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Public service announcement - Do Not put Veet on your flaps

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Rockbird · 24/07/2022 13:04

Repeat. Do Not put Veet on your flaps.

Yeah you know that, and I know that. Except I didn't listen to myself. And when the inevitable burning started I decided to try to front it out for the 3 minutes. When I eventually rinsed, my flaps on fire 🔥 and the hair still there, I decided to shave instead. Biiiiiig mistake 😭

Currently looking for a bowl of ice big enough to sit my fat arse into. Learn from my mistakes people. Even when you think you know what not to do.

OP posts:
100problems · 24/07/2022 16:00

Ah Veet. You read the instructions and then think, well how bad can it be? VERY. BAD.INDEED.

but then I once applied athletes foot cream instead of Canestan

pinkfondu · 24/07/2022 16:42

This is why I pay someone to wax me, hurts like buggery still but a professional who can see properly.

Good luck ok x

madmumofteens · 24/07/2022 16:45

Or tiger balm I didn't wash my hands properly after applying to shoulder pain 😱😱😱

KangarooKenny · 24/07/2022 16:47

I used it on my arm pits for the first time when I was going to be a bridesmaid. Big mistake, I think I’m allergic to it, as I had a stinging rash on the big day and walked around holding my flowers with my elbows sticking out at the sides !

Threelittlelambs · 24/07/2022 16:54

www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/lads-review-hilarious-pubic-hair-16971861.amp

Read the reviews - 😂

NeedToKnow101 · 24/07/2022 16:56

Rockbird · 24/07/2022 13:04

Repeat. Do Not put Veet on your flaps.

Yeah you know that, and I know that. Except I didn't listen to myself. And when the inevitable burning started I decided to try to front it out for the 3 minutes. When I eventually rinsed, my flaps on fire 🔥 and the hair still there, I decided to shave instead. Biiiiiig mistake 😭

Currently looking for a bowl of ice big enough to sit my fat arse into. Learn from my mistakes people. Even when you think you know what not to do.

Done exactly the same thing!! And just before a holiday too. I concur.. don't do it!!!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥

MacKenzieMcHale · 24/07/2022 16:57

NellNorth · 24/07/2022 13:37

I did this once, years ago. I was preparing to go to a friend’s wedding, and decided to simply tidy up my pubes into a landing strip arrangement. While the veet was working, I painted my toenails. Big mistake. I had to go commando to the wedding, and everyone was asking me why I was walking like a cowboy 😳. The drunker I became, the more I replied “Burnt flaps!”

What were you wearing to the wedding that required just a landing strip of pubes?! 😁

darisdet · 24/07/2022 16:59

Ouch, and that you shaved afterwards in addition Shock

ShrillSiren22 · 24/07/2022 17:02

I’m now wondering if my minge is made of a different material to others as I always Veet the hell out of it and it’s always been fine. I do my arse crack with it too.

Luredbyapomegranate · 24/07/2022 17:08

pinklillie · 24/07/2022 15:56

Woo woo hair removal cream is amazing and doesn't burn at all. You can pop it on leave it for three minutes while you shower and then rinse it off. Hope your flaps recover soon!

@pinklillie Do you shower in the cowboy position? 😁

simbobs · 24/07/2022 17:08

That Amazon review - priceless! Thank goodness I didn't have to answer the door after reading it, with mascara streaks down my face. Never had problems with Veet, though, but only did the bits that show at the sides.

TitsInAbsentia · 24/07/2022 17:11

I contain my flaps within a kind of cling film thong which also covers my borthole cause I have to do the inner workings of my bum cheeks given I have a bum hairier than guy the gorilla Glitterball

Memyselfandfood · 24/07/2022 17:16

Nat6999 · 24/07/2022 13:53

Boots cream for bikini line sensitive skin is the only one that doesn't leave burns, better still stick to shaving

No I can attest that this one ALSO burns.

get an at home lazer. Under £60.
worth every penny to not have a burnt undercarriage.

ofwarren · 24/07/2022 17:17

100problems · 24/07/2022 16:00

Ah Veet. You read the instructions and then think, well how bad can it be? VERY. BAD.INDEED.

but then I once applied athletes foot cream instead of Canestan

Why would applying athletes foot cream instead of canisten cause an issue? It's basically the same thing, just different strengths.

ferneytorro · 24/07/2022 17:25

I have a tube that’s older than my daughter and she’s 12, I must have the hide of a rhino as have been using it on my tache all that time. Come to think of it I have used it round my nether regions as well but more towards the bum.

Ukholidaysaregreat · 24/07/2022 17:33

Hahaha! Brilliant! I vote this thread for Classics. Plus it is practically a public service announcement.

HannahSternDefoe · 24/07/2022 17:33

Amazon man and his Sprouts...I'm gone🤣🤣🤣

woodhill · 24/07/2022 17:37

Doesn't it stink though, even when rinsed off

I did bikini line but was along the sides

FictionalCharacter · 24/07/2022 17:55

Ukholidaysaregreat · 24/07/2022 17:33

Hahaha! Brilliant! I vote this thread for Classics. Plus it is practically a public service announcement.

It’s a pubic service announcement!

Redruby2020 · 24/07/2022 18:07

@Memyselfandfood Sounds good, are they safe though to use at home, I always think just because something is available to buy it doesn't mean you should. Where did you get yours.

To OP After me posting something about this part of the body a while back and wing slated for it 🤦‍♀️ Yes I have learnt to make do with using a trimmer. Or like someone said, if you like, having it all waxed by a professional, even then you have to choose carefully, some are not so good.

TheProvincialLady · 24/07/2022 18:09

I can veet my asbestos flaps every day of the week with no ill effects, but veet applied to my top lip causes chemical burns.

Rockbird · 24/07/2022 18:15

I'm not baring all for a stranger, I draw the line at that. DH will just have to forage a la Bear Grylls Grin

Currently the thought of anything else down there has me clamping my knees like a vice! I did think it was feeling a bit better but then I went for a wee. Holy shitballs 😖🤬

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pinklillie · 24/07/2022 18:26

@Luredbyapomegranate haha that would stop it coming off definitely. I don't quite trust it so adopt a sort of squatting position while I wash my hair...the hair on my head Grin

DottyLittleRainbow · 24/07/2022 18:48

My sympathies, I once put veet on my bikini line and some of it dripped down onto my labia. Felt like they were on fire for days!! 😬🔥

Haz1234 · 24/07/2022 18:49

ouch! the Veet trimmer is brilliant though