Like the shower scene from 'Psycho'...

[cicer]

I don't often cut myself while shaving...but when I do, I really fucking gouge myself. Oh, my lord.

I think part of the problem is that I'm too used to shaving with old razors. So when I finally get off my butt and buy a fresh one, I just start digging in as if I'm working with a rusty spoon. Boom: instant fail. Also, I have a high pain tolerance, so I don't realize I've cut myself until I rinse off the shampoo and see blood everywhere.

This is not the first time I've made a total hash of my attempts to remove body hair, but this is the first time I've injured myself so splendidly. I sliced up both my shins, and my right elbow. Awesome! Also, I discovered too late that my first-aid kit is basically empty, so I ended up hopping around, dripping blood everywhere, trying to find some gauze and tape so I could MacGyver up a band-aid.

I'm thinking about switching to waxing, but man. I'd probably give myself second-degree burns. I am feeling sadly inept right now...

Comments

[thawrecka]

I suggest an epilator!

[hungry-worm.livejournal.com]

Seconded!

I know the razor problem, too, though (sliced up the skin right over my achilles tendon once), and wax is such a hassle. I guess the best would be going to a studio to get a good wax job, but paying for something I can do myself doesn't compute (even when I'm not good and too lazy, i.e. walking around like the Yeti eery couple of weeks...).

[cicer.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I've gotten professionally waxed a couple times in the past, but it's so expensive, and such a hassle to make appointments. Ha! I am also a Yeti, hence the need for intensive hair-removal methods! XD

[cicer.livejournal.com]

Ohh, good idea! Have you ever used one? Do they work well? I've heard pretty good things about them from other people.

[hungry-worm.livejournal.com]

From my experience (and I've been using them off and on since I was sixteen), the first time hurtssssss. But you get used to it and it becomes more of a prickly, stingy sensation once you just keep going without hesitating at every tweeze, haha. XD I'm using a simple model, though (Braun Silk epil), and I've heard the newer models can even epilate under water... that might be good, but I haven't tried those yet!

[thawrecka]

I haven't used one because I'm still saving up (everything is so expensive in Australia!) but a former flatmate used one and she recommended them enthusiastically. Hers worked really well. I really want one because I'm incapable of either waxing or shaving my knees!