Today, I decided to bleach my belly hair. I bought some body hair bleach at the drug store, and I used it exactly as instructed. When I removed it, I was horrified to see my belly was about three shades lighter than the rest of my body. The hair was still exactly the same darkness. FML
I agree, your life sucks (9290) - you totally deserved it (11093)
On 01/27/2010 at 9:41pm - misc - by spleechick - United States (California)
(-1)this is almost as weird as the guy who names his turds..
#87 - On 01/28/2010 at 6:00pm by HoesInaBox
actually, if you shave it it grows spikier and darker. so not a solution
#22 - On 01/28/2010 at 5:14am by decocode
(+6)If you shave, the new growing hair will be cut-off straight at the top in stead of being very thin, thus APPEARING to be thicker and darker. But when it grows back and wears down, it will look like it did before.
And don't go saying 'hey when I was twelve my facial hair was thin and blonde and then I started shaving and now I'm twenty and my facial hair is thick and dark!'. Because that's the effect of puberty, not of shaving.
#32 - On 01/28/2010 at 6:29am by lettertjes
(-2)Well lettertjes, my dad used to have soft beard hair in his 20's much after he hit puberty and as you can see with any adult, their beard and moustache hair and stubble is pretty coarse.
#36 - On 01/28/2010 at 7:10am by spiderman0606
(+4)yeah facial and body hair continues to grow coarser with men as they approach fifty or sixty years of age, and then it becomes thinner again. But the fastest change happens in puberty.
#39 - On 01/28/2010 at 7:50am by lettertjes
(-1)agreed or pluck the noticeable hairs out unless youre hairy like a man then wax
#40 - On 01/28/2010 at 7:52am by brutal_banger
(-2)Yeah, that's a myth and only true about beard hair between the age of 15-25(approx), because it had grown thicker by the time you shave it, not BECAUSE you shaved it. Even places like leg hair, Hell even arm hair, you shave it, it's gone for a week or 2, depending on if you're a man or a woman. I'm glad OP got what was coming to...him/her? for trying to take shortcuts.
#45 - On 01/28/2010 at 8:23am by tdawgheath
(-1)I don't know. I really doubt that's true. I know some girls who shave the hair on their hands and it gets so dark. I know it's impossible to tell whether their hair would be that dark had they not shaved it but I think it's pretty unlikely.
#78 - On 01/28/2010 at 3:40pm by spiderman0606
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Shaving belly hair? Hello, razor burn and ingrown hairs.
Plus, bleaching lasts way longer. The skin lightening is only temporary.
OP should have done a patch test, though.
#80 - On 01/28/2010 at 3:57pm by thesunshotme
(0)It grows back thicker just ask any guy that thought shaving their back hairs would solve the problem now they probly look like a forrest w/ out a shirt on
#105 - On 01/29/2010 at 12:09am by sourgirl101
(+1)u live in Cali. now try to get a partial sun tan to even it out.....
#7 - On 01/28/2010 at 3:37am by xNoGoodx
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are you that hairy to bleach your "belly hair"?what are you? a werewolf?
(+4)Just because you don't have it and it's abnormal for /you/ doesn't make it uncommon. I know a lot of south asian / middle eastern and european girls with hairy bodies. Some guys even find it a turnon. I don't like it or dislike it. If I see girls who don't take it off, it shows me they're comfortable in their own body and are not mindless conformists.
#34 - On 01/28/2010 at 6:55am by spiderman0606
(0)shaving is less effort, makes it come back looking thicker, as it grows back, makes it stubble, and doesn't last as long as the bleach would. so I'd say she's skipped the lazy option actually.
(-1)you don't want to shave, that will only make it worse. you will have to wax it or use a epilator
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FYL for having so much and dark belly hair that you have to bleach it.
and come on people, who wants a girl with a shaven belly? imagine the stubbles when it grows back, eww.
#15 - On 01/28/2010 at 4:12am by unfortunate_13
(+5)That's why you test those things on a small piece of skin that's not visible. You could have had an allergic reaction, then your belly would be red and pimply now in stead of just a few shades lighter
#16 - On 01/28/2010 at 4:16am by lettertjes
(+3)This. I was waiting for someone to point out that the directions on most, if not all, of those things (at least any I have EVER read) says to test on a small, inconspicuous part of the body in case of things like this.
(+1)Is that you Megan Fox?
Face it she is kinda hot but crazy hairy.
#19 - On 01/28/2010 at 4:33am by CallMeHush
(+1)Good luck with that one! But seriously there should be a 800 number you can call, and they will advise you of what to do.
#20 - On 01/28/2010 at 5:01am by misswicked
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spleechick...
FYL for being a female with dark belly hair.
(-2)I have dark brown hair and my belly hair is blonde. I know other girls with dark hair that have blonde belly hair. So yeah... maybe it isn't so hard to avoid.
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Who the fuck bleaches their belly hair? Just shave it off you moron.
#26 - On 01/28/2010 at 5:33am by JP101
(-2)What the hell, who does that? Just wax it off you moron.
And like someone else said you should have tried it out on a small piece of skin before doing that.
YDI all the way.
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I bet lauralatch is only defending her cuz she herself has massive amounts of chest hair =P
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Ydi you stpuid cali bitch
#31 - On 01/28/2010 at 6:19am by Mest_Is_Wicked
(+1)You do know it should be applied to the hair and not the skin? Of course, some will come in contact with the skin (I assume, since I'm a blonde with only a few belly hairs), but you shouldn't just smear it on, you know? Besides, you're better of waxing or depilating if it's so much you feel you have to hide it.
(0)Don't worry, your natural skin color will come back in a cuple hours, but if the bleach didn't worked, bad for you and try wax ;)
(-1)YDI for bleaching your belly hair in the first place.
#42 - On 01/28/2010 at 8:08am by killerkurt
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You can't complain when you get an idiotic idea and it doesn't work out. YDI
#46 - On 01/28/2010 at 8:39am by lostfaithinpppl
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how the fuck Is tht idiotic you dickhead! I'm on her side, you'd be surprised hoe many people do this. i mean who cares if you have dark hair but it jst makes the girl feel more at ease knowing people won't stare at it.
plus who the fuck would shave or wax it you'd end up with s fucking bush of dark hairs rather then a few ones
(+1)O.o crickey i see some trollers along the way <.< ... >.> lets see if we can catch some O.O.
troll forumla ---> YDI___ for/and____ .
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Get a life.. Who ever thinks of bleaching belly hair but at least no one will see it
#48 - On 01/28/2010 at 8:44am by Fox3_Toxin12
(-1)you totally deserved that because obviously you bought skin bleach.. you should have read the labelling more you dummy!
#50 - On 01/28/2010 at 9:01am by ohgosh_noooo
(0)Why didn't you just wax it or something?
Oh and for those commenting about how stupid the guy is and whatnot.. "spleechick" would imply it was a girl, and I assume she didn't want to shave it not to have it grow even darker and thicker.. hence why she should have just waxed it, really
#52 - On 01/28/2010 at 9:42am by marc_with_a_c
(-1)hair does NOT grow back thicker or darker. it just appears that way. (read above).
#53 - On 01/28/2010 at 9:55am by abradant_spoon
(+1)And yet, it's such a common misconception that OP still may not have shaved because of it. If OP THOUGHT that it grew back thicker and darker, they probably wouldn't have wanted to shave. Doesn't really matter that its not true.
#59 - On 01/28/2010 at 10:50am by boatkicker
(+1)idk if anyone has posted this yet but that is actually pretty normal and your skin color should go back to normal within 72 hours
#57 - On 01/28/2010 at 10:27am by crosshatchandsli
(0)don't worry, if it's like with bleaching hair on head then i can tell you- it will seem lighter and will get back to normal tone in couple hours. so yeah, it scared you, but it's totally not a fml.
while you got a fluffy belly XD that's is fml!
(-1)A woman went to great lengths and spent a bunch of money to preform some personal grooming (that no one is ever going to notice anyway) and it blew up in her face? No WAY! Stop the presses! This totally doesn't happen 6 times a day!
You're so vain, I'll bet you think this post is about you, don't you, don't you...
#60 - On 01/28/2010 at 10:55am by Emperor_Jim
(+1)Perhaps stupid to spend a lot of money on it, but its definitely not something that goes unnoticed. I've had my belly hair pointed out many times, and told everything from "that's weird" to "that's disgusting. You should take better care of yourself" Mostly, I just don't wear anything that shows my stomach unless I'm going to be somewhere that no one is going to see me. I don't swim in well-known ponds, or in pools unless I'm the only one there. When I do, I wear a one piece swimsuit, but i hate the necklines on them. They touch my chest in an uncomfortable place.
#71 - On 01/28/2010 at 1:40pm by boatkicker
(+8)Why is everyone harping on this woman?
she's obviously trying to change something about herself that she is sure is unnatractive.
Its not her fault she was born with belly hair!
#61 - On 01/28/2010 at 11:05am by skittleface
(-1)well body bleach is for black ppl im pretty sure, try using peroxide it will turn your belly hairs white.
#62 - On 01/28/2010 at 11:23am by caitlin123
(0)Hair bleach is supposed to bleach your body hair, not your skin color. I'd call up the company and complain.
#63 - On 01/28/2010 at 11:54am by i_am_tiff_21
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Who the hell bleaches belly hair anyway ! You just epically failed, YDI for being an idiot !
#65 - On 01/28/2010 at 12:06pm by Charley_5054
(0)Put some fake tan on to even out your skin tone. I also highly doubt that your hair is THAT bad OP, and even if it is, bleaching it probably won't help. Neither will shaving because I know someone who did and it was very prickly for a week. There are a bunch of natural ways to lighten hair if you just look on the internet :)
#66 - On 01/28/2010 at 12:11pm by judemeister
(0)and that's why they tell you to test it somewhere small and hidden 48 hours before use. moron.
#67 - On 01/28/2010 at 12:14pm by grandma_moses
(0)Now get some of that fake tan lotion and rub it on your belly.
#68 - On 01/28/2010 at 12:36pm by FerrariCake
(0)Why not just wear shirts that are longer than the waist-band of your pants and bathing suits that cover your belly up rather than messing with the hair? You don't deserve to have hair, you just do. And you couldn't have known the effect would be like it either. You just have bad luck. But yeah, the least expensive solution is to wear clothes that cover that up to begin with.
#75 - On 01/28/2010 at 3:20pm by TryToBeKind
(0)FYL. Some people are saying that YDI for not plucking/waxing, but those are both somewhat painful alternatives. Though I wouldn't have done it myself, I can't really blame you for trying to bleach it. I have no idea why it bleached your skin though. That sucks and it def. shouldn't have done that...
#76 - On 01/28/2010 at 3:30pm by BadLuckFMLLLL
(+1)*Sigh* yes that happens, it goes back to normal within hours though. Ignore the imbeciles that say you deserve it though this is neither FYL nor YDI since it happens to anyone who bleaches *yawn*.
#85 - On 01/28/2010 at 5:02pm by peach_blossom
(+1)Hydrogen peroxide. So much cheeper than hairbleach, although, I've never had to bleach my belly before...
#86 - On 01/28/2010 at 5:20pm by tinydancerxo
(+1)Lmfao. When I bleach my tummy hair the really light skin underneath always goes back after about half an hour. Don't shave btw, it'll come back all prickly.
(0)Why did you bleach it? Your boyfriend didn't like it?
#92 - On 01/28/2010 at 8:55pm by stormin972
(0)Hey don't worry, I do that too, after an hour it'll go away.
Don't listen to those idiots, pity them for being so stupid..
(-2)EPIC FAIL you are a dumbass what the fuck why would you bleach your belly hair just shave it and be done with it things like this just make me want to go up to someone and punch the shit out of them!
#96 - On 01/28/2010 at 10:08pm by deepdiver999
(0)I feel like punching the shit outa you, hoe about you shave ur belly hair n then come back to me in a wk it'll be hairer n darker you fuck wit
(0)that happened to me last month! however, the hair bleached as well.. but no worries, the shading wears off the next day or two
#108 - On 01/29/2010 at 4:45am by cardiojunkie
(-1)just shave it, idiot. if it grows back darker, you know what you can do to fix it.. SHAVE IT AGAIN!
#111 - On 01/29/2010 at 9:19pm by kkaramaree
(0)If it's cold where you live, you don't need to worry since bathing suit season is a while off. If you live somewhere warm, I suggest you hit the tanning bed.
(0)im just trying to figure out why you would bleach your belly hair
#118 - On 07/28/2010 at 1:37pm by BasicXinstinct
