By Andrea Park, Allure
May this woman's horrifying account of her incredibly painful at-home waxing attempt be a lesson to us all: Sometimes you should just leave the bikini wax in the hands of professionals.
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Last week, a woman named Hannah shared the story of her truly painful experience to the Facebook page for a European pharmacy chain. (Be warned — it may make you afraid to try waxing yourself ever again.) According to Scorer, she followed the instructions on the packaging to a T: "I warmed a strip, stuck it down, endured the brief but childbirth-level pain intensity of ripping it off, and looked down, ready to admire a peachy beach-ready inner thigh."
As you've probably already guessed, that's the exact opposite of what she found. What did she see? "All the hair I'd just tried to take off not even slightly detached from its follicles," she revealed. "Except now, matted firmly into the hair was a thick layer of wax."
Scorer wrote that she then tried to use the included moisturizing wipes to remove the impossibly sticky wax. "However, instead of rescuing my skin, the wipe becomes trapped and bits of it tear off and firmly adhere to my waxy, furry skin, like a series of tiny surrender flags."
At this point, Scorer revealed that this had all taken place right before she was supposed to go on a date, and now her "fanny" was "looking like something from the Blair Witch." She attempted to exfoliate the mess off in the shower and clean things up with a razor instead, but of course, "the wax had to continue its campaign to ruin my life, and it immediately blunted the razor."
[post_ads]Finally, after several rounds of exfoliation, lots of "very expensive oil," and a new razor, Scorer was hair-free. She lamented, "My fanny looks like a bright pink newborn panda, but at least the hair is gone. So is my will to live and half the products in my bathroom, but at this point, I'll salvage a win wherever I can."
Despite maintaining her sense of humor throughout the whole traumatizing affair, Scorer noted in the post that she won't be waxing at home again anytime soon — and since the bikini area is extremely sensitive, that's probably a good rule of thumb.
Of course, this is just one person's story and experience with waxing at home — some folks prefer to DIY it on the regular. But if you're a die-hard salon fan for your waxes, you can make your professional waxing go even more smoothly by always exfoliating the night before, popping an Advil about an hour before your appointment, meditating during the actual wax (or focusing on literally anything else), and being sure to cleanse and moisturize at least once a day afterward.
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Last week, a woman named Hannah shared the story of her truly painful experience to the Facebook page for a European pharmacy chain. (Be warned — it may make you afraid to try waxing yourself ever again.) According to Scorer, she followed the instructions on the packaging to a T: "I warmed a strip, stuck it down, endured the brief but childbirth-level pain intensity of ripping it off, and looked down, ready to admire a peachy beach-ready inner thigh."
As you've probably already guessed, that's the exact opposite of what she found. What did she see? "All the hair I'd just tried to take off not even slightly detached from its follicles," she revealed. "Except now, matted firmly into the hair was a thick layer of wax."
Scorer wrote that she then tried to use the included moisturizing wipes to remove the impossibly sticky wax. "However, instead of rescuing my skin, the wipe becomes trapped and bits of it tear off and firmly adhere to my waxy, furry skin, like a series of tiny surrender flags."
At this point, Scorer revealed that this had all taken place right before she was supposed to go on a date, and now her "fanny" was "looking like something from the Blair Witch." She attempted to exfoliate the mess off in the shower and clean things up with a razor instead, but of course, "the wax had to continue its campaign to ruin my life, and it immediately blunted the razor."
[post_ads]Finally, after several rounds of exfoliation, lots of "very expensive oil," and a new razor, Scorer was hair-free. She lamented, "My fanny looks like a bright pink newborn panda, but at least the hair is gone. So is my will to live and half the products in my bathroom, but at this point, I'll salvage a win wherever I can."
Despite maintaining her sense of humor throughout the whole traumatizing affair, Scorer noted in the post that she won't be waxing at home again anytime soon — and since the bikini area is extremely sensitive, that's probably a good rule of thumb.
Of course, this is just one person's story and experience with waxing at home — some folks prefer to DIY it on the regular. But if you're a die-hard salon fan for your waxes, you can make your professional waxing go even more smoothly by always exfoliating the night before, popping an Advil about an hour before your appointment, meditating during the actual wax (or focusing on literally anything else), and being sure to cleanse and moisturize at least once a day afterward.
