Least painful shaving alternatives?
I have pretty coarse, dark hair and really sensitive skin and shaving every few days, especially now that summer is coming up, irritates my skin a lot. I get razor bumps/burns and strawberry skin and ingrown hairs. I do all the steps to avoid this the best I can with exfoliating, changing my razors frequently etc etc but it seems unavoidable. my hair also grows back really fast so I can really only go maybe three days between shaving. I have darker skin so I also struggle with hyperpigmentation, especially from shaving all the time. Nair and hair removal creams work fine on maybe my arms and legs but makes like no difference on private areas and underarms and I leave It on as long as possible and even on arms and legs it grows back pretty quick.
I have an abysmal pain tolerance (fainted during a Brazilian and also during clinical laser hair removal because of the pain). I tried epilating and waxing but with my pain tolerance it’s just not feasible for me. I’ve heard at home IPLs don’t hurt, but is that true and is there any alternative to shaving every few days that won’t make me literally pass out from the pain? I understand I might just have to suck it up and deal with shaving/nair but on the off chance someone has something that worked for them, I thought I’d ask ! Ty!
TLDR: are there any pain free alternatives to shaving constantly or using hair removal creams that don’t really work? do at home IPLs work and are they pain free, especially for someone with dark skin, coarse hair and a very low pain tolerance?