comical chap Location: Where morons reign supreme	I pluck my eyebrows, as well as lip hairs between waxing...and no scars. Well, except for ones that were already there. __________________ "They say that patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings; steal a little and they throw you in jail, steal a lot and they make you king" Formerly Medusa

08-24-2006, 05:38 PM	#12 (permalink)
Lady Sage Mistress of Mayhem Location: Canton, Ohio	I waxed.... once. I use that Nads stuff now, doesnt hurt even half as bad as waxing and leaves your skin behind. I pluck the few hairs left behind and never have had a scar...