I am exhausted

(29f) | feel like I can't keep up with feeling beautiful sometimes. There's so much that goes into it.

I have facial hair -> I have to go out and get it plucked.

I have public hair that grows fast, I either have to shave, trim, or go out and get it waxed very often

I grow armpit hair -> I have to shave it every 3 days

I grow leg hair -> I got lazar hair removal but | still have to shave every week. And if I didn't get lazar hair removal, I would have had to shave every day

I have dark spots on my knees and elbows. Girl with melisma so l also have to try to stay out of the sun as much as possible.

I have cystic acne and my break outs inflame once in a while to where | sometimes break out repeatedly. One will heal and another one will pop up.

I have to keep my nails maintained and done

I have to wash my hair every week and style it every day to make it look good. I'm a girl with curly hair so I have to plan for wash days like it's an event and it takes hours to do.

It's SO much to maintain and I'm exhausted. I have a full time job and I can't keep up with all of this so sometimes I just resort to being ugly and feeling ugly but that's also terrible for my confidence because I have convinced myself that I'm ugly.

Is this normal? Because nobody talks about this and I feel like I see and know so many girls who are perfect all the time and I don't know how they do it

Posted Jun 6, 2026, 9:34 PM UTC

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