WWVD, or What Will Vaniqa Do?
December 1, 2011 10:41 AM Subscribe
Have you used Vaniqa? What kind of results have you gotten?
I'm female, late thirties and have coarse chin hair and hyperpigmented areas where the hair grows. I plucked for years, but I think the plucking and resulting ingrown hairs are the reason for the hyperpigmentation.
I've since started shaving, but find that I have to shave everyday to keep the stubble at bay. I have to shave twice if I'm going out at night.
Depilatories do not work and electrolysis caused more hyperpigmentation. (Electrolysis is still on the table, but not for a while yet. I kind of think that the dark spots would fade after I finished treatment.)
The Vaniqa website says it "reduce[s] the growth of unwanted facial hair in women," indicating that I wouldn't have to shave so frequently, but I wonder how that pans out in real life. Would I still get stubble, but just not everyday? How long might I go before being afraid of letting someone touch my face? Would the hair be thinner or less coarse?
Any real-life anecdotes would be helpful. Throwaway email at 54529amf@gmail.com
I'm female, late thirties and have coarse chin hair and hyperpigmented areas where the hair grows. I plucked for years, but I think the plucking and resulting ingrown hairs are the reason for the hyperpigmentation.
I've since started shaving, but find that I have to shave everyday to keep the stubble at bay. I have to shave twice if I'm going out at night.
Depilatories do not work and electrolysis caused more hyperpigmentation. (Electrolysis is still on the table, but not for a while yet. I kind of think that the dark spots would fade after I finished treatment.)
The Vaniqa website says it "reduce[s] the growth of unwanted facial hair in women," indicating that I wouldn't have to shave so frequently, but I wonder how that pans out in real life. Would I still get stubble, but just not everyday? How long might I go before being afraid of letting someone touch my face? Would the hair be thinner or less coarse?
Any real-life anecdotes would be helpful. Throwaway email at 54529amf@gmail.com
Have you tried waxing? A friend waxes her (invisible to me and to everyone else, I think) mustache, and she's never mentioned hyperpigmentation.
What does your dermatologist say?
posted by cyndigo at 11:59 AM on December 1, 2011
What does your dermatologist say?
posted by cyndigo at 11:59 AM on December 1, 2011
My endocrinologist, who treats a lot of ladies with extra hair due to endocrine disorders, highly recommended Vaniqa to me when I was first diagnosed with my condition. Like crankylex, I ended up not filling the prescription because it was super expensive, but my doc did stress how happy her other patients had been with it.
posted by zoetrope at 12:19 PM on December 1, 2011
posted by zoetrope at 12:19 PM on December 1, 2011
May I recommend laser hair removal? A friend of mine swears by it, especially for coarser, darker hairs (if you have those).
posted by 3491again at 12:24 PM on December 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by 3491again at 12:24 PM on December 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
Dr. Oz recommended it. So far, I find him pretty reliable, for a teevee doc.
posted by theora55 at 1:01 PM on December 1, 2011
posted by theora55 at 1:01 PM on December 1, 2011
I had the RX I got from my dermatologist filled a few years ago and was somewhat happy with the results. It definately does what it says on the tube. The hair on my chin and neck slowly went away and I was about 3/4 of the way through that 100 dollar tube by the time it all went away. To be fair, you don't really need to use much of it. I did find, however, that it made the skin on my neck and chin sort of sensitive and plasticy.
I didn't continue with it because, uh, it's a 100 dollars a tube.
Have you thought about having the hair threaded? Though my skin is sensitive, I have the majority of my face done (eyebrows, sideburns, upper lip, chin and neck) and after the initial redness/irritation, my skin is just fine.
posted by godshomemovies at 2:59 PM on December 1, 2011
I didn't continue with it because, uh, it's a 100 dollars a tube.
Have you thought about having the hair threaded? Though my skin is sensitive, I have the majority of my face done (eyebrows, sideburns, upper lip, chin and neck) and after the initial redness/irritation, my skin is just fine.
posted by godshomemovies at 2:59 PM on December 1, 2011
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posted by crankylex at 11:01 AM on December 1, 2011