The video addresses a common and relatable skin concern, offering a personal solution and practical advice. The creator's candidness about the pain associated with epilators adds authenticity and manages viewer expectations, making the positive results more believable.
Summary
The creator discusses the issue of "chicken skin" on underarms, potentially caused by shaving. She shares her personal experience with laser hair removal, which she found too painful, and then introduces epilators as an alternative. She highlights that using an epilator has resulted in smoother skin and thinner hair, and demonstrates how to use it while warning about the pain involved.
Structure
1Introduction to the problem of "chicken skin" on underarms.
2Personal experience with shaving and its perceived link to chicken skin.
3Attempted laser hair removal and its painful outcome.
4Discovery and recommendation of epilators as an alternative.
Original caption
Replying to @riochan144
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5Demonstration of epilator use and a warning about pain.
6Conclusion on the effectiveness and cost of epilators.
Product placement
Braun Silk-épil 9 (epilator): Used for hair removal, demonstrated to reduce hair thickness and texture over time. It acts by plucking hair from the root. Removing it would change the video's demonstration of an alternative hair removal method. The brand name "Braun" is visible on the device.
On-screen text
Chicken
skin
armpit
Transcript
You know your question has been keeping me up at night. I've been thinking about it and I got reminded that when I was in university, I used to shave, you know, the areas that where hair grows and we don't wanna see hair like here, here and my legs. Um, and then at some point I experienced my underarm, you know, looking like a chicken or like feeling skin because of the constant shaving. So I have a feeling that your theory could be correct, that it's the constant shaving that is causing the chicken skin. Now I'm gonna give you a brief history in my hair, hair area, okay? Uh, 15 years ago, I went for a laser hair removal. I've done it here, my legs and here and then here. So the armpit, successful. The face it was not. Whenever I see, even though they they let you use a cover or an eye protection, so bright that I panicked, so I cancelled. I've only done one round here. And then when I tried here, I couldn't handle the pain. I felt like I was being electrocuted. So I only tried two rounds and then I cancelled. So I said like, okay, shaving so what's my alternative solution? I discovered epilator. So if you are not familiar with epilator, epilator is basically tweezers but make it a machine. So under the assumption that shaving causes chicken skin on your armpit, then two options. One is go for laser hair removal, two, go for the epilator. Laser hair removal nowadays are have become really cheap, but if you are not willing to, you know, laser hair removal, then epilator could be a good alternative option. You, I've been using epilator for, uh, 12 years now. And what I have noticed is that the longer you use epilator, the texture, the texture of the strand, it becomes thinner and thinner. And also because I've been using this down there, I've never experienced any chicken skin at all. It's smooth as a baby's butt. Ha na so there you go. The only thing that I have to highlight about epilator is its a bit expensive. Uh, so I only use this brand. I don't know how to pronounce it. It's either bronze or brown. Um, this one is I bought this for $200, but recently I checked and it's now there's like $300 option. There's even $500 option. But it's worth it because I've been using this for six years. Uh, I've had this is my second epilator. Now, one thing I have to warn you is it's painful. You need to adjust yourself because imagine like hair being plucked like, like a lot at the same time. So let me show you how it works. So if you are giving, if you decide to use it, you need to make sure that you protect yourself. Okay? So give yourself just give a little bit of space for the escalator to run through because if you, put a stopper, it will just, you might faint in pain. Ha ha ha. So please, if you decide to use it, put a stopper and just focus on the area where you want to epilate. So like this because otherwise if you don't, it will, it will just continue because of the circular motion. So you got two options, either a laser hair removal or an epilator. I hope that this was helpful.
