If you’re looking for a quick and easy way to remove hair, nothing beats the results of body wax. Professional waxes are the best option for body hair removal, and most salons offer a wide range of hair removal products to ensure a pleasant hair removal process for their clients. While it’s impossible to make waxing completely painless, there are ways to minimize pain in the most sensitive parts of your body.
1. Does wax hurt?
It depends on who you ask. For some people, such as experienced salon regulars and those with a high pain tolerance, the pain is mild and short-lived. For others, pain is the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about waxing, often because they have had bad waxing experiences in the past. Waxing can be more painful than expected when standard formulations are used without regard to the client’s skin type.
Also, a tear that is too painful usually means the wax can’t remove all the hair evenly. Now, how do you ease the pain of dewaxing when clients are naturally more sensitive to it? Let’s set some ground rules to understand why choosing the right product is so important.
2. Know your wax products
The general rule is to use soft wax on large areas of skin and leave hard wax on the most sensitive areas of the body. While this is a great place to start, it’s not a foolproof way to avoid unnecessary pain. First, you should always read wax ingredients and other recommendations on product labels. Some soft wax formulations allow for more types of skin, while hard waxes, although not sticky to the skin, can still be painful.
Pain is common if the hair follicles are not fully opened when the wax is pulled. While hot waxes will melt at temperatures human skin can tolerate, some people may be more sensitive to their heat, which can add to their discomfort once the beautician starts tearing off the wax, making the removal process more painful than it should be. In all cases, you should apply the wax in the direction of hair growth and pull it in the opposite direction. However, your technique should vary depending on the area you are waxing. Here’s how to ease the pain of waxing:
- Arms, legs, and back: Large areas of skin are easiest to deal with but don’t get too ambitious or you could do more harm than good. The skin in these areas is thicker and more resistant to pain, but you still need to time it and make sure you remove the wax before it hardens on the skin. You can lay down longer layers of wax in less time, just make sure to process one layer at a time. When waxing a client’s legs, it is recommended to start waxing from the ankle and work up so that the person has time to adjust to the waxing process.
- Bikini waxes: A number of factors make bikini and Brazilian waxes challenging. Hair is coarser relative to other parts of the body and is more difficult to manipulate when working on these areas. When epilating private parts, it is best to apply a small amount, which can improve precision and reduce pain when tearing off. Estheticians typically divide the process into sections based on how much they want to wax. At this point, if your client is in extreme pain, you can jump from section to section. This area is also more sensitive to heat, so you should also let the wax cool longer before applying it to the skin.
- Armpits: Armpits are also very sensitive, but you can easily cover this area with a few coats of wax. They finish quickly and you won’t have your client ripping them out endlessly, so it’s best to rip off the wax quickly and let the wax post-processing do the rest.
- Facial Waxes: They are also one of the fastest wax treatments, as the hair growing on the face is thinner. They still require a lot of precision, so you need to know how to use hard wax to avoid unnecessary pulling. Detangled hairs can easily get caught, and tweezers are ideal if you don’t want to add a second coat of wax to such a sensitive area.
3. General rules for beginners
Along the way, there are other steps you can take that will ultimately make the removal process less painful. These recommendations are nothing new to certified estheticians and regular clients but are still worth mentioning when discussing ways to ensure a pleasant waxing experience.
- Before waxing, the skin must be cleansed of sweat and residue, otherwise, the pores will not be able to properly absorb the wax. That’s why a pre-wax exfoliation session is so important.
- Clients can use a pain relief cream before a bikini wax. Advil or ibuprofen can also be taken 30 minutes before training if you have a low pain tolerance.
- If your location allows, you can listen to music or read a book to distract yourself during treatment. Deep breathing exercises and meditation techniques are also great ways to manage tension before waxing.
- Soothing lotions and cold compresses are a godsend when it comes to pampering your skin after epilation. The antioxidant formula is also essential to prevent infection while the pores are healing.
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