Is there any thing to remove facial hair on children?

Question

My 6/yo daughter been getting teased about her slight mustache. She has become very conscious and was asking if I could use my clipper to shave it like I do.

Answer 1

well, getting teased is no fun and could really damage a child, but once you shave off hair like that, it just grows back worse, if its really dark you should try like turning it blonde with like hydrogen peroxide or something....

Answer 2

I'd say consult a facialist, waxing would probably be better (but go to a pro, at six her skin is delicate). One of the nice things about waxing is that after a while the hair root produces hair more slowly and regrowth slows, when you shave hair the stubble is more obvious and may make it seem thicker. But at six? that seems young.
May I suggest the other issue is the unkindness of her associates and I imagine you have talked to her about how to understand others unkindness and how to not be too hurt by it (though it is hard to completely disregard). There will always be something about us that others will be able to pick out and try to make us feel bad about (the unhappy ones who are like that); it is sad that they do that.
I wonder if their parents know about that. I know kids will do a certain amount of that but I would want to know if mine were being mean to another child.

Answer 3

Im not certain the answer of how to take care of it, but i would check into it further if i were you. There is no need letting her go through school with something that will only cause her to be made fun of. Maybe get with a dermatologist if you havent already.
I recall a girl in grade school who had the same problem, to this day whenever i mention her name around friends they still say "oh yeah the mustache girl"
Funny thing is she grew up to be very beautiful.

Answer 4

Try waxing it, but not until she's a little bit older.

Honestly, I hate how society has come to tease others at the age of 6 because of something that's only a little different! =[

Good luck, I'm sure she's beautiful. If people have to put others down to feel better about themselves, maybe they should try a wax on their words.

Answer 5

You could try waxing. Shaving might make the regrowth come in thicker. The best thing for you to do is to teach her that she is beautiful. Give her a tough skin now.

Answer 6

Get her checked by a doctor to see that there's nothing too seriously out of whack hormonally. If there's nothing too drastically wrong then, the most sensible thing to do is let her shave using an electric razor.

Answer 7

leave her alone, my daughter has the same thing, that is leftover lanugo hair. You need to teach her to be proud of who she is and understand that everyone has flaws. She cannot change everything someone else doesn't like about her. I left my daughters as is and just made sure she understood that flaws don't take away from your beauty. She is no longer self conscious about it.

Answer 8

Well, i am a lot older than her( not that old) and my friend and i both have one. Although we don't get teased, try to tell her in a way that that is natural. If she is the "feisty" type, then i suggest you follow the other answers.

Answer 9

I wouldn't clip it. Waxing hurts but it would probably be a one time thing and work great. I would take her to a salon and let them decide whether to bleach or wax or use a depilatory cream.

Answer 10

Don't shave it, bleach it with a cream bleach or wax it with cold waxing strips. Waxing will hurt like hell for your six year old though.