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Fases De La Luna
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posted August 28, 2009 02:25 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Fases De La Luna     Edit/Delete Message
** Posted this on Health & Healing initially then decided it fit here too! **

Alright ladies, show of hands from everyone who uses hot wax as a way of hair removal.

I've been doing this for close to 15 years now & only use a razor in cases of emergency when I'm pressed for time. It is the most favoured of all techniques & I've tried practically everything out there.

Of late however, I'm tackling the issue of ingrown hair. I find it doesn't occur everywhere (I have my entire body waxed) but my legs particularly are getting to be a pain.

Does anyone have any great ideas on how to avoid/remedy this? Thanks!

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posted August 29, 2009 02:07 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Dervish     Edit/Delete Message
Maybe try somewhere else? I understand that a lot of problems from waxing come from the people doing it wrong.

I presume you've already tried laser, so I won't do more than mention it in case you haven't heard of it (it's just what many prefer to waxing, at least if they can afford it).

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Fases De La Luna
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posted August 29, 2009 05:47 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Fases De La Luna     Edit/Delete Message
Hi Dervish,

Thanks for replying. I've tried different people already, no drastic improvements. The thing is, I didn't have this problem with hot wax before, its started happening of late so perhaps its me.

I would love to do the laser technique on a permanent scale but am hesitant to try it out in the Middle East (where I'm currently based) and it takes many sessions so in the interim I would still have to go with my current technique.

I've read up online on remedies etc but was wondering if anyone had personal success with anything.

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Lucia23
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posted August 29, 2009 11:14 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Lucia23     Edit/Delete Message
I wish hair on women was just considered beautiful and natural. I mean, we let men be all damn hairy.

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LEXX
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posted August 29, 2009 11:39 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for LEXX     Edit/Delete Message
A fictional character, however I think she is beautiful!


PS. Just popping in for a moment, not up to regularly posting yet. I saw this thread and had to reply. I sport a 2 inch long beard. And a mustache. It has been an interesting experiment to gauge folk's reactions to it all. Not sure when I will remove it.
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Lucia23
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posted August 30, 2009 12:10 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Lucia23     Edit/Delete Message
Cool, Lexx!

I met a bearded lady who has decided not to shave/wax her face, and I was interested to learn that she shaves her underarms.

A lot of people wrongly believe that women don't have beards/mustaches, when actually plenty of women do! It's just sooo customary for women to hide this.

I personally don't have facial hair, but I keep running into women who tell me they've slept with a man who expected them to have their pubic hair entirely waxed off, or with a brazilian wax, like a porn star. As someone with very sensitive skin down there who's probably a little hairier than average, I hate the idea that some schmo might find me unattractive because I am not waxed to look like an 8-year-old.

I also hate that facial hair on a woman is so taboo. Imagine if we were all just considered beautiful the way we naturally came out!! Not to say that we couldn't adorn ourselves...it would just be that lots of different looks would be considered attractive and appropriate.

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posted August 30, 2009 12:39 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for MyVirgoMask     Edit/Delete Message
My ex-husband used to like shaving his chest and pubic area. I hated it, it was so cheezy.
Plus it grew back like a day later and burned my with his stubblies.
Gawd, shaving sucks.
In Egypt there's this sugar stuff you make at home and it removes hair. Hurts like a %$#%@ but it makes everything so smooth...
I'm too much of a wimp to try.

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LEXX
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posted August 30, 2009 12:46 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for LEXX     Edit/Delete Message
Lucia23
I have extremely sensitive skin. No kind of hair removal except cropping with scissors anywhere on my body has ever spared my skin.
So the heck with it! I shall remain natural!
Yes, there are more women with facial hair than most folks realize. Too bad it is such a taboo in many cultures. I take issue with men who desire women to appear as pre-pubescent females skin wise. Well for that matter I also take issue with women who
despise hairy men. Too many folks are overly hung up on appearances and miss knowing some very cool fascinating wonderful caring sensitive people. If humans cannot accept the physical diversities of humans, then oh my the troubles they will have when they encounter aliens.

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posted August 30, 2009 12:49 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for MoonWitch     Edit/Delete Message
I just shave. It seems so much more simple.

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Lucia23
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posted August 30, 2009 01:45 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Lucia23     Edit/Delete Message
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Too many folks are overly hung up on appearances and miss knowing some very cool fascinating wonderful caring sensitive people. If humans cannot accept the physical diversities of humans, then oh my the troubles they will have when they encounter aliens.

Shaving makes me break out in nasty red welts...not legs, but bikini area. It hurt! When I was a kid living in a beach/pool type area, I experimented with different razors, lotions, etc. Nothing worked.

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Fases De La Luna
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posted August 30, 2009 06:28 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Fases De La Luna     Edit/Delete Message
Hey Lucia23! Yeah I wish we could all be considered beautiful just the way we turn out. I mean, I personally love the only hair on me being well groomed eyebrows and crowning glory but it would be nice to have a choice that wouldn’t repel people/go against norm!

As for guys discourteous enough to state preferences, women should let them know the least they can do is oblige in kind else keep mum or stick with their hand Double standards are annoying. Since I get an all over body, wax, that includes a brazillian anyway but it is MY preference & I would throw any person out that demanded it of me considering it hurts like a $%^&* & he lacks concern for me! I mean hello, we are more than just pubic areas

Interesting irony about the bearded lady, lol.So what method do you use?

LEXX, yea beautiful fictional character but alas, as you are aware, not very feasible in the real world. It would be nice to have that choice but until then, “when in Rome”… One can only stand apart from society when one is not dependent on it rt? Where I live, trust me, if I went looking like that for job interviews, I wouldn’t be hired. I’d be considered un-presentable, not feasible for sales & marketing, business development, P.R. etc.

As friends, heck I don’t care what people look like externally, if we click, we click & if we don’t, we don’t regardless of what you look like. I commend your guts in going natural.

So glad to see you about!!! I hope you’re faring better, I wish your family and you well.

MVM, I could go either way, with or without when it comes to them, it only ****** me off when they wanna be a certain way or are wimps coz of the pain but expect you to just grit your teeth and bear it! I know what you’re talking about (the sugar stuff), I’ve tried that, leaves me with too much ingrown hair, a side effect its known for if it doesn’t agree with you. Hot wax is similar, only hot (tolerable warm), applied onto the skin and removed with strips. The former is better for the skin & leaves it glowing if your skin takes to it. Initially, I would only do my face, hands, underarms and legs, then gradually the belly and back. Was terrified to go brazillian because of the pain, but after I broke up with my ex, I was in so much pain emotionally, needed a physical outlet, decided what the heck & did it. Trust me, I was so sore, it was days before I was thinking about anything related to my ex

Whats your preferred method?

MoonWitch, yes shaving is simple, but I don’t get the same effect of glowing, smooth skin like waxing nor do I find it convenient personally. I have to keep doing it once in 5 – 6 days, or less if I want zero underarm stubble. I lack that sorta patience

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posted August 30, 2009 11:57 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for MoonWitch     Edit/Delete Message
Only every 5-6 days? Wow - I shave every other day.

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Fases De La Luna
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posted August 30, 2009 04:38 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Fases De La Luna     Edit/Delete Message
Hey MoonWitch!

Only coz I lack the patience to do it more often! I'm not overtly fuzzy or anything but the frequency is what bothers me about shaving most. Also, its difficult to get areas like your back done that way.

Myths aside too, I've found that personally, when regrowth happens, its coarser somehow.

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posted August 30, 2009 04:51 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Lucia23     Edit/Delete Message
I'm blond and most of my body isn't too hairy. Basically, I am letting my bikini area run wild right now--if I end up going on a surfing trip or something I will have to find a solution.

I've been lucky not to have sex yet with some guy who had weird issues about my body--so far they've all seemed pretty excited just to be having sex with a woman. But I've heard these horror stories from like, three friends who recently had men complain. Which is so, so wrong.

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posted August 30, 2009 04:55 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Lucia23     Edit/Delete Message
Fases, when you get regrowth from waxing, are you saying it's finer?

I feel like whatever I shave grows back coarser.

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Fases De La Luna
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posted August 30, 2009 05:02 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Fases De La Luna     Edit/Delete Message
Guys like that aren't worth jack period.

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Fases De La Luna
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posted August 30, 2009 05:21 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Fases De La Luna     Edit/Delete Message
Yeah Lucia23, in my personal experience, I've found that when I shave (applies to hands, underarms, legs & bikini area)the regrowth tends to be coarses and more stubble like. Pretty much the same with depilatories.

With waxing - either hot or arabic - regrowth is finer. Especially if you do the Brazillian. If i've used a razor during emergencies, the next time I'm getting a Brazillian done, the pain is much worse due to more effort required and my salon lady will ask immediately if i shaved, followed by mild lecturing

I've also found that waxing techniques are most effective is leaving the skin smooth and glowing because it takes off dead skin cells too. When my sister was pregnant, her skin sorta turned scaly & sensitive where she had to cover them in pants, long dresses etc. It persisted despite using the razor, loofahs, scrubs etc. She decided to have them waxed and after 2 sessions, her skin was much smoother & normal.

I know people say its a myth and all, but I've found it to apply.

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lechien
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posted August 30, 2009 07:54 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for lechien     Edit/Delete Message
well, i used to sugar wax. i home-cooked it on the stove and used cotton cloth to rip it off the skin. i don't wax my armpits and legs. i wax down there, you kno, it HURTS like hell. nowadays i've been too un-relaxed and lazy so it's just been trimmed.

to prevent ingrown hair: after waxing, scrub the area. with anything that's mild for your freshly waxed skin, store-bought products or with something else... personally i use fine cornmeal at the time, for it's cheap. don't use sea-salt on the just-waxed, shaved area, for obvious reasons...

then when it's waxed, scrubbed and smooth, oil the area. with baby oil or body oil or if you're like me, olive oil should do nicely. i used to infuse herbs with olive oil to use on my skin and hair, and my ex-boyfriend always told me i smelt like marinated chicken...

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Fases De La Luna
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posted August 31, 2009 06:42 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Fases De La Luna     Edit/Delete Message
Lechien, that's pretty much a description of how waxing at salons work here too.

I bow to you. You wax down there yourself???!!!! WOW. Even with someone else doing it for me, I have a hand towel i stuff in my mouth to bite on, use my hands pressed against my forehead, mentally abusing myself! Seriously WOW.

Don't mean to be rude but if you do that on your own, I'm so curious, how come you don't do underarm & legs?!

Thanks for the tip on preventing ingrown hair. Will try it the next time around! No issues whatsoever smelling like marinated chicken

Much love.

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posted September 01, 2009 01:58 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for MyVirgoMask     Edit/Delete Message
I nearly lost it when I saw the marinated chicken comment, and then lost it all over again when I saw Lechien's location listed as In a Kitchen

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Fases De La Luna
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posted September 01, 2009 08:03 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Fases De La Luna     Edit/Delete Message
Ditto!

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posted September 04, 2009 04:18 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for lechien     Edit/Delete Message
sexy, huh?

armpit and leg hair don't bother me... that's all. but lately due to the the seasonal effects of the summer i take care of my pits, sometimes.

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posted September 04, 2009 04:25 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for lechien     Edit/Delete Message
and i always thought it super peculiar that a lot of girls shave/wax their legs but not arms... so they have hairy arms and legs with no hair. isn't that a bit odd? anyway...

ah, and if you would like the marinated chicken result, i recommend incorporating rosemary. it has regenerative properties for skin.

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