9 is definitely too young IMO. There is a girl amongst DD's peers who does this and she has had her hair dyed unfortunately it hasn't been well received by the children, parents or teachers. I personally think it's way too young, and DD won't be doing any of that till she's left primary school at least IMO. If the hair is embarressing I can understand but dying hair is completely unnecessary. They are only children for such a short time.
I was 13 before we were allowed to get out ear pierced or shave our legs, and weren't allowed to gye our hair until we were 15 and even then, it had tp be done properly at the hairdressers and mum had to approve.
9 IMO is too young to dye one's hair.
With the legs, I would wax them if they were very dark and causing her greif. You could perhaps look at a silky mit - it may work for fine hair. I would be hesitant about using chemicals like Veet on her skin though.
I had very dark hair on my legs by the time i was 11 and it wasn't fun, I think my mum gave in and let me shave at 12. In the long run though, it didn't hurt me - hair is there, it is natural, it is human and she will live
But Charlotte won't be dyeing hair, shaving legs or piercing ears until she is 12
Last edited by LimeSlice; April 3rd, 2010 at 08:07 PM.
I'm a beauty Therapist, my DD is 8. I've told her she can remove hair from her legs when she is old enough to handle the pain of waxing. To give her a slight idea, once when i was waxing my eye brows i put a tiny blob of hard wax on her leg the size of a pin head and told her to rip it off. It took one hair out and she carried on like a pork chop. Being that she is quite the little sook when it comes to pain, she wont be waxing legs for a long time. She's never seen me shave legs and probably wouldn't know its an option!
As for the hair thing, I won't even make a desicion like that until she's a teen, and when she is, then i'll make a desicion. I'd think around 14/15 would be the earliest.
Being that I am a beauty therapst and she sees waxing, tinting lash perming etc all the time, I'm very aware about her thinking she can be some beauty teen princess having all thses things done at some crazy early age. If anything, i'll make her wait even longer just to make a point!
I think 9 is WAY too young to even consider the hair thing...that do they have to look forward to when they are in their teens? Plus, I know a girl who had hair extentions at 10 (Seriouslly) and I was just mortified.
wow... 9 years old... for me it would be a NO WAY kind of thing....
i did what i wanted to my hair around 13 or 14..... can't remember about shaving though... but certainly not 9.... i suppose for me it was around 12, when puberty started (what a fun time!!) - so yeah, for my daughter i would assume the same.... i would be pretty sad if she was aware of body hair etc at age 9, but i have noticed she does have quite a fine hairy line down her back (i am very hair-less) so maybe this sort of thing will bother her earlier....
i don't think i'd let her dye her hair until she could come up with some money to fund the continual trips to the hairdresser.... but age 9 - i am gob smacked.... i've started her at ballet dancing for 3-4 year olds but i am now having a semi heart attack over what this might lead to in 5 years time!!
Is she upset by her hairy legs? If it is upsetting her then yes i would do it. I didn't get to do mine til I was 13 and had been upset by it for awhile before that as I was unfortunate enough to get quite dark hairs early.
As for the foils I would wait. 9 is quite young for that.
I also think it seems really young. Having said that I don't have very dark hair on my legs and I can see how that might get picked on by other girls. Having said that I would want to encourage my DD (thankfully I don't have one he he) to choose better friends than that - easier said than done I bet! Agree on foils and hair damage and wouldn't go there
yes shellbell, she is very upset by the hair on her legs, it is very dark and very hairy, 2 yrs ago, a not so nice girl made a comment that the hairs on her arms were too dark, so my dd attempted to shave them with a razer, it resulted in her cutting her arm a lil bit.
We have had many a night asking to remove the hair, hence why i droped the age from 15 to 12, and now am considering 9!
My hubbys estranged father is hungarian, so i think thats where the dark hair comes from?
i will definatly leave the hair foils till she is much older.
I would do it then if its upsetting her then, I remember well the teasing from school. I know its young but I'd prefer to do it if she is unhappy by it.
All three of my girls have started shaving their legs at 11 1/2 and were able to experience having a few foils put in. I believe in choosing battles and shaving legs is definately not one of them.
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