Pulling My Hair Out

This morning I pulled out 505 hairs from my face. That's an unusually high number for me; generally it's around 50-100 hairs in the morning but since Halloween was an up close and personal night, after my normal hair removing routine, I shaved too.

When I shave, that's like, 24 hours of total smooth, so I can survive waking up in a strange bed.

For some reason though, this morning the hairs just kept coming.

In case you're wondering how I know it was 505 hairs... I counted them as I pulled out each one! I'm getting pretty quick at this; this morning's marathon only lasted about 20 mins. It's usually 5-10 mins.

And yes, I count everyday. Yesterday was zero. The day before was 58. Before that, 92. Before that, 85. Before that, 55. Before that was 212. The spikes are from doing my upper lip all at once.

I wonder if half the real women out there would go through as much trouble as I do to be female? I mean, whatever routine they use to get pretty, they start the day as female. I'm still starting the day with 50-100 little reminders I'm not. At least I can epilate my entire face now; that was the goal that got me started pulling the little buggers out.

So I figure there are around 1,000 hairs on my face - a drastic reduction from normal thanks to laser hair removal. I think electrolosys requires 90 seconds per hair, plus maybe another 30 seconds to position the needle. At that rate, I'm 2,000 minutes, or 32 hours (non-stop) away from never having to shave (or pluck) again.

Of course, I'm also 32 hours worth of money short for that to happen... but soon!