How embarrassing and painful is a bikini wax?

[snowkitten]

We are going away to stay with friends in Madrid during the Summer and I anticipate us spending a fair bit of time round the pool with the children. I want not to have to worry about my bikini line but am sick to death of shaving. Does a bikini wax hurt? I have heard it does! Also, I imagine it is pretty embarrassing as the waxers aren't medical professionals are they? Just beauty therapists/salon girls etc. What do you actually have to do?

Bikini wax is fine, underarms is what hurts! (but feels soooo nice afterwards!)

Repeated waxing defo reduces the regrowth, I get the lower half of my legs done & am pretty much bald on most of them now

Off to google tendskin & laser hair removal now

Just a note of caution.

I am a veteran leg waxer and last time I went was talked into getting my underarms done for the first time too.

Disaster.

Bright red, sore skin for the best part of a week. Very sore and unsightly. Will go back to hairy pits and the occasional shave on high days and holidays.

If I had just been going on holiday I would have been gutted.

Snowkitten, if you look up the ingredients you may well find a reference to 'uncoated' aspirins - think mostly on us websites. I assumed that's what we call soluble aspirins here: it's a term that seemed to flummox some american posters. Apparently v diff to find uncoated ones over there because they fear they can damage stomach lining. Love the way the shelves heave with them over here!

FriskyVivalves - ha ha!!! Those Americans sure are cautious!

Re - tendskin recipe - yes, it's soluble asprin that you need.

Also required is "rubbing alcohol". Boots and Superdrug had no idea what I was on about when I asked for it, but my friendly local independent pharmacist did.

Good luck to all those budding mad scientists, brewing away in their bathrooms across the nation! I was really sceptical about this but it really works for me.

Another vote for lasering here!