Credit: SWNS / Bethany Burgoyne
A woman who spent £51k removing her body and facial hair has now embraced it – despite being mistaken for a man.
Bethany Burgoyne, 33, started waxing and shaving when she was just 10 years old – after feeling self-conscious and says she was encouraged to do so.
As she grew up, Bethany struggled with thick dark hair growing on her stomach, chin and nipples and would spend around £250-a-month waxing, epilating and bleaching to remove it for 17 years.
She began saving up for laser hair removal aged 27 – which at the time cost around £1k to £2k a go – before she realised she could put the money towards travelling.
Slowly Bethany found the confidence to stop shaving and now feels “confident” embracing her “beautiful” body hair.
A woman who spent £51k removing her body and facial hair has now embraced it – despite being mistaken for a man.
Bethany Burgoyne, 33, started waxing and shaving when she was just 10 years old – after feeling self-conscious and says she was encouraged to do so.
As she grew up, Bethany struggled with thick dark hair growing on her stomach, chin and nipples and would spend around £250-a-month waxing, epilating and bleaching to remove it for 17 years.
She began saving up for laser hair removal aged 27 – which at the time cost around £1k to £2k a go – before she realised she could put the money towards travelling.
Slowly Bethany found the confidence to stop shaving and now feels “confident” embracing her “beautiful” body hair.
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00:00Hello Sunshines, I'm here to talk to you about my body hair.
00:09If you haven't noticed already, I am a happy bearded cis woman and this fluffiness goes from head to toe.
00:30It wasn't all plain sailing and it sure as hell came with a lot of people questioning my gender.
00:44But I am here to remind you, your hair can look sexy!
01:00Here's my sassy advice about how you can start feeling good with your body hair and your facial hair too.
01:19Number one, override the negative thoughts.
01:22For years I was told that I had to remove my hair to feel attractive about myself.
01:26Everything in media said that I was wrong, something went wrong with me if I had body hair or facial hair.
01:32Well honey, you can change that narrative.
01:34Two, follow people or look at people who you can look up to, who look like you, who you can admire.
01:40It was by seeing so many other women with beards that I was finally in a place to accept my own.
01:45And number three, take your sweet time.
01:50These things aren't easy to override, especially when the world is semi against you.
01:54So maybe you're just going to let your armpits grow a little bit longer for one more week.
01:59Maybe you pluck your left eyebrow and not your right.
02:01Do it at your own pace.
02:03I've got hair everywhere and I don't care.
02:22Here's some of my favourite sassy comments I've received.
02:25And a beautiful bearded babe.
02:29Oh my god, your beard looks amazing.
02:32Your beard is growing and it looks beautiful.
02:35You suit a beard so well.
02:38I wish I had a beard like you.
02:41Oh my god, you have a beard too?
02:43Oh babe.
02:45So go on honeys, go give a bearded beauty a f***ing gorgeous compliment.