Waxing

If you do it now, you probably won't have enough growth to do it again before the wedding, except for maybe your underarms.

I love waxing, especially my underarms. It's the bomb.com. If you decide to go forward ask them to use hard wax for your underarms and brazilian and sensitive wax for your legs. I highly recommend going to somewhere the deals solely in waxing, like European Wax Center.

The skin on your face is pretty different compared to the skin on the rest of your body. I'd suggest going to someone who is willing to try very small areas at a time before you go all out. I also wouldn't do this two weeks before your wedding just in case you have some sort of reaction.

Three weeks isn’t enough time to get waxed and then do it again before the wedding, and I wouldn’t want to chance a skin reaction so close to the wedding.

I would go for it, maybe try bikini first. You’ll have some growth but it’ll be way better than not doing it at all! Plus no one sees that area except for your future hubby. Even with a little irritation, you’ll be fine by wedding. I like Brazil’s or European wax center. Very clean and professional!

Okay, so ive been getting waxed for 4-5 years now, so i feel like i have some experience here lol. If your skin came off that means your got a bad esthetician!!! I have probably the most sensitive skin out there and thats never happened to me!

I would go somewhere with really really good reviews and call and speak with them first. I get a Brazilian every month and my growth is enough at 1 month to go again. So if you going to get one i would go a day or two before the wedding (thats when i did mine) however you do run some risks having never gotten one before, which the salon should explain to you. I think if you explain your very sensitive and its your first time they should take care of you!

Advice: Take 2 ibuprofen before you go and wear loose undies and pants! good luck!

I got laser hair removal because I wasn’t going to get waxed one more time I hate it so much. But obviously there’s no time for that. I don’t think it’ll grow back that fast but make sure it’s a little long when you go in so they can grip the hair.

View Quoted Comment

^this. I do my face regularly and am going to add some other areas several months before the wedding to see how my skin reacts and not have a virgin wax right before. I'd be very nervous to try waxing a new area so close to the wedding.

View Quoted Comment

Great advice, thanks for sharing!!

I don't recommend you try it for the first time ever right before your wedding. Your face is definitely different from the rest of your body, and your first experience suggests that the wax was too hot and your aesthetician wasn't skilled.

I recommend the European Wax Center as well, I've been to several of their locations and their service is consistently good (all they do is waxing so all their employees are properly trained in).

I have sensitive skin as well and the only way I can get rid of extra hair is waxing. Shaving and creams freak my skin out. Here's something I learned early on with waxing especially for sensitive areas: after the wax, go home and ice it! Literally put some ice in some cotton balls and ice your skin. For me this prevents any red bumps or irritation and usually I do this on my eyebrows/face waxing specifically. It's a lifesaver and no one has negative reactions to ice! Of course don't freeze your skin off

If the skin came off, it means she did a bad job! I have sensitive skin too, I’ve been going to the same woman to get my eyebrows done since I was 13 and only had skin off ONCE and it was because I was on a prescription strength acne medication that made my skin abnormally sensitive, and it was my fault for not telling her that because she would’ve used a gentler wax.

I doubt you would have the same reaction with your legs, especially if you go to a different place. Typically after waxing my legs it is red and sensitive for 24 hours, then after that it looks GREAT for a week, alright the second week, can get away with the third week, and by the fourth week it’s definitely time to go again lol. So I usually go to the salon once a month and do touch ups myself at home in between visits.

You may be able to get away with waxing now and then going again before the wedding, but it all depends on how quickly your hair grows, and you’d have to go like within the next day or two, or else it would definitely be too late to have it done twice.

If you want to just go 1 time before the wedding, I’d go at least 3 before, just in case your skin gets red from it. In terms of ripping off skin, I really do not think that’ll happen on your legs, and on the off chance you have a bad reaction, you’ll know after the first patch so you can just stop. Maybe you could get some at-home wax, just test it on one spot, see how your skin reacts, and if it’s ok then go get it done.

As for bikini, if you have sensitive skin especially, you may be in a ton of pain. Maybe don’t do this your first time lol, stick with legs for now. If you’re set on bikini, I would at least say don’t do Brazilian right away. You have to ease into it and see how you react before you get into the really sensitive, painful places lol.

Good luck!

At least 3 days** before the wedding, left out a word there lkl

I wouldn’t recommend doing it this weekend only three weeks out because it may not grow out enough in time to do it again for the wedding, like you said. I would reccomend doing it like 4 days before the wedding. Have them start just with the armpits and see how you react. If all goes well, proceed with the rest. But if it doesn’t turn out well, it’s just your armpits. Doing it a few days before will also allow any redness and irritation to clear up before the wedding.

Its definitely not enough time to start waxing. Hair growns in cycles so yoy will have lots of stragglers. Waxing needs to be started 3 or 4 months before and event

I would not wait until the week before. Another option is sugar waxing. It’s a natural method, it isn’t hot wax & they pull in the direction the hair is growing as opposed to the grain so it’s less painful. Even for my first time, the hair didn’t grow back in a week’s time (of course everyone is different)...I would also suggest maybe starting off w/ one strip as a tester maybe on the side of the bikini line. As far as your experience, it honestly sounds like it was just a bad wax job.

I used to be the business administrator for a skincare website and spa. If you DO wax, do it no sooner than 14 days before since you’ve never done it. It shouldn’t be too much regrow this by the wedding. You could have some serious irritation and inflammation and if you do it a few days before, it won’t be good.

Make sure you you go to a good salon with a good reputation. Discuss sterilazation with them. If you book and you see only one stick for them to use, run. In the err of caution, one stick one dip.

Make sure they use a hard wax. It’s gentler. Or sugar wax if they have it. Make sure the hair isn’t super short, but be sure to trim in on the lowet to second lowest setting of your trimmer. They need to grab something but too much causes damage.

Exfoliate the day before and I’d recommend very gently washing (no rubbing a washcloth) with dial for a few days afterward.



But book soon!

I would be hesitant to get waxed again if you had a bad reaction. I know everyone is saying the person just did a bad job, but I think some people’s skin really just can’t handle waxing.

if you do go, I would wait and go maybe a week to 10 days before the wedding. If you go now, you won’t be able to go again before the wedding but will have some hair growth. A week is plenty of time for irritation to go away and you’ll still be smooth for your wedding and honeymoon. In my experience, hair doesn’t grow back faster after the first time, there’s just more irritation when you first start because your hair is thicker.

After your wax, use aloe! And after a couple days start exfoliating the area regularly to help prevent ingrowns.

All that being said, I love getting Brazilians. It’s awesome being so smooth down there without worrying about it! It’s 1000x better than shaving