Pluxe Facebook ad: “This helped my chin hair and razor burn A LOT”

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I started shaving my chin thinking it would make me feel better about myself. No more visible hair. Just smooth skin whenever I wanted. That was the idea anyway. But within a few weeks my skin started reacting. And when I did shave, it would leave me with this angry red rash across my chin and neck. Every time. So when my daughter finally asked what was happening to my skin. I didn't know what to say. I just told her it was a reaction to something. But I knew exactly what it was. That burning, bumpy redness. Sometimes I'd catch my reflection at work and think "people must think something is seriously wrong with me." I'm 54. I wash my face twice a day. I use good moisturiser. I do everything right. So I just started trying everything I could find. I bought sensitive skin razors. I tried shaving foam, then shaving oil, then nothing at all. I even started using a hot cloth first to open the pores like they recommend. And nothing worked. Like the redness would calm down for maybe a day and then come right back the next time I shaved. And I had to shave every second day or the hair was visible again. So I was basically choosing between visible hair or angry red skin. And I kept thinking "there has to be something better than this." So I'm Googling at night "chin hair after menopause without razor burn." And I found this thread where a woman explained what shaving actually does to facial skin. She said the razor doesn't just cut the hair. It scrapes off the top layer of skin each time. And for older skin that's already thinner and more sensitive after menopause, that causes inflammation, ingrown hairs, and those red bumps that won't settle. And because you have to shave so frequently, the skin never fully heals before you do it again. So you're essentially keeping your skin in a permanent state of irritation. That's why it keeps coming back. She said you need something that removes the hair from the root instead of cutting it at the surface. But not waxing — too harsh, too painful, too much pulling on older skin. The specific thing she recommended was a facial epilator designed for sensitive mature skin. One that's gentle enough to use without redness or irritation. So I found one that kept coming up in comments from women my age. And I ordered it thinking "this is my last attempt before I just accept that this is my life now." The first week I was nervous to even try it — I'd used epilators on my legs years ago and they were brutal. But I tried it on my chin and I barely felt anything. And by day 3 I was pretty sure my skin was already calming down. Like that angry red rash was just... fading. And by the end of week one I was pretty sure it wasn't coming back the way it had before. So that weekend I went to my daughter's place for lunch — no makeup on my chin, no trying to cover the redness. And she looked at me and said "your skin looks really good, Mum." Not "what happened to the rash" or whatever. "Your skin looks really good." Like she'd been worried about it as much as I had. It's been three months now and I'm shaving maybe once every two to three weeks to catch any regrowth. And last week my daughter said something that made me emotional. She said "I'm so glad you found something that works because I could tell how much it was bothering you." She'd noticed the whole time. She'd seen me covering my chin in photos and turning away from the camera and didn't know how to bring it up without making it worse. And we'd both just been watching it happen. So if you've been shaving your facial hair and your skin has started reacting like mine did... It's not about your skin being difficult or too sensitive. It's the razor doing what razors do — and older skin just can't keep up. But once you stop, the skin usually starts to settle within a week or two. The epilator I used was specifically designed for facial hair on mature skin — gentle, quick, and the regrowth comes back finer each time, not thicker. And if you've been hiding your chin in photos or choosing between hair and redness, that's where I'd start. Edit🚨: Sorry guys, heres the link to the Pluxe ones I used https://pluxe.co/products/pluxe-pro-epilator

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This helped my chin hair and razor burn A LOT

Prioritise smooth, irritation-free skin with Pluxe’s Facial Epilator. Designed for sensitive mature skin, gentle on fine facial hair and leaves zero redness or razor burn.