Waxing after birth..how long did you wait?

[Lanzy]

I’m 6 weeks post partum and I know you’d think why the heck would I want to get waxed.
truth be told it’s not due to sex as still scared to do that but I feel fresher and less irritated when I am waxed there. Lately I feel more sweaty :( I therefore wondered when did everyone else decide to go back to waxing / hollywood or bikini!

i had second degree tear so had stitches- unsure if healed but would it be safe to have wax now as 6 weeks / hollywood or something similar?

OP, dissolvable stitches are still stitches.....they are still holding your skin together from a painful wound.

It's OP's body and she likes to get waxed so comments about going au natural aren't really helpful to her.

Ask your waxing lady, I'm sure this is something she has been asked before. I reckon you probably will have to wait a bit longer, in which case, a decent trimmer might be a good middle ground.

I'm not a medical professional but I'd say with certainty that six weeks after a tear, even if the area looks semi-ok, there is still healing going on. Putting hot wax onto it then aggressively ripping it off, stretching the skin is not advisable. If you're not ready to have sex I don't think you're ready to have a wax either.

I went back about three months post birth and my waxer actually asked me if I'd teared. She said you're supposed to wait 6 months if you have but she checked mine and was confident that it was fine so went ahead with it. Why don't you go and just get a tidy up on top? Leave the bit along your labia?

That would be a nope from me.

You aren't confident enough to have sex yes but are thinking about afflicting some quite serious trauma to the area.

Why don't you just trim for now.

Just as an aside, I have really sensitive skin and when I did wax all, I would always bruise. Not the fault of the waxer, it happened with different waxers. And I was about 10 years pp.
So it does infect trauma to the area.

I trim mine. I'm a fully grown woman, not a newborn baby, being hairless is a bit infantalising and porn culture. Does he wax his genitals too?

I'd wait at least 3 months. Scar tissue needs time to "set".

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I sweat more down there when I'm waxed, especially at night.

Ok, thanks for some helpful comments to others. I have OCD and body issues. Me getting waxed has always been to make myself feel clean and better. When I am not waxed I sweat more and prone to infections right now I feel uncomfortable there; If bikini wax it wouldn’t go near the tear? But this is first time..I generally did want to just know when people resumed because I don’t want to do damage!
6 months seems average on thread so will wait it out till then

Seriously after a tear you need to be very careful. My stiches kept reopening and the least time they bled was 10 weeks after baby.

I think you’d be mad to wax now. When can you? I’m not sure, depends how the area is healing but I’d wait 12 weeks I think.

The irritation is from stubble, if it’s driving you mad maybe shave? But as the hair gets longer it will become less irritating.

Op take it easy and be gentle to your body, 6 weeks is a very short time.

6 months seems average on thread so will wait it out till then

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6 months?!?!

I'm not recommending this, but my first baby came nearly 4 weeks early. So I had a waxing appointment already booked in ahead of her due date. I was desperate to get waxed, and so kept it - she was less than 2 weeks old, and yes, I'd had some tears.

I was a little anxious - just because it felt so soon since I'd been in that similar-ish position pushing a baby out!

It was fine though & I was delighted to get it done. I really like being waxed.

As I say, I'm not recommending it, and I haven't read all the posts - it was fine for me & 6 months seems excessive.

It really isn’t. But you do you. OP likes to wax.

Invite DH to just see if it still fits.

Then you'll know why not to wax yet.

What’s DH?

i’m still dreading sex if that’s it? But now made decision to leave wax lol

You don't sweat any more if you are not waxed. If anything, the other way round.

Very uncomfortable comment