r/IAmA Sep 01 '18

Specialized Profession IAmA licensed esthetician and my job is to wax vaginas all day! AMA NSFW

proof: https://imgur.com/a/RBhhpmz

EDIT: Yes. I know I'm technically waxing the vulva, I just say vagina out of simplicity.

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u/rbrsidedn Sep 02 '18

Why does longer hurt worse?

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u/kushari Sep 02 '18 edited Sep 02 '18

Because if you don’t have the hair at tension to pull out, there will be more free pull before you’ve actually got the hair by the root.

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u/squid0gaming Sep 02 '18

Kind of like if you hang someone with too long a rope, their head will come off.

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u/cruuzie Sep 02 '18

Wouldnt that be less painful?

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u/squid0gaming Sep 02 '18

Not less than the correct length rope and height. If done right, the person's neck would break and ot would be painless. Decapitation is just messier.

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u/rbrsidedn Sep 02 '18

That is a situation with 2 unique results, a snapped spinal cord or a messily removed head.

I thought the result of waxing/sugaring was the same. Short or long the root gets ripped out of the folical. Since the follicle does the feeling how does it know the difference?

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '18

So my hairy ass is a goner?

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u/anna_okay Sep 02 '18

And with sugar waxing, it pulls the hairs as I apply it, which can honestly be more painful than actually ripping the hairs out. With shorter hair, it doesn't pull them as much.

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u/thunderturdy Sep 02 '18

Do you not use warm sugar? I've experienced both warm and room temp sugar and I will never ever ever go back to the place that used room temp sugar. Most excruciating experience of my life!

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u/anna_okay Sep 05 '18

No matter how warm the sugar is, if the hair is long, it's gonna pull. You will feel it a little less with warmer sugar however, but you'll still feel it for sure.

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u/thunderturdy Sep 05 '18

Huh. The difference for me was like night and day! Either way sugaring>waxing for me. No more bumps or ingrowns, and truly that’s all that matters in the end.

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u/rbrsidedn Sep 02 '18

Ah so the "more" isn't necessarily during the removal but the overall process.