Brazilian Waxing: One Brave Woman Lets It Rip

For years, I've heard horror stories of the Brazilian bikini wax. Getting down on all fours, raising a leg like a dog peeing on a tree, spreading my butt cheeks to allow a complete stranger to apply hot wax in the most private crevices of my body...these didn't seem like things I needed to rush out and experience (at least not in public). Friends of mine--amazing women with high pain tolerances who'd squeezed ten pound babies out of a ten centimeter hole--told me they'd cried from the pain of a Brazilian. What was I doing?

Read the whole story here.

Comments

[Toonadude]

Well I guess some of those "women" gymnasts from China don't need to concern themselves on this issue just yet. Oops.....didn't mean to get you pro-waxers excited.

[lioness39]

Hairy subject. Isn't that Giselle?

[johnnygoodwud]

this has been a fun post, especially the comments. as i stated in an early post, i've never been into the ' 10 yr. old look'. ala natural for me. dating a woman 17 yrs. younger than myself, she has taught me about 'proper grooming' in my lower region. however a brazilian would never work for me. i'd get way to many gaydar looks at the health club. i like it more like a putting green.

[gevan]

The greatest error in the article is the assumption that what isn't "as bad as I thought" to the author would neccessarily apply to all others. Different people have differing physiologies. Nerves may be arranged in a slightly altered way and individual pain tolerances vary all over the chart. It is amusing to see that the only choices are total baldness, landing strip, or triangle. No pentacles or heart shapes?

[klmebane]

its really hard to make a pentacle with wax, but i've seen an attempt at a heart... if you want to sit there longer and let the beautician tweeze each individual hair to make that shape go right ahead. i've had a brazilian wax, on a number of occasions, and i agree pain is in the eye of the beholder. i have noticed, at least for myself, that with waxing in general it hurts more the first time you do it because the root of the hair is strong, but if you keep up with it and don't let the hair grow back too strongly its not that bad the successive times around. also there are numbing creams you can use to make the experience more comfortable.

[dadux]

A woman should look like a woman. Not a little girl.

[Wilbur]

Bingo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wilbur

[lyingtruth]

I agree, I love to look at my wife in a bikini...it looks like she has a baseball cap on an afro!

[fleaba]

So, I just want to know why no one has brought up why men don't get Brazilians.
Just curious.

[Agent420]

Babies.

[writerforhire]

Very intersting. Going where no man has gone before for a waxing lesson. The answer we never got was did the hot dripping wax feel good? I mean, prior to the rip?

[richardgordon]

Too much information!

[MTGradwell]

Yes, way too much information. There was an instrumental by Genesis, the rock group, that was called "The Brazilian". A really great tune, I thought, but I never knew what it was about. Sometimes it's better to remain in ignorance ;-)

[cruisepuppy7452a]

I have a thoery on this, those women who get thier jollies ripping the hair, flesh off women and men? They had to be the ones who were left at the alter, left at the door before prom night. Have you seen the look on the faces of the men who come out of those places? I mean come on, pure shock. Not in a good way. Much like men and women who get botox on thier rears. Its one thing to have a face in constant state of shock, but your rear isn't meant to look like that! Step away from the wax and needles, there is rehab for that. As for the tattoed make up? As you age, you look like a monkey who got left out in the rain.....NOT GOOD! This Italian woman would rather risk a bad hair day, using a daisy, and letting the look of shock and awe come from a romp with my man. The rest of you? Ahem, I worry about you all.

[DevilAdvocate]

what's wrong with the razer? Doesn't it still work? Because the wax seems to do the same thing...

[klmebane]

with a razor you have to shave every couple of days, with waxing it lasts for 6 weeks or more, depending on the person. what an individual prefers to do to remove hair is up to them.

[Veronica]

Um, no. The last women I went to for bikini wax (I do it myself now) looked like a prom queen. The one before that was pretty too, and both perfectly nice people.

So don't worry about how other women remove hair from their vaginas. And you could also consider getting over yourself.

[Toonadude]

Waxing / shaving it all off went mainstream with the widespread access to internet porn. I think the challenge for many young parents (mothers and fathers) will come when their own daughters want to start waxing and they begin to ask what other aspects of porn are influencing their innocent little girl's world.

[RedSt8r]

Yeah - that would be the least worrisome question that Mr. Spears would have to contemplate.

btw - great Brazilian Britney!!!

[AdventureLass]

Good lord, it's just a little wax. It doesn't hurt nearly as much as the author whines it does. And it lasts much longer than shaving.

[Bright Creature]

Some people react differently to waxing than others. For some it's very very painful.

off topic a bit.. "body sugaring" is an alternative to waxing that many swear to. They simply use sugar (and other minor ingredients) rather than waxing. It supposed to be a gentler process. Anyway.. just thought i'd share. if the author sees this she might want to look into it.

[RedSt8r]

You are my favorite superhero.

[lefty74]

I've tried different types of Brazilian waxes and I would advise anyone who is willing to try it to research the type of wax the place uses. One poster on the dc blog mentioned that there wasn't cloth strips used. This method (of not using cloth strips) is when hard wax is used. This is unnecessarily painful and harder on the skin. Soft wax is much better - they use cloth strips, it is less painful, and much easier on the skin. I also discovered less ingrown hairs with the soft wax. If you live in either NY or Miami, I highly recommend J Sisters. It is a group of Brazilian sisters who started this business. They are professional, quick, and the results MUCH better than some of the other places I've been. The experience the woman in the article had sounds very similar. Avoid the hard wax if you can!!!!

[jsump]

If getting a Brazilian is what it takes for you to feel good about yourself, go for it. However, as a guy who enjoys inspecting the neighborhood, the houses I like best have grass around them. Of course, there is no reason for the yard not to be well maintained.

[DevilAdvocate]

LOL, that's funny... I think men in general, like a little, but just very short, keep it nice and neat, remove around the area and it's all good, I come back the the european women... it's there for a reason! LOL

[auramac]

Seriously, I totally agree. Well-maintained, nicely trimmed, but I'm gonna want to seed any bald spots. Actually, I don't understand why women, men, porn stars or fans think looking like a pre-teen girl is sexy. What's next- diapers with your Brazilians? How about some Johnson & Johnsons? Does Chris Hansen know about this?

[Yurdelite]

That's really funny! Favorite indeed...

[Deparis]

You caught me off guard! LOL...

[Erdgeist]

Maybe this can replace water-boarding?

[fleaba]

Dunno, let's ask Christopher Hitchens.

[manitoumackinac]

Hey, check online, Hitchens tries all forms of torture, he in fact back in October did undergo a Brazilian wax and described it as being akin to "a sandpaper handjob".

I give him a lot of credit for undergoing such horrific things in order for people like me to avoid them at all costs!

[c1ee]

Haha thanks for the laughs

[marymansour]

This is far more information than I ever wanted.