‘After around the age of 35, rogue hairs begin to sprout at increasingly alarming speed’
I know many women who revel in their greying hair and feel perfectly fine about the odd wrinkle. But I don’t know anyone who’s happy to cross the Rubicon of ageing into proud facial hair-wearer. I’m all too aware that, after around the age of 35, rogue hairs begin to sprout from the chin, upper lip and/or cheeks, and at increasingly alarming speed. One can, as I do, pluck the occasional hair that’s thick and visible enough (you know, the ones that stick out like pipe cleaners among the regular downy fuzz – so satisfying), but for anything more, maintenance can feel like a Sisyphean task.
IPL (intense pulsed light) works brilliantly on dark hair, but not on blondes, greys and redheads, and is expensive. I generally wax or thread my upper lip for photographs, but both can leave a spotty reaction that’s as annoying as the moustache. Wet shaving is a ball and chain, and oddly upsetting for a woman.
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