Started with battery shaver, progressed to razors. Had shadow by noontime. Started waxing and epilating in my late teens and never looked back.

I may have a high pain threashold, but the only time it hurt was one drunken home wax (lesson learnt when I removed a lot of skin too!) and a full bikini wax. I wish I could afford regular waxing as it's so relaxing. Instead I epilate at home.

Shaving: thick dark hairs
Epilating: leg hair of a normal 9yo. Not my hirsuite 9yo legs.