Post #1814330

I realise I’m one of “today’s lucky 10,000”, but it took me until my 50s to learn it so I’ll share and maybe someone else can be in that 10,000 as well: Being a middle-aged testosterone-having person, I have been bothered by the presence of more nose and ear hair than I’d like for some time now (I’m not a very hairy person, but these things are relative). For at least a decade, I have dealt with this by semi-regularly grabbing tweezers in one hand, smooshing various bits of cartilage around with the other hand, then trying (only partially effectively) to yank out the more bothersome hairs from said orifices. Today, I finally tried an ear and nostril wax at a nearby waxing salon. Holy shit you guys! (and I use the word “guys” advisedly) - it’s amazing! So quick and easy, not painful at all, gets every hair, and now I just don’t need to fuss with it for… I dunno, weeks at least, maybe longer? It was so straightforward that now I’m looking at what else they have on the menu - strongly considering getting my eyebrows done as well (not removed, just … tamed). And yes, I realise lots and lots of people - especially those upon whom society puts more pressure to remove bodily hair - already know this to a “water is wet” degree of obviousness, but the contrast between what I had been doing, and what I’ll be doing henceforth, positively shook me.