Most common questions used to investigate
Do you have sensitive skin?
Do you want the facial hair to thin over time?
Do you shave or tweeze your facial hair?
Are you worried about infections?
Do you want to try waxing at home?
Do you take medications for health conditions?
Common conclusions
Waxing causes redness that lasts anywhere from about a few minutes to about 12 hours. In general, this redness will go away by itself and you don't have to do anything much. However, if you have sensitive skin, it can last for a longer time or it may even cause more redness/acne for you. So, before you wax your face, consider doing a sensitivity test where you wax in a small part of the skin and if there are no reactions, you can continue in the rest of your face. In case, you notice any infection, stop it right away.
Many people believe that waxing will make your hair thicker and it will also induce hair growth quickly. But all these are old wives' tales. When you wax, the hair follicles are disturbed, so it doesn't have the strength to grow back quickly. Also, damaged follicles can't produce thick hair and hence, both these are myths that have no basis in science. In reality, your hair becomes thin after a few months and the growth rate will fall as well.
While shaving and tweezing can give temporary relief from facial hair, it is not a lasting solution. When you shave, you only trim your hair and over time, it will grow faster and thicker. When you tweeze, you remove the hair, but the follicles are still healthy and they will continue to produce thick hair. This is why both these options are not a lasting way to remove facial hair. Waxing, on the other hand, damages the follicles, thereby reducing the growth and thickness.
Waxing opens up the chances for infection especially if the aesthetician uses the same wax for multiple people by dipping into it. For example, if the aesthetician dips into the wax for you and uses the same application stick to dip into the wax for someone else, you or the other person can get an infection as the germs from one skin get passed to the next. To avoid this complication, ensure that double-dipping is not done.
Though DIY waxing kits are available, you're better off spending some extra money to get it done from a qualified person to avoid burned skin and scarring. Also, if you don't use the right technique, waxing can become a painful experience. Hence, schedule an appointment with an expert and get it done.
Check with your doctor as some medicines can make your skin hypersensitive, thereby increasing redness, peeling, and other infections.
You should be good to go. Still, do a patch test if you're trying waxing for the first time.
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