How painful is it to wax down there by yourself?

I do not understand why anyone would do it a second time, I recommend laser hair removal

isn’t that too expensive…

It’s really not that bad having a professional do it. I was worried at first too but it wasn’t bad – I promise

It’s pretty hard to do yourself… I’d say go to a professional. I waxed people’s faces at the salon and thought, “how hard could it be to do my lady bits by myself?” answer: pretty freaking hard.

VERY painful and chances are you won’t be happy with the job and end up paying someone else to fix it anyhow. I used to look at it this way- $65.00 a visit plus tips added in every month and having to deal with swollen, sore skin sometimes burned or a thin layer of skin ripped and always scabbing and shedding after or… getting lasered at $100.00 every month and a half, nice and smooth like you can’t believe. Just a few visits to keep the hair away for a few years at a time was worth it. From what I’m told, nowadays the lasers don’t hurt if your skin color is light and no freckles down there.

Didn’t you ever get this email forward?

All hair removal methods have tricked us with their promises of easy, painless removal. The epilady, scissors, razors, Nair and now…. The Wax!!

My night began as any other normal weekday night. Come home; fix dinner; played with the kids. I then had the thought that would ring painfully in my mind for the next few hours; “Maybe I should pull the wax out of the medicine cabinet?”

So I headed to the site of my demise; the bathroom. It was one of those cold wax kits. No melting a clump of hot wax, you just rub the strips together in your hand and then they get warm and you peel them apart, press it to your leg (or wherever else) and hair comes right off!

No muss, no fuss. How hard can it be? I mean, I’m no girly, girl, but I am mechanically inclined enough that I can figure it out. YA THINK!!!

So I pull one of the thin strips out. It’s two strips facing each other, stuck together. Instead of rubbing them together, I get out the hair dryer and heat it to 1000 degrees. Cold wax my rear end (Oh, how this phrase haunts me!). I lay the strip across my thigh. Hold the skin around it tight and pull.

OK… So it wasn’t the best feeling, but it wasn’t too bad. I can do this!!! Hair removal no longer eludes me!! I am She-Ra, fighter of all wayward body hair and smooth skin extraordinaire!!

With my next wax strip, I move “north”. After checking on the kids, I sneak back into the bathroom for the ultimate hair fighting championship. I drop my panties and place one foot on the toilet. Using the same procedure, I apply the wax strip across the right side of the bikini line, covering the right half of my vagina and stretching down to the inside of my butt cheek (Yes, it was a long strip). I inhale deeply and brace myself…. RRRRIIIIIIPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!

I’m Blind!!!!! Blinded from pain!!!!!!... OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!

Vision returning, I notice that I’ve only managed to pull off half of the strip. S**T!! Another deep breath and RRIIPP… Everything is swirly and spotted. Do I hear crashing drums????? OK, back to normal. I want to see my trophy – A wax covered strip with my hairy pelt that has caused me so much pain, sticking to it. I want to revel in the glory that is my triumph over body hair. I hold up the strip! There’s no hair on it!

Where is the hair?? WHERE IS THE WAX? Slowly I ease my head down, foot still perched on the toilet. I see the hair… The hair that should be on the strip. I touch. I am touching wax. S**T!!! I run my fingers over the most sensitive part of my body, which is now covered in cold wax and matted hair.

Then I make the next BIG mistake . . . . . . . Remember, my foot is still propped up on the toilet. I know I need to do something, so I put my foot down. DAMN!!! I hear the slamming of the cell door.

Vagina? Sealed shut! Butt?? Sealed shut!!! I penguin walk around the bathroom, trying to figure out what to do and think to myself, “Please don’t let me get the urge to poop. My head may pop off.”

Hot water!! Hot water melts wax!! I’ll run the hottest water I can stand into the bathtub, get in, immerse the wax covered bits and the wax should melt and I can gently wipe it off, right?? WRONG!!!!

I get in the tub – The water is slightly hotter than that used to torture prisoners of war or sterilize surgical equipment – I sit. Now, the only thing worse that having your nether businesses glued together is having them glued together and then glued to the bottom of the tub. In scalding hot water!! Which, by the way, doesn’t melt cold wax. So, now I’m stuck to the bottom of the tub!!! God bless the man what convinced me I should have a phone in the bathroom!!! I call my friend, thinking surely she’s waxed before and has some secret of how to get me undone. It’s a very good conversation starter, “So my butt and who-ha are stuck to the bottom of the tub!” There is a slight pause. She doesn’t have a secret trick, but does try to hide the laughter from me. She wants to know exactly where the wax is located on bottom, “Are we talking cheeks or hole or what?”

She’s laughing out loud by now… I can hear her. I give her the rundown and she suggests I call the number on the side of the box. YEAH!!! Right!!!!!! I would be the joke of someone else’s night. While we go through various solutions, I resort to scraping the wax off with a razor. Nothing feels better then to have your girlie goodies covered in hot wax, glued shut, stuck to the tub in super hot water, and then dry shaving the sticky wax off!!!

By now, the brain is not working, dignity has taken a major hike and I slip into glazed donut land. My friend is still talking with me as my hand reaches towards the saving grace… The lotion they give you to remove the excess wax. What do I really have to lose at this point. I rub some on and OH MY GOD!!!!! The scream probably woke the kids, scared the dickens out of my friend, but I really don’t care!!

“IT WORKS!! IT WORKS!!” I get a hearty congratulation from my friend and she hangs up. I successfully remove the remainder of the wax and then notice, to my grief and despair… THE HAIR IS STILL THERE… ALL OF IT!!!!!!!!!!!

So, I shaved it off. Heck, I’m numb at this point.

Next week I’m going to try hair color . . . . . .

Just pay someone to do it. I would not recommend doing it yourself. Also, take Ibuprofen one hour before you go.

I have waxed my bikini line and I’ve had a professional do it. Both cause a certain amount of discomfort and pain. I can’t say that either way was more painful than the other (although the anticipation of ripping the wax off was much worse when I did it). However, the time spent doing it and the final result are going to be significantly different between the two. And for those reasons, I would highly recommend going to a professional.

Yeah, its a bit awkward at first but it gets easier and the results will be much better than doing it yourself. And it also gives you the opportunity to get advice about aftercare and what to expect after your waxing.

BTW @Judi I’ve always loved that story. Thank you for reminding me how awesome it is!

Okay at the risk of too much info here, go to a professional. I decided to try to do it once myself and ended up with lots of wax that I couldn’t get off and ended up peeling my undies off.. literally…until the wax was gone. Wax takes a long time to get rid of. Just get someone to do it for you. Painwise, you get used to it and having someone else do it means at least it is just a quick .. yowza… rather than building up the courage to rip it off :D

My horror ‘wax yourself’ story is less elaborate than @judi’s but I could so, so, so relate!!! Funny, funny, funny. So glad I am not the only person to have had such a nightmare…

@Judi WOW. Now I am scared haha. Thanks for sharing.

I guess I have to look into professional waxing haha.
But I am a little scared of… you know Vajajay odor.

Don’t worry about odour. Just shower before you go to the salon.

And what about my you know… behind… that is a pretty uncomfortable feeling letting someone look behind there.

They do it all the time. You don’t have anything they have never seen.

@Judi Ekkk that just sounds weird haha.

Oh @nailpolishfanatic trust me, just goto a professional once. You’ll never look back. It feels so free and the fact that it grows back after ages and doesn’t chaff: double win. For some people it doesn’t even hurt. Don’t do it yourself, you won’t be able to pull the strip.

But yea when you go to a professional they treat you like just another piece of meat so it really doesn’t feel that uncomfortable at all.

@sarahhhhh hahaha ’ they treat you like just another piece of meat’

I would leave that to the pros for sure! I was a bit apprehensive myself and tried once at home. Worst idea ever! I had to go get a professional’s help on top of the embarrassment of the mess I made. Believe me, they make it as comfortable as possible and they are professional. I learned quickly that my fear was silly. Also, I’ve found that a thin layer of neosporin before in addition to two advil (I am in no way a doctor though) really helps! Also, avoid the week before your period as that is more painful I’m told.