The battery operated pencil sized one costs about $9.99 in the drug store. I have one and it's GREAT. Doesn't hurt at all. It's just a little skinny shaver. Uses 1 "A" battery that lasts a long time.
By Lynda (Guest Post)
10/09/2007
No experience with the newer ones, but the first ones that came out hurt like mad, made terrible sores, and didn't work. Hope this gives you cause to be cautious. I have since been tweezing unwanted hairs, with great success but much labor. I watched my mom tweeze her leg hairs for years until one day, she had only a few left, none of which ever grew back. I have been successful with chin and upper hair tweezing. My mom gave us waxing her lip area and now just lives with the dilemma until someone tweezes the hair for her. Hope this helped someone? : )