Common among women, female hair removal can be painful, but there are ways to reduce the pain and make it more comfortable.
Every woman who has undergone female waxing, especially in the intimate area, knows that sometimes the procedure can cause some type of pain or discomfort. However, what many women don’t know is that the pain can be avoided or alleviated with some tricks.
Intimate waxing is common in Brazil, being internationally recognized as Brazilian Wax (Brazilian waxing). Therefore, it is characterized by the removal of hair with waxes from the hair bulb, causing the hair to take longer to grow compared to waxing like a razor.
10 tips to reduce pain during female waxing
1. Choose the right wax
The choice of wax can be fundamental for female hair removal. Basically, there are several types of wax and compositions, so it is necessary to carry out an analysis to see which type of wax helps your skin the most. In addition, wax can be hot or cold, with cold wax causing more discomfort than hot wax.
The reason why hot wax helps in intimate waxing involves the fact that the traction of the hot wax with the skin causes the follicles to open. This way, the hair comes out more easily and when pulled, it doesn’t cause as much pain. Therefore, this procedure is mainly recommended for more sensitive areas, such as the groin.
2. Exfoliate the area
It is recommended that the skin be exfoliated two to three days before shaving. Certainly, exfoliation makes ingrown hairs unclog and come loose more easily during the procedure, in addition to removing dead cells in the region.
However, it is good to remember that exfoliation done on the day of waxing makes the skin more sensitive, thus causing more pain at the time.
3. Take a hot shower
Taking a hot shower for one hour to forty minutes before shaving is a great help in reducing complaints. Hot water opens the skin’s pores, and like hot wax, it makes the hair come out more easily.
However, care must be taken that the skin is 100% dry at the time of the procedure, as the moisture in the water can prevent the wax from adhering.
4. Avoid creams on the day of waxing
For the same reason that the skin cannot be wet when shaving, it needs to be dry. You cannot apply cream to your skin when waxing, as, like water, it prevents the wax from adhering to the skin. Therefore, this makes it difficult for the hair to be pulled, causing more pain.
5. Choose the right period
Choosing the right time for waxing is essential. Close to the menstrual period, during PMS, the skin tends to become sensitive, which is why it is not ideal for female hair removal.
Furthermore, during the menstrual period, women tend to retain fluids. Therefore, with fluid retention, nerve endings become compressed. This way, the skin feels the wax more, both the pull and the temperature.
6. Observe the size of the fur
The length of the hair cannot be too short. Therefore, if the hair is too short, the wax will not be able to pull it out at first, requiring several pulls to get it all out. Therefore, ideally they should be large to facilitate female hair removal.
7. Wear comfortable clothes
Wearing very tight pants, panties and blouses is one of the causes of ingrown hairs, which are more difficult to remove. Therefore, it is preferable that, whenever possible, women prefer looser clothing and cotton panties.
Furthermore, after female waxing, the same care can also be maintained. The skin needs to breathe, and the best way to avoid irritation is to follow these tips.
8. Hydrate yourself
Certainly, hydrated skin, both from the cream and from drinking fluids, helps with pain. Hydration causes the skin to produce healthier hair, which is completely removed in fewer pulls, instead of being brittle and requiring reinforcement. Furthermore, dry skin has more exposed nerve endings, transmitting more nerve impulses during female hair removal.
9. Don’t drink coffee beforehand
Not only coffee, but other stimulating drinks and foods such as energy drinks, chocolate and soft drinks cause the nerve endings in the skin to emit more nerve impulses, as well as dry skin. Therefore, it is prudent to leave such things aside a little before women’s waxing, just for a few hours, to ensure a pain-free process.
10. Use numbing creams
There are anesthetic creams that do not make it impossible for the wax to adhere. When used around forty minutes before waxing, they reduce pain by avoiding sensitization of the area. However, caution must be taken when using ointments, always testing the sensitivity of the skin to heat in other areas of the body.
11. Bet on ice
Just as warm temperatures open skin follicles, cold temperatures also have their power. Even though it actually closes the skin follicles, ice has anesthetic power, just like cream. Furthermore, so that the area does not get wet before waxing, it is recommended to use cold thermal plates.
12. Body relaxation
As much as the pulling is painful, try to relax your body. Tension, as with all other senses, makes it difficult to remove the hair. A tense body generates more pain and makes the nerve endings more acute. So, during female waxing, try to distract yourself.
13. Don’t use medicines
As much as medications help with pain, they remove sensitivity from the skin. Just as you must be careful with the temperature of the wax so as not to burn yourself with the anesthetic cream, the care remains the same with the medication.
14. Photoepilation
If, despite all the tips, you still feel a lot of pain during female hair removal, another option is photoepilation. Using a razor does not have a lasting effect, and for those who want another option, this is the one. Basically, the procedure consists of laser hair removal that removes hair.
Furthermore, the procedure also leaves the areas of hair removal lighter, not leaving the groin area dark, for example, like a razor. Although it still causes some pain, it is not as painful as waxing. However, it is a definitive process, that is, as the sessions are carried out, the hair will not grow back.
Want to know more about waxing? Check out our other article on the topic: Intimate waxing – What is the best method to do at home?
Sources: No+For My Life
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