re: Plucking

no, it doesn't hurt as much as one would think, and once you do it often enough, it is not even bothersome. It is just like plucking eyebrows, the first time is very unpleasant, but later you just get use to it. By the way, even if it was very painful, almost any physical pain becomes tolerable after a while if it is felt often. Emotional pain on the other hand is not as easy to handle.