Does your 12yo get her eyebrows waxed?

[Cindyluwho]

No, but her nails are painted!

 

[TheDisneyTraveler06]

My DD will be 15 next week, and still hasn't needed to get her eyeballs waxed, so no.

 

[MushyMushy]

Yeah, we do. My DD12 has her eyebrows waxed, teen facials, lower legs waxed, hair highlighted, pedicures. We give plenty of $$ to charity, why not spend some on our only child. Heck you should see the Swarovski Crystal collar my little dog wears and the Burberry Coat, etc. As long as I'm investing and saving enough for a great retirement and giving to charity I figure it's OK to spend whatever I want on extras.

 

[robinb]

I am again saddened by what our girls and young women feel they need to do in the name of "Beauty".

 

[Enchanted Tiki Bird]

Yeah, we do. My DD12 has her eyebrows waxed, teen facials, lower legs waxed, hair highlighted, pedicures. We give plenty of $$ to charity, why not spend some on our only child. Heck you should see the Swarovski Crystal collar my little dog wears and the Burberry Coat, etc. As long as I'm investing and saving enough for a great retirement and giving to charity I figure it's OK to spend whatever I want on extras.

Well, I think this all depends on need. I'm a hairy person and have been getting my upper lip waxed since I was 12 or 13. It was purely for self-esteem reasons of course. So, likewise, if a girl has a problem with bushy eyebrows or a unibrow than I think it's well worth the 10 bucks it costs to let her get them waxed.

However, I can understand the other side of the argument. If your daughter wants to shape her eyebrows to be cool or because she thinks she's entitled to it, that's another matter. I think it's absolutely ridiculous for a 12 year old to be given facials or have her legs waxed, no matter how much money mommy and daddy might make or give to charity. I think this attitude teaches horrible lessons of overindulgence and consumerism to young people, not to mention pushing pre-teens to act as adults much too soon. I am not a parent, granted, but this seems like common sense to me.

 

[milkabum]

I don't, but I don't really have caterpillars on my forehead.

 

[Cindyluwho]

I think it's absolutely ridiculous for a 12 year old to be given facials or have her legs waxed, no matter how much money mommy and daddy might make or give to charity. I think this attitude teaches horrible lessons of overindulgence and consumerism to young people, not to mention pushing pre-teens to act as adults much too soon. I am not a parent, granted, but this seems like common sense to me.

OK, first off, do you think it's OK for a 12 yo to shave her legs? Then what's the difference if she has them waxed? And, my DD was having problems with breakouts about the time she turned 12 so yes she has a facial every 6 months. She also has to wash her face twice a day and take extra care with her skin so it's not like she's being lazy, it's just an extra step in taking care of her skin. Overindulgence? I don't think so. You could say that about folks who take their kids to Disney more than once every two years, or GASP once a year or more. I guess it all depends on your prespective. Unless someone's spending themselves into the poor house and you're going to have to support them, why would care what others do with their money.

 

[Enchanted Tiki Bird]

OK, first off, do you think it's OK for a 12 yo to shave her legs? Then what's the difference if she has them waxed? And, my DD was having problems with breakouts about the time she turned 12 so yes she has a facial every 6 months. She also has to wash her face twice a day and take extra care with her skin so it's not like she's being lazy, it's just an extra step in taking care of her skin. Overindulgence? I don't think so. You could say that about folks who take their kids to Disney more than once every two years, or GASP once a year or more. I guess it all depends on your prespective. Unless someone's spending themselves into the poor house and you're going to have to support them, why would care what others do with their money.

I apologize. You didn't make it seem like it was necessity for your daughter to do those things (i.e. get her eyebrows and legs waxed) in your original post because you said those things alongside painting your dog's toenails and buying it fancy collars, which certainly aren't necessities. Initially it seemed to me like you were saying that you should be allowed to spend money on whatever you want because you give to charity. (FYI, I do think that annual trips to Walt Disney World are an overindulgence but I guess that's a matter of opinion and I never claimed that my opinion was the only one to be upheld.)

Given the absolute consumerist attitude of this society and its crippling effect on our society alongside the absolute poverty and devastation throughout the world, I do care how other people spend their money. I guess it's just a matter of beliefs. I don't hold an individualistic approach - as in, "What I do doesn't effect anybody else." Money is power and in this case brought up by the OP, spending money to cater to a certain definition of beauty among 12 year olds is indeed a very powerful message to young impressionable minds. However, it's not clear if that's the reason why that particular person allowed her daughter to wax her eyebrows.

 

[allie&mattsmom]

My DD is just this year asking to shave her legs. We haven't let her yet but I'm sure we will sometime this year. She doesn't have real dark hair, so they really aren't bad, but I do understand how they do bother her. I've been in her shoes once, and I had much darker hair. Her eyebrows are fine for now.

 

[cats7494]

My dd12 does not - but she is blessed with light color brows and they are in a naturally great shape.
However - if she had bushy brows - I would probably allow her to do it. It is hard enough being a tween/teen without bushy brows.

 

[Honu]

The dermatogist I see at Stanford is a pioneer in lazer hair removal. A significant number of the patients I see coming in for hair removal are kids and teens. It's hard enough to be a teenager without having to deal with a unibrow or furry lips and chins. I think it's great their parents do it for them.

 

[N.Bailey]

My daughter is 14 now and has been having her eyes waxed for several years. When she started getting a complex about a unibrow, I decided it was just time. She also shaved early as well. I figured, since it was really starting to effect her self esteem, not allowing it would have done more damage than just giving in. Initially though, I did have her using Nair instead of a razor and I showed her how to apply it correctly.

 

[MUFFYCAT]

My 2 DD's 12 & 15 both starting waxing the eyebrows when they were
in the 5th grade. The 12 yo doesn't go that often, so hers builds up.

I have told her she needs to go ona regular basis but doesn't want to
go at times.

 

[Mermaid02]

My daughter has a friend who has basically plucked her eyebrows so much and frankly so badly- that they really don't grow anymore. So when my dd asked for a wax, I felt it was $9 well spent!

 

[jimmalru80]

We have twin DD's (16) and they have never had their eyebrows waxed.

 

[MushyMushy]

Am I the only adult here who has never had her eyebrows waxed? Or plucked? Or otherwise tampered with in any way?

In fact, I don't have too many adult friends who have done it either.

 

[mom2grace]

DD is only 5, so we haven't encountered this yet.

But, I get my eyebrows "threaded", it's an Indian tradition that is now available everywhere (even here, in Indianapolis!). It is painless, cheap, and the threader has much more control with the thread than wax.

Here, the "salons" are in the malls, and you don't need an appointment.

They also do facial hair.

 

[N.Bailey]

Am I the only adult here who has never had her eyebrows waxed? Or plucked? Or otherwise tampered with in any way?

In fact, I don't have too many adult friends who have done it either.

While my daughter does get hers done, I have never had mine plucked or waxed either. I really have a pretty good natural line with no unibrow whatsoever. That wasn't the case for my daughter though, so for that reason, I do support her in having it done and kept up regularly.

 

[Conservative Hippie]

My mother has never plucked or waxed her eyebrows.

I started plucking mine when I was about 17, and just started getting them waxed this year. I don't think I would want my daughter to be so preoccupied with her appearance. For reference, I started shaving my legs when I was 13, and started wearing makeup at 15. I started getting break outs at 14, and never got a facial until last year. I think at 16 or 17 it's ok to get your brows waxed, but 12 is a little young, IMHO.

 

[HSMndLKfan92]

I'm 13, and got my first eyebrow waxing done in August. My mom doesn't have a problem with it. I've only gotten them waxed once, but I've been plucking them since.​