Beauty Myths: Fact or Fiction? 'Waxing'

Since I'll finally be putting up a waxing video next week based on what I learned during the waxing course after all the personal & technical drama, I thought I'd might start with some beauty myths about waxing.


Hair grows back thicker after waxing.

FICTION! 

Actually they might grow back thinner after a few times. With waxing you can create scarring in the hair follicle and that might diminish the numbers of hairs that grow back. Though people are very divided about that, but one thing's for sure: they don't grow back thicker.

Hairs have to be long before waxing.

Somewhere in Between!

The hairs do have to be half an inch, else the wax will have very little grip on it. But you don’t have to let the hairs grow extremely long, actually when it comes to your armpits or bikini line it will make it harder to wax due to the wax not being able to reach the skin as well.

 

You shouldn't wax over parts where you have spider/varicose veins.

FACT!

You also shouldn't wax over parts with eczema, wounds or when you have a disease like thrombosis.

After waxing hairs stay away for 4-6 weeks.

FICTION! 

For some lucky people out there it does. But for people who have a fast metabolism hairs grow back much faster. Besides that there are also different stages of hair growth, not all hairs are in the same stage. That means some new hairs were already developing before waxing and they will be appearing not too long after waxing. Personally, my own hairs never stay away longer than a week after waxing.

(BTW This is not how you should pull the waxing strip!)

Waxing hurts.

FACT!

Though it is not as horrible as you often see in movies. I wouldn’t say waxing is comfortable, but you won’t be screaming in pain. First time often hurts the most, but after a few times the pain is hardly noticeable. Just think about it, if it really hurt that bad would women keep coming back for more? I know I wouldn’t.

Waxing causes ingrown hairs

FICTION! 

A wrong after-treatment is responsible for ingrown hairs. Make sure you scrub shortly after waxing and keep scrubbing for at least a week. You can also use a special lotion to prevent ingrown hairs. If you happen to have ingrown hairs despite this, than stop scrubbing, because it will only make the infection worse. Instead use castor oil or aspirin (add a little water to it and put it on the infection). You can try to pull the hairs up again, but be sure to use disinfected materials. Then last but not least, leave them alone and give the infection time to go away.

(Hair growth fases)

Hairs won't grow back all at the same time after waxing.

FACT!

I’ve mentioned hair growth stages before and this also has to do with those stages. Hairs with a white root (at the beginning of the hair)  are in a resting stage, which means a new hair has already developed beneath it. Lots of hairs with white roots are bad news for you if you’ve waxed, because those new hairs will pop up very soon. When hairs have a black root, you’re more lucky. It means that they’re still in a growing stage and new hairs will stay away for awhile.