21-06-2010, 17:30
Hello, I´ve been waxing my legs and bikini line since I was a teenager (it´s really cheap to have it done in salons here in South America) and you shouldn´t do it more than once a month (more or less) to avoid the hairs getting too thin because that´s was causes them to become ingrown. You don´t want them to get too thin because then they won´t be able to stick out of your skin and they´ll just curl up under it.
So if you´re using an epilator, don´t do it every week because it works the same way. (Once you have your legs waxed you´ll be tempted to have them like that all the time.)
Another thing is, both with waxing and shaving, to use some sort of desinfectant afterwards - I just rub on plain alcohol with some cotton - to avoid something called foliculitis (at least that´s the word in spanish, should be similar in english) which is when the space around some of the hairs get infected. You get some ugly yellowish pimples but the problem is they won´t go away unless you take medication for them.
hope that helps and good luck!
So if you´re using an epilator, don´t do it every week because it works the same way. (Once you have your legs waxed you´ll be tempted to have them like that all the time.)
Another thing is, both with waxing and shaving, to use some sort of desinfectant afterwards - I just rub on plain alcohol with some cotton - to avoid something called foliculitis (at least that´s the word in spanish, should be similar in english) which is when the space around some of the hairs get infected. You get some ugly yellowish pimples but the problem is they won´t go away unless you take medication for them.
hope that helps and good luck!