Hairline Hair Removal

[LillithTheFirst]

I know we are all obsessed with growing our hair long, but how about if we don't like what's growing. Forever I've had weird whisky hair growing in weird directions around the my hairline (above my neck/behind the ears) on the left side the hair grows away from the face, on the right side the hair grows towards the face, and basically makes me feel a bit self conscious when I have my hair up (which is a lot of the time).

I get laser hair removal on other body areas already and think I might go ahead and do this on my hairline - I don't know how common it is.
I'm just wondering if any of you guys alter your hairline (I've seen videos of people waxing and threaded hairlines) or have even thought about it, and what your experience was like.

I do know in Medieval times it was common for ladies to pluck hair hairline around the face to appear to have a higher forehead which is interesting. Fun times.

[lapushka]

I don't think it's a good idea. Wispies and flyaways just come with the territory. It would look very much like you're balding if you tackle those hairs in any way, I'm afraid. :)

[elea]

Is it not possible for your renegades to behave better with a little bit of "your choice" oil on them?
Tiny head band to keep them back?

I have seen a couple of paintings/drawings too and erm... Where did they stop? Because seriously, it looked like some were reaching for behind the ears like their wig fell off. The wonders of fashion through the ages hey *;OD

[Nique1202]

Hair grows around your head in a spiral, not straight down. That's why flippy shoulder-length hair often flips out on one side and under on the other. That's also why your wispy transitional hairs are growing in opposite directions. It's perfectly normal and I'm sure nobody else notices.

If you're really self-conscious about it, you could use a pin on either side to sweep them up toward your updo, or use a tiny drop of oil or a quick spritz of hairspray to smooth them up the same way.

[ovalgal]

I've always disliked my wurly wispy wings too, but after some LHC searches, I was reassured that it is completely normal on everyone. They even encouraged me that it softens your hairline and face. Makes me look at them as friends that help me now instead of enemies to fight with ;) although there are always the days that make me want to :magic: them away

[Nadine <3]

I wouldn't touch them. Loads or people have whispy, crazy hair (including myself.) There's a thread about it somewhere.

[PalomaSincera]

You should ride it out and wait for it to grow.

[endlessly]

If it were me, I would let them be, but if it's something that truly bothers you, it doesn't hurt to look into it. Since you do get laser hair removal done, ask the person working on you next time for their opinion on whether or not it would be a good choice, but in the end, do whatever makes you happy.

I'll admit I have plucked the random irritating hair around my hairline - I have one in particular that has always been white and it's ridiculously thick, so it's very noticeable. But lately, I've just let it be mainly because it always came back and oddly enough, the more I plucked it, the thicker it grew back. In my case, it's easier to just ignore it.

[lapushka]

I wouldn't touch them. Loads or people have whispy, crazy hair (including myself.) There's a thread about it somewhere.

Here you go, just to show that it's quite common:
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=131555

[DweamGoiL]

I would say leave them alone. Now, you don't like them, but for some women, as they age the hairline recedes or becomes noticeably thinner so why mess with something that ain't broke so early on in the game? In my family, women's hair tends to thin with age. I never plucked my eyebrows. I hated them because since my hair is wavy, they were somewhat bushy compared to straight haired people. I just kept trimming them. I am glad I did. Every older woman in my family that removed that hair, now has no hair in that area. Have you seen drawn in eyebrows? No thanks! Now, mine look as if they are artificially groomed, but it's because the bulk of the hair has thinned throughout the years.

If it's a texture issue, deal with it in other ways; lightening, pomades, etc. If it's just they are curlier than you'd like, then you can also tame them with product, but messing with that area now may have really bad results later on.

[lapushka]

DweamGoil has an excellent point, it might become an issue later on.

[Robot Ninja]

I'd only consider it if you don't like the shape of the hairline itself. Don't worry about the wispies. Check out the thread Lapushka linked and come join us in the halo-and-devil-horns club.

[Agnieszka]

Hmmmm I waxed a little bit of hair in front the top of my ears a month ago. Did I look better? No. Growing them back now as felt weird without them at the end. They never grow longer than 2 inches and are spirals.I thought I hated them and now I miss them. Not sure if I'm being helpful but thought I will share :-)

[Anje]

I've got neck hair that grows abnormally far forward, especially on one side, and I can see removing it. Heck, I've shaved it a few times -- I do NOT recommend that, because I've also screwed it up and now have an annoying section that is going to take forever to grow back. But I could see getting it waxed or lasered off. Some wispies are really normal and better left alone, but since I've got neck hair going almost forward to my jaw, it seems like the bit under my ear could legitimately go.

I would suggest not doing anything beyond cleaning up the neck and maybe the sideburn area (if you're of feminine persuasion). That is, leave the forehead area alone -- it's a zone that can change a lot over the years, and I think it's better to not mess with it too much. I had a short 1/2" fringe that naturally occurred there (it literally made a line across my forehead, just below my hairline) until sometime in highschool, when it either shed out or grew out. Things like that are best left alone to do whatever they're going to do.

[LillithTheFirst]

Interesting thoughts ladies. I'm not at all considering altering the hair line around the forehead, but the back of the neck. I have a lot of hair. Everywhere, hence the laser hair removal. My mother still has a very thick head of hair at 55. I don't think there's a risk of my hair thinning so much that those wispy parts (that never grow that fast) will be usable in anyway. Must be my Turkish ancestry coming out again - they threaded the hairline for centuries. They used mixtures of arsenic to remove public hair. Hair removal as as much of a art and aesthetic practise as growing and dressing hair on the head.

[beinghealthfull]

I found this thread really interesting, because I have contemplated getting rid of my forehead wispy hairs as well. Did you know the Kardashians have lasered away their wisps to create a clean hair line? I have the Tria home laser device that I have used on other parts of my face and I consider using it to laser my forehead, but I haven't tried it yet.

[Hairkay]

I do sometimes trim my sideburns so that they match. One comes down lower than the other by about 1cm. There was a time when I was 16 that I decided I didn't like my hair line. I have a tiny widow's peak and swoops on the sides. I shaved some off so my hair line would be truly round and more of my forehead was on show. Sis did the same. We've both got the same pattern of hair line. Eventually it grew back in and we decided to just let things be.

[akurah]

I found this thread really interesting, because I have contemplated getting rid of my forehead wispy hairs as well. Did you know the Kardashians have lasered away their wisps to create a clean hair line? I have the Tria home laser device that I have used on other parts of my face and I consider using it to laser my forehead, but I haven't tried it yet.

There are so many things that can go wrong with that. Please don't do that. If you absolutely must, pay an electrolysis specialist. A laser is going to be imprecise and could zap hairs you do not want gone.

ETA: I own a tria as well, so I am aware of how "small" the laser part is.