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Originally Posted by ghoastgirl1
When I got to high school and I began growing hair down there I started waxing due to my constant swim practices. I use the at-home Sally Hansen strips. They actually are great for me.
I've used everything from a hot pipe with water going through it or blow dryer to warm the strips up before "ripping it out". What other at home brands would you recommend? I usually wax after a shower and thorough cleaning. I only get irritation bumps for a day or so afterwords and they disappear then its smooth for almost a month.
I have a question as well. I have a larger labia minora which has kept me from going to the salon and having a professional wax me. What are the specifics on women with this particular body type? Is it hard/uncomfortable/painful for you to work on them? Do you see many people with this? I just have never had the courage to go somewhere for the fear of being judged. Just wondering! Thanks  |
Hi, Panky here. Gigi is excellent and provides all the various sundry products for before and after care. The bumps should be controlled with astringent/antiseptic before and after waxing. Typically bumping is caused by bacteria and/or inflamation in the folical. The shape of female bits is a little differant for everyone but the Labia Minora being long or large is not unusual. This tissue is very changeable with momentary conditions. The same is true with the Clitoris. I have encountered long Labia and Clits many times. When the session first starts she is usually smaller and more compact right out of a snug pair of panties. The prep of the area includes cleaning and powdering or oiling of the skin/hair to be treated. Because of this being her Vulva I work a little more gentle and conscienciously since it is her private area. The skin of the Labia likes to stick to itself and can render itself more sensitive, the same with the Clit and her hood. I usually apply Olive oil or Canola oil to the opening area, the Labia, the Clitoral hood. This light application of oil allows the tissues to be free to be moved away from my waxing zone and reduces the sensitivity of those tissues. However the gentle application of the oil and warmth of my fingers will unintentionally cause the Labia to full-out slightly and that is actually helpful when it comes to moving those tissues to one side and out of my way.
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Originally Posted by Tiny Dancer
I regularly wax my own arms at home, that is the only place that I have the guts to do it. I hate my arm hair, I use to shave but waxing is just so much easier for me. I've never had waxing professionally done so i don't know what that experience is like. Wish I could because I'm not brave enough to wax my bikini area. Is there anything that you would recommend for me to use for that private and delicate area? What things also make it less painful or am I just going to have to suck it up? Thanks for your advice.
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There are lidocane sprays and creams that can be applied to the area a short time before the waxing. These will numb the area to a degree that will make waxing tollerable. Please realize that the Vulva is not all delicate tissues as one might think. The most delicate tissues on the body are facial tissue. The clitoris is very delicate. The nipples and Labia Minora is medium delicate. The majority of the skin on the outside of our body is fairly durable, this includes the skin in and around the crotch and underarms. The toughest skin is the palms, soles and gums/tongue. Sensitivity is altogether different though. The sense of touch/pressure is great in certain areas like lips, (in both places), backs of hands and feet, nipples, eyeballs, and dull in other areas like back and buttocks, sides of arms and legs, palms and soles etc.
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Originally Posted by creepysusie
I have a genuine question. The last couple of times I went to get my eyebrows waxed, I warn the lady to use very little wax and do multiple little wax strips because the skin under my eyebrow is super sensitive. However, the last couple of times I went to a well respected place, I had skin ripped off. As a result from an incident a year ago, right before a big formal event, I now have mild little scars under my eyebrow and vaguely on my eyelid.
How can I prep myself for this? or should i seek out a threading specialist.
Other parts of my body are not affected by wax at all so this saddens me because I cannot wax my own eyebrows, but I can do all the other areas on my own.
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Threading may very well be the best choise for you. The scars may still be repaired. I developed a Scar Tissue Potion of essential oils for new surgical wounds. It is a simple receipe developed through reading about EOs in books by Tisserand and Lawless, two leading researchers in the field.
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Originally Posted by qtpye4u84
I bought some wax that u heat up and pull off with out using strips and I waxed my husbands chin just fine it was cool I looked at the wax and it looked like a lil rug of black hair and wow he stayed hair less for like a week in a half. I tried to wax my bikini area with the same stuff and I was to afraid to pull it off and my hubby wouldn't help me he didn't want to hurt me so when I got the guts it was to late i think the wax was hard and it made it really tough to pull it hurt real bad I bleed from where the hairs got pulled lol the wax that didn't come off stayed on my skin and got stuck to my under ware for like 3 days it sucked how do you get wax off that gets stuck? Oh and I want to go get it done at a salon but they have like a rule to where the hair has to be a certain amount of inches and I would be embarrassed to have it be to long or be to short how do you go about seeing how long it is lol
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Softer wax is softened and removed with oil or alcohol, harder needs warming then oil. Only apply the smallest amount that you will be able to remove even if it only adheres to two hairs. Non skin surface cleaning works with 99% alcohol.
Ideal length would be measured with a new pencil eraser because you can get the hair to stand up next to the eraser. That would be 1/4 inch long hair or about 3 weeks growth.