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Helping legs go back to normal!
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Just had my legs waxed and they're bright red and polka dotty! They do not look good. How long do they take to go back to normal and is there anything I can do to speed up the process? My skin is very fair and marks easily and last time it took a few days for them to get back to normal and I want to get them out! Ideas?
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i've always wondered that too..hmmm
I had a brazillian once and the first 3 days I was all red and sore. By the end of the week some of the hair had grown back. Waste of money and not worth the pain!
When I first started having brazillians, it was great - in, out (literally)... no redness/pain or hairs for a good few weeks...
The last few times have been awful... come up in a red rash after the wax which takes a few days to go down and then some hairs coming up quite soon after...
The thing is it isn't about the same hairs growing back, its about others in the same area that are following a slightly different time cycle. Thats one of the reasons I try and wait for it all to grow back (which I hate) before having it done again.
What annoys me is that they say if you are good and don't shave in between waxes (which has nearly kills me) then you will see a distinct reduction in hair etc... not happened yet
I'm booked in for Thursday - hoping for an improvement otherwise I am going to consider other options!
That's exactly how i felt about it! Bloody pointless.
I'm terrible about getting my legs and or bikini line done, so mine ALWAYS grows out before i have it redone... and it still grows back at different times. With my bikini line i occasionally spend a happy half hour with my tweezers pulling out the stragglers - my boyfriend reckons it's really sexy when he catches me doing it
I find that the redness tends to go down after about 24 hours, but the best idea is not to exfoliate for about 24 hours afterwards and use a soothing gel or cream on them as soon as you get home. Unfortunately, some people just come up really badly after waxing (like me), and you just have to time it so that you don't need to show your legs (or bikini line) for a couple of days afterwards.
my waxing lady usually puts some lavender oil on my legs (or jasmine i cant tell the difference)
Hair only has to be 2mm long for a wax - not exactly long, and if you're going to a decent waxer you shouldn't have any regrowth for at least a couple of weeks. It's a bit of a waste if you want to be totally smooth constantly, but for me the long-term benefits of waxing (thinner, softer regrowth) far outweigh dealing with a little bit of stubble every 3 or 4 weeks! Can't be arsed to shave all the time; it's too much work for me!
:shocking: No way haha that would be awful
Thats not true. As said earlier, hair has different time cycles.
Ah that's not too long then.
I'm really lucky, my hair is blonde and u can't see it if I can't be aresed to shave.