16 yrs, 1 mth ago

Waxing Regrowth

Hey everyone,

Not sure if im posting this in the right spot or not, and i cant see the posts in Brazilian category for some reason so I hope you dont mind me asking my question here…

I went for my first ever leg wax 2 months ago after having shaved my legs for some time. It started growing back almost immediatlely (as in 2 days later) and I had very bad ingrown rash.

Before I went for my 2nd (and most recent) appointment, I made sure to exfoliate almost every day with a gentle loofah for almost 2 weeks. I noticed regrowth the day after I went for my wax and Im a little dissapointed because I was told after waxing it wasnt meant to grow back for some time. I didnt get the rash.. I think the exfoliating prevented that.. but I also got my first brazilian….
It wasnt as painful as I had been expecting.. and while feeling sexy for a few days the hair started growing back almost immediately… and now I have horrible rash on my brazilian area.

My question is (yes I’ll finally get to it, sorry) .. Is it normal after the first few waxes to have your hair grow back almost immediately? Or will it settle down after a few more goes and give me the weeks of silky legs like its meant to?

And will the 2nd brazilian (if i also gently exfoliate there and dont let the hair grow back to long) be much better and rash free???

I would appreciate any tips or information about this.. and id love to hear from someone who has experienced similar so I can have some hope of having a nice after-wax finish!

Thanks

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  • 16 yrs, 1 mth ago

    The first time an area is waxed or epilated (ie the hairs are pulled out) instead of cutting (shaving) or burning (depilatory) off, some of the hairs will snap off rather than pulling out.

    Repeated waxing will see the hairs growing back with a smaller diameter and less pigmentation. Left long enough, they will eventually taper back to the original diameter and colour. If you continue to wax often enough, you`ll remove the hairs before they get tough enough to snap off. It`s also less painful because the hairs are not as well anchored when they`re a smaller diameter.

    For the ingrown hairs, I`d strongly recommend using an ingrown hair treatment like “”Nad`s ingrow solution””:http://www.beautyheaven.com.au/products/5188-Ingrow-Solution as well as exfoliating. Use it every day except the days that you have the waxing done.

    Alice

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