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What To Do Before A Waxing - Prepare Your Skin
All of us want an answer to this question, what to do before a waxing, now in the summertime. It is kind of uncomfortable being on the beach with red, itchy, and bumpy skin.
Waxing sounds intimidating, but if done properly it will be your life saver, no more shaving every two days (or even more often) and razor cuts.
In the text below I will answer what to do before waxing by delivering steps you should follow nevertheless you are doing it at home or going to a professional. There will be an additional step on how to do it yourself at home.
These steps are:
1. Take safety measures
2. Let your hair grow to the recommended length.
4. Make sure that your skin is clean
Before scheduling an appointment with a professional or deciding when to do it yourself, you should plan because some of these steps need to be done days or even weeks before the appointment.
Also, there is a great psychology tip: Do it in the morning, so you don’t have a lot of time to think about it and imagine how painful it is going to be.
Now when you know what to do before waxing, let me tell you more about every one of these steps:
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1. TAKE SAFETY MEASURES
This question of what to do before a waxing may help you to avoid some complications.
-Before waxing, you should do an allergy patch test because wax can contain chemicals that you may be allergic to and you are going to have an allergic reaction.
-I recommend scheduling an appointment with a professional if it is your first time.
-Examine your skin for inflammation, sunburns, or pimples. Before your visit, take care of any sunburns or rashes to prevent skin tears during waxing. Additionally, check for any scratches or bruises because even little shaving wounds might irritate after waxing. Avoid having that region waxed if you frequently acquire acne there. Areas, where hormonal outbreaks occur, tend to be difficult to wax.
– Cover any lesions or moles. An appointment for waxing might cause moles, skin tags, or blemishes to rip off (which can increase the likelihood of cancer). Remember to inform your esthetician before the appointment, and cover them with a bandage.
2. What to do before a waxing?- Let your hair grow
Your hair should not be too long or too short. Ideal legth is ¼ in or 0.5mm. If your hair is too long waxing is going to be uncomfortable by taking too long (because then you or a professional will have to repeat waxing on some areas), and if your hair is too short waxing will be patchy because the wax is not going to be able to stick to hair and some of the follicles will not be removed.
This does not apply to your facial hair.
How often waxing should be done
The answer to this question is in the length of your hair. To grow your hair to recommended length for most people usually takes 2-3 weeks. Moreover, additional factors determine how often waxing should be done.
Try to avoid waxing when your skin is sensitive. Waxing is not a pleasant experience on sensitive skin.
A week following your period, when your pain tolerance is maximum, is the ideal time to wax. Do not make an appointment when you are on your period. [1] Additionally, avoid scheduling a meeting the day before or the day after a day when you want to spend a lot of time outside. Skin that has just undergone waxing will hurt if you get a sunburn.
Avoid waxing for the first time right before a particular event. Resist making an appointment the day before a big occasion, trip, or picture session. Waxing causes diverse reactions in the skin, particularly the first time. It’s possible for your skin to get irritated, bruised, or red. To learn what to expect, try waxing for the first time a few weeks before a significant occasion.
3. Exfoliate
The second step that is going to help your skin prepare for waxing is exfoliation.
It is a good thing that you are asking questions about what to do before a waxing because if you miss this step or do it at the wrong time you may have some skin problems after, like itching and redness.
Do not exfoliate on the day of your appointment, or wax at home. Do it a day or two before waxing. When exfoliating you need to be gentle, don’t scrub too hard.
Here are some scrubs that I have tried, and they are amazing:
OUAI St. Bart’s Scalp and Body Scrub, Deep-Cleansing Sugar Scrub for Hair and Skin
pureSCRUBS Premium Organic Body Scrub Set
4. What to do before a waxing?- Make sure that your skin is clean
The second step that is going to help your skin prepare for waxing is exfoliation.
It is a good thing that you are asking questions about what to do before a waxing because if you miss this step or do it at the wrong time you may have some skin problems after, like itching and redness.
Do not exfoliate on the day of your appointment, or wax at home. Do it a day or two before waxing. When exfoliating you need to be gentle, don’t scrub too hard.
Here are some scrubs that I have tried, and they are amazing:
And now an additional step if you are doing it yourself at home:
• You have to prepare the wax
This means that you have to choose a method to remove unwanted hair. You can choose from:
Hard waxing: this is a method without any strips and clothes. It is pretty much straightforward. You apply melted and cooled wax beans on your skin, and when the wax hardens you pull it off. This is a great method for sensitive skin and fine hair. You can find kits for this method on Amazon:
- Hot waxing: heated wax is applied to the skin. If you decide to do this method be careful and test the wax first, so you don’t burn yourself. It should be applied against hair growth to avoid painful injuries.
- Cold waxing: wax is already applied between strips. Simply rub it between your hands and your body temperature will be enough to separate those strips. This method has one disadvantage. It tends to coat hair unevenly so the final result looks patchy. Try not to use it over and over again because it will irritate your skin.
- Sugaring wax: this method of waxing I would leave to the professional. And there is one simple reason for that. This method can be very annoying and messy (I am talking from my own experience), it takes a lot of time if you are not skilled, and even if it is made of natural ingredients (lemon, sugar, and honey ) it can irritate your skin if applied over and over.
After learning what to do before a waxing you are ready to book your appointment or do it yourself. You should not be scared of waxing, because with proper care before and after it should be successful. I hope that this post helped you and that you will give waxing a chance.