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[Eschar]

But you can increase the number.

[delphonso]

Starting at noon GMT tomorrow, how many ants will be peed on in the entire world in one minute?

Assuming the possibility of someone peeing on an anthill somewhere in the world at every minute, probably thousands.

[King Zultan]

We need to find ways to increase those numbers!

[Uthimienure]

Don't forget to include wild animals emptying their bladders.

[Great Order]

Anyone got recommendations for beard hair removal that isn't shaving? I get really bad ingrown hairs if I shave, and I'll need something to tide me over until I can get it lasered off.

[hector13]

I mean… there are probably some type of clippers out their that you can use to at least shorten the hair if you don’t want to shave properly.

Would you “normally” shave with a disposable razor or an electric one?

[Great Order]

Disposable. The issue is electric razors don't do close shaves/

[Iduno]

I don't think the options are good. Electric is probably most reasonable, and it does a bad job, like you said.

Waxing seems like it'd be effective and unpleasant.

[Great Order]

I can do temporarily unpleasant, it's just that I gather waxing/epilating can be problematic on beard hairs because they're thicker, coarser, and better anchored.

[Vector]

Anyone got recommendations for beard hair removal that isn't shaving? I get really bad ingrown hairs if I shave, and I'll need something to tide me over until I can get it lasered off.

Depilatory like Nair, other options include ... there's something made of sugar that the Persians used as a hair remover back when (as an almost $0 waxing process), I knew a trans woman who did that for her beard.

[Kagus]

Eh... I mean, they're very close in structure to pubic hairs. It's just that the face tends to be more sensitive than the mons pubis. So yeah, it'll probably be uncomfortable to wax, but that's waxing for ya.

And repeated waxing/plucking damages the follicles so that the hairs that grow back in afterwards will be, over time; thinner, softer, and less well-anchored. As with anywhere else.


You could potentially consider getting an epilator too, but I honestly have zero experience with those and you need to be particular about reviewing the models you go for so you don't end up with complete trash. And the decent ones can be pricey.

[Solifuge]

I've tried sugaring before like Vec mentioned, and it works, but making sugaring wax basically involves candy-making chemistry, and requires specialized thermometers and such (plus it's easy to over or undercook it and fuck it up).

I have used a few epiliators for day to day face-hair maintenance sometimes (coarse dark hair runs in the fam), but it hurts to epiliate where the hair is dense, or the follicles are thick and well-established. I'm usually like, sweating and teary and sore by the time I'm done, and my pain tolerance isn't too bad.

My usual solution is to get a pair of tweezers, queue up an audiobook or something, and spending a few hours carefully tweezing all the hairs out of my face. I'm usually good for weeks after, the pain is less than epiliating, and maintenance after that is easier too since the hairs come in finer for a while.

NOTE: I still get the odd ingrown hair doing this, so it's not a perfect solution. They just happen! :I

P.S. Edit: I use a Braun Silk-Epil, and it's done well by me. Also has a nice little trimmer head you can swap out that works well for shaving my legs after a long winter of wearing long pants and Not Being Able To Be Arsed To Shave, or cleaning up the back of my neck.

[Rose]

Note that if you're gonna be getting laser, don't do any hair pulling for at least a month or two before your laser appointment.

[Great Order]

Note that if you're gonna be getting laser, don't do any hair pulling for at least a month or two before your laser appointment.

Interestingly, I was looking it up and there was a study saying that it's optimal 2 weeks beforehand.

Turns out hairs grow in different stages. In the first stage it's right down at the base of the follicle. At the second stage the base of the hair moves up the follicle. If you laser it when it's deep in the follicle it's more likely to destroy the whole follicle, and you can ensure the hairs are down there by yanking them out.

[dragdeler]

In a quaternary (base 4) system, 3 digits... so 000 to 333... I managed to figure out there are 64 different combinations ok...


but how many of those 64 combinations do not contain a number (0,1,2,3) twice (or thrice)? I figure you math gifted folks can tell me in a second whereas I'll have draw them on a paper basically