Hello everyone!!!
Since one of my new year’s resolutions is to update the blog monthly, here I go with a new post;)) As it has been a while since I wrote the posts on electrolysis and oral hygiene, I felt that I had to update and expand that information a bit, since I have learned /discovered new things that I want to share.
Let’s start with electrolysis. I have visited the lady that I already mentioned twice more (one week at a time) and she epilated those parts of the body that I cannot reach, and those that are more complicated too (back, butt, pubis…). But, as I said to those who wrote to me both on the blog and in private, I still think that buying my Apilus Junior machine (7 years ago!) was perhaps the best investment I could made. It has served to: review legs, armpits and eyebrows, epilate arms, and now also mustache and knuckles. As an example, you can compare the photo I posted when I started epilating my arms myself, and how my arm is now, clean, clean (and my moles are much more noticeable than before):
Two months ago I decided to start with my mustache. I was epilating it with wax but I wanted to finish with that too. I had always done it with hot wax and although the results were fin I found it very cumbersome, specially when going on a trip, if there was no microwave…So I changed to facial bands of cold wax, much more practical in that sense but less effective waxing, in my opinion. I checked my moustache every week and yes, it was a moment, but after much meditating and investigating I decided to venture and do it myself with my machine. If I had not do it before, it was because I was afraid of having a disaster in my face (as I did at the beginning in my thighs, but then the marks go away) and because once you start there is no going back to wax. If I had had a good electrologist nearby I would have gone, because the mustache is a small area and I do not think it would be expensive. The problem is that it is a facial area and I cannot stand seeing myself with hair there, so I would have had to go every week during the process, and where I live now I do not have that possibility.
So, I waited a week for some hairs to grow and I started with the first round. Obviously at first it seemed very simple because in a week you have very few hairs. But with time fuzz comes back, and epilating fuzz is quite complicated. Hairs that are black are easy to epilate, because you see them easily. But in the moustache there is a lot of fuzz, very small and blond hairs. Go, if I do not see them I do not mind having them, but if there are may they are noticeable. So, for the second and third rounds, things got a bit complicated.
The procedure that I have followed is as follows. I try to do it at night, or one morning on the weekend if I’m not going out at least until night. I put Emla cream (anesthetic) and cover it with plastic so it absorbs well. I wait an hour for the area to fall asleep (if the center area-under the nose is not asleep it is impossible, it hurts very much) and then I start to shave. You have to hurry because the effect of the Emla there (at least to me) fades very fast, like in half an hour. I use the finest needle and parameters of 0.20 sec, 98% and 1 pulse. I found these parameters in a forum and I really appreciate it because they have worked very well for me. I had the ones I use for the body and these parameters are better for the mustache. I use thermolysis and an Apilus Junior (the most ancient model of all). With other machines the parameters may be different (it also depends on each person, obviously a man’s mustache would need more power). And, with my magnifying mirror I epilate hair by hair.
I focused first on the blackest and noticeable hairs (two months later no longer existed) and later in the fuzz (which is much more complicated to eliminate). The most difficult area is under the nose, the center and the edge of the lip. But little by little it has been fading. It is better epilating during the day or at night? During the day, with the window that I have and natural light, the view is great, but it is so good that it is difficult to focus on what to remove, and you lose a bit of perspective. At night you have to make more effort with your eyes but you can do better when selecting. So I decided to alternate. Of course, at night it is better in the sense that your skin is red and the next day that disappears. I do it during the day if I’m going to stay at home. Another trick that I saw, so that there are no scars left there or marks, is to put Bepanthol (the cream for babies) when you finish and cover it with a plastic (I leave it until the next day or the time I’m home if it is during day). This way, the area is superhydrated, oxygen does not enter and you don’t have crusts. You should let the sun touch that area for some days.
I have also removed hairs in my knuckles, since I had already removed all hairs from my feet. Whenever I saw photos of engagement rings or wedding hands I thought, “how ugly it would look like with hairs on your knuckles”. In biology class I studied that it is a genetic trait to have little hairs there. I used my old epilady to remove them. When I decided to epilate them I did the same as with the mustache: I let hairs grow and I removed them each week. Although, of course, on the knuckles it is not a big problem to let some hairs grow, as it is on the face.
Regarding the teeth topic, I still think that the So-Wash device is a wonderful invention and much better than the Waterpik device. My dentist-periodontist used to tell me that I did not brush my teeth very well, but now he always says the contrary. I have no gums problems or cavities. I find suspicious that dentists do not recommend its use, since for me it is key. When travelling, if I could not use the irrigator, I did not feel my mouth was as clean. So, I bought the new adapter for travels. Now the company has launched more products based on the same idea, for washing the colon and to wash after going to the bathroom if there is no bidet (I have not seen bidets outside of Spain and Argentina, in spite of how practical they are for that and to wash your feet after wearing sandals).
Regarding toothpaste, in the other post I recommended Fluocaril. But I changed my mind. One problem that I had and did not mention is that sometimes I got spots on my teeth because of tea, vegetables, juices, etc. I have not had that problem again because for two years I’ve been making my own toothpaste with coconut oil and baking soda. Baking soda is not abrasive, or it is not as much as any toothpaste (there is an online comparative table with the degree of abrasion of different tootphastes and of baking soda). In addition, it is mixed with coconut oil, which whitens. What you Keep in mind that it is better to throw the oil in the trash because if it is cold outside, coconut oil solidifies and may clog the pipe. If it is too hot, coconut oil becomes liquid. Here is my pasta:
The only problem is that I find it a little messy for travelling, so when travelling I use Weleda’s salt pasta instead.
Another trick to prevent stains is to have liquids with a straw. This works also for acidic juices like orange juices, because acids weaken your enamel. I bought a stainless-steel straw and I wash it after each use (cheaper and more ecological). Remember: it is not good to drink hot drinks with plastic straws, because with heat the plastic releases substances that can pass to your drink. It is also not recommendable not to heat or put hot food in plastic tuppers, but to use glass tuppers;))
Here is my straw:
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