Waxing Vs Shaving - Young Girls

[TeniBear]

I distinctly remember sneaking razors to shave my legs at 11/12 /13 because my parents wouldn't have a bar of the notion that hair removal was something I needed. So I figured waxing is better and I would do this too whenever she felt ready because I wanted to listen to her rather than her sneaking razors as I did.

The thing with this though, is that your DD wouldn't be sneaking razors like you did. She wouldn't need to, because you do know that hair removal can be important and you're offering her ways to do it. She's choosing her own way of doing it rather than being forced into either waxing or sneaking around.

I never really had this problem, as soon as I thought I needed to start shaving my underarms my mum taught me how and that was it. I didn't start on my legs for a long time and even now I go for months without doing them (admittedly my legs are one of the few places the hair grows very slowly so I don't need to do them often.) I had my legs waxed about a month and a half ago because I wanted to help my cousin out with her beauty therapy course, but I'm not fussed about that happening again. I'll get her to do them again if I want another wax, otherwise it's back to shaving for me in a couple of months I've never waxed anywhere other than my legs (twice), eyebrows (twice and never again), and lip (same time as my last leg wax). I think underarm waxing sounds torturous but each to their own!

I'd probably encourage Amelia to go for shaving when the time comes, but if she wants to be waxed so be it. I'm not sure I'd be happy with paying for it every however-long-it's-supposed-to-be-between-waxes, but I suppose she could always go to my cousin

[Tinks]

Last Christmas we got DD an epilator, it's also converts to a shaver so she has the best of both worlds. She prefers shaving with a razor though.

[Phteven]

My cousin got waxed instead of shaving and her leg hair has never ended up thick and gorilla like like mine. It's soft and downy not *****ly.
On the flip side it can cause ingrowns which can cause scaring.

If she knows the pros and cons and wants to shave then I would be inclined to say her body, her choice.