Why is our waxing almost pain-free?

Almost pain-free waxing

Search any media for a waxing demonstration, and one is horrified at the graphic examples of ripping, tearing, pulling, bleeding, and screaming video clips of people being waxed. No wonder more than a few first time clients are petrified of being waxed and have bleak faces when entering the studio.

Pain-free waxing boils down to four things:

1.Last hair removal method

2.Length of hair

3.Wax formula and technique used in studio

4.Experience of therapist doing the wax

Last hair removal method before your first wax:

Shaving cuts hair off at the skin surface for a smooth feeling. However, it is a very short lived silkiness as most clients report that shaving is necessary every day. Regular shaving causes hair to thicken and to re-appear hard and black. The first wax after a shave can be done 2 weeks after the last shave. 

Because the hair is course the first wax will feel more uncomfortable than what it will with future waxes.  The wax will pull roots and hair follicles out and the results are well worth the first wax as hair takes a while to grow back, after a first wax hair will return in about 2 weeks time after a brazilian wax for example.

To prepare best for your first wax, if you are a shaving client, rather remove the hair with a hair removal cream and wait 2 weeks, the hair from a removal cream tends to grow out softer than with a shave.

Length of hair:

The longer the hair are, the more painful your waxing experience. We recommend waxing every 3-4 weeks as hair just returned after the last wax and are still short and actively growing.  Long hair causes unnecessary pulling which causes pain.  If a hair is short the wax can just grip onto the hair and pull only the hair and root.

Wax and technique used in studio:

The wax used at Fast and Furious Waxing Specialists is hand mixed by the owner to ensure a perfect working consistency, which dries very quickly and doesn’t cause unnecessary heat on the skin.  A thin barrier of powder is used on the skin before wax is applied to ensure that wax does not cling to skin and that no skin is pulled in the process. The wax encapsulates every hair and pulls it directly from the skin in one clean motion.  No hair can be broken off with this wax which leaves clients hair free for a long period of time.

Experience of the therapist doing the wax:

Even with the best wax formula and a perfectly prepared skin one will experience a painful wax if the therapist performing the treatment is not experienced.  Every client is an individual and should be treated as such, and at Fast and Furious Waxing Specialists, we pride ourselves in the fact that we have years and years of experience behind us.