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To ask what to expect from a Hollywood wax

182 replies

aibutohavethisusername · 26/02/2019 23:11

Booked for tomorrow & now I’m worried.

OP posts:
JenniferJareau · 27/02/2019 16:47

For goodness sake, these threads always go the same way. If you see a thread title which is clearly asking ‘what to expect from a wax’ and you’ve never had one and are against other women getting it done, why even open the thread?

How else would they express their bewilderment at women who wax 'wanting to look like a pre pubescent child'? Or point out that anyone who has a wax like this is thick as they 'clearly can't see they've been brainwashed by men'.

JacquesHammer · 27/02/2019 17:18

How else would they express their bewilderment at women who wax 'wanting to look like a pre pubescent child'? Or point out that anyone who has a wax like this is thick as they 'clearly can't see they've been brainwashed by men'

And of course the utter treat of having a bloke mansplain waxing to us. We’re so lucky.

LyingWitchInTheWardrobe2726 · 27/02/2019 17:28

I saw that! I cringed for him. Grin

StarlightLady · 27/02/2019 19:44

I remain bewildered when someone asks a straight question as to what to expect and women start lecturing others as to why they should not remove their hair. This was not the question being asked. Neither was the OP asking for a lecture. If I am permitted to my I address a few points without being shot down?

Looking like a pre pubescent child
My labia does not resemble that of a child in any form. If this makes us pre-pubescent, so does underarm and leg hair removal. And men shaving their face. Neither do my hips at 40 something years or my breasts look like a child. To suggest otherwise is offensive.

Sensitivity
I am amazed that some people, who have chosen not to ever remove their hair are arguing that it can't make any difference to sensitivity. If you have hair growing round your clitoris and your lips, it is bound to block some contact with your partners tongue and his or her mouth lips. Hence less sensitivity during cunnilingus.

Only do it for men
Really, that does not explain why single women remove their hair. I once had a partner asking me to grow mine an that was a firm no! Additionally some lesbian women remove their hair too, are they doing it for men? Don't think so.

Other benefits
Include, less sweaty in the summer, no stray pubes poking out of swimwear or knickers (OK, call that vanity if you like, but my sister was really teased at school for pubes sticking out of her swimmies), no menstrual blood or pee getting on your hair.

It might of been more helpful to explain to the OP that unlike shaving, you have to wait for some grow back with waxing, although it is softer, you have that in between stage. Where as with shaving it can become part of your daily shower routine. That is why i have swapped from shaving to waxing several times over the years.

If hair removal is not for all reading this, that's fine. But don't criticise those of us who do. And don't pretend it is a huge feminist issue. We all look the same with our knickers on.

Femodene · 27/02/2019 23:59

OP I swim too, I’m not there to have my body assessed by random members of the general public, if they can’t cope with seeing stubbly leg hair and fat tummy that’s really sad for them, they need to reassess what they’re doing with their lives, if they notice my pubes through my swimming gear they have issues that they’d need help with. If you want to have all of/any of your genital hair ripped out by the roots that’s up to you, no big deal, it absolutely do not do it to try to make your body more visually appealing to weirdos who would notice that sort of thing.

sagradafamiliar · 28/02/2019 00:05

If you want to have all of/any of your genital hair ripped out by the roots that’s up to you, no big deal

Well this just about covers it, doesn't it. She can do her and you do you.

RockyFlintstone · 28/02/2019 00:20

I am crying at 'portly and fleshy minge' from the beginning of the thread! 😂

I couldn't think of a single thing worse than getting all my pubes waxed off, and someone staring at my arse hole as they rip the hair out of it, eeeeeek! The things people will do for fashion!

needthisthread · 28/02/2019 00:26

I always wonder what kind of sex people are having when they say that removing the pubic hair makes it so much better Confused

sagradafamiliar · 28/02/2019 00:27

You always wonder? Really? Do you actually though?

LookAtThatCritter · 28/02/2019 00:28

The funniest bit after they wax your bum hole is your farts are 10x louder until the hair grows back

needthisthread · 28/02/2019 00:30

You always wonder? Really? Do you actually though?

Not literally Always

Surely it is obvious i meant always as in always when I read these threads I wonder.

sagradafamiliar · 28/02/2019 00:36

That's what I meant. I didn't mean to imply you spend all your time thinking about other women's sexual sensations/experiences.
I find it an odd and frankly untrue thing to 'wonder' and I wonder if it's not just a passive aggressive dig to claim to 'wonder' about other people's sex lives based on the presence or absence of pubic hair.

needthisthread · 28/02/2019 00:39

WTF Confused

People comment their sex lives are great after removing public hair. I wonder what kind of sex they are having for simple hair removal to make such a difference. Like A fleeting 'oh how does that make such a difference' thought and You think I'm lying and being passive aggressive?

Are you even ok?

RockyFlintstone · 28/02/2019 00:40

The funniest bit after they wax your bum hole is your farts are 10x louder until the hair grows back

I had chemo a few years ago and nearly all your pubes and arse hairs fall out as well as your head hair, and I totally noticed this! However, due to the constipation I developed piles as well, and I attributed the loud farts to that, it didn't occur to me that it could be my hairless bum hole.

sagradafamiliar · 28/02/2019 00:45

No, need, are you ok? 'What sort of sex must they be having for that to make such a difference' is sneery and you know it or you wouldn't have said it.
Read what people actually said anyway. They said it increased sensitivity- as you'd imagine. And they like it. Not much to 'wonder' about really is there?
Wtf indeed.

WiddlinDiddlin · 28/02/2019 00:46

I prefer everything waxed off.. I generally can't be arsed these days as I no longer live two doors down from my therapist... but I do think it feels nicer... for me!

If you don't agree, fine, if you don't want to try it and have never tried it, fine..

But if you have never tried it, please do not tell ME that I've done it for fashion or to look like a child for my man or any other ignorant bollocks.

I've done it for me... I feel cleaner, I feel more comfortable, I get more pleasure out of sex without pubes pulling and tugging and getting in the way... I LIKE IT.

If you haven't tried it, you don't know if you'd like it or not, but don't tell me I can't prefer it for myself, I bloody well can, and do.

thenightsky · 28/02/2019 00:54

I had it done once and it made my wee go sideways until the hair grew back Confused

teenybean · 28/02/2019 00:58

I really want a Hollywood, but after 3 kids, I'm worried that I might possibly wee when getting waxed, please tell me if this has happened to anyone, or is it likely to happen? I've had enough of shaving!

WiddlinDiddlin · 28/02/2019 01:04

@teenybean

That is highly unlikely (I can pee for any reason, sneeze -pee, cough - pee, move funny -pee.. never done it whilst being waxed!).

Get the hot wax, not strip wax, its far kinder on your skin and less painful, also in my experience the therapists using only hot wax are far more experienced and have 'seen it all' :)

IncrediblySadToo · 28/02/2019 01:05

needthisthread (unusual user name 🤣). For me it’s better because I can feel our bodies touching much more without any hair acting as a cushion inbetween, oral is better because there’s sensitivity over a greater area. It makes more difference than you’d think.

IncrediblySadToo · 28/02/2019 01:08

Well said Widdlin!!

I’m fed up with the sneery bunch every sodding time. Wax, don’t wax, I don’t care...but don’t tell me what it feels like for ME or why I do it. Ffs.

needthisthread · 28/02/2019 08:09

needthisthread (unusual user name 🤣)

It wasn't a name change for this thread or anything, it's just my user name. Not sure why you think it's particularly unusual.

What sort of sex must they be having for that to make such a difference' is sneery and you know it or you wouldn't have said it.

I wasn't being 'sneery' it was a very minor thought in something that doesn't matter very much. I don't give a shit if people have hair or not, but yes, I do wonder when people say hair/no hair makes a difference to sex. I have never really noticed any.

JenniferJareau · 28/02/2019 08:10

I couldn't think of a single thing worse than getting all my pubes waxed off, and someone staring at my arse hole as they rip the hair out of it, eeeeeek! The things people will do for fashion!

Fashion? Has Vogue now got a 'bumhole of the week' section to show that latest bumhole fashion? 😂😂😂

RockyFlintstone · 28/02/2019 08:19

Of course it's fashion, people weren't getting it done in large numbers a few years ago were they? And maybe it's just coincidence that the huge rise in Hollywood waxes coincides exactly with when women started appearing without pubes in porn, but there does seem to be a link there. I'm not saying that everyone is getting their pubes off to look like porn stars, but sometimes I think the whole 'I have made this decision totally independent of any outside factors whatsoever' is a bit disingenous tbh.

Same as anal bleaching . Again you don't see bleached arse holes in Vogue, but people are still doing it for a 'clean look' aren't they?

JacquesHammer · 28/02/2019 08:25

I think the whole 'I have made this decision totally independent of any outside factors whatsoever' is a bit disingenous tbh

In 2014 I lost virtually all body hair after illness, including 75% of my head hair, and my pubic hair.

I’m in the rare position of being able to come at this scenario from never choosing to practice hair removal and being to weigh up whether I prefer it.