So, I had the brilliant idea of giving myself a Brazilian Wax.
I took my wax warmer and put some wax in it, got to the temperature that it needed to melt then took a shower.
This is when my supposed brilliance took place. Which is fuck up number 1.
I took a look downwards with a mirror, then slapped a bit of wax, but then I realized I fucked up…. It was really, really painful to take off.
I was literally sweating after I took a shower, I struggled to get a piece of wax off and prayed that I don’t injure myself while ripping it off. Luckily the sweat helped!
And yes, I was cursing at myself for doing this.
After some minutes of trying to get the remaining wax off, I went to get a scissors in the bathroom to cut it off.
What did I learn?
Buy hard wax if I wanted to do a Brazilian or find a place that does a Brazilian wax.
TLDR: Don’t do a Brazilian at home. Go to a professional waxer.
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Always have someone else do it. It’s just not practical to expect yourself to hurt yourself knowingly, even in the name of smoothness.
Oh wow! This is actually very brave lmfao
I decided to do something similar once. I only put a tiny bit but that was enough. I’ll leave it to the professionals and that’s why I make sure to tip them well.
This is why I always go to a pro
Also don’t do it when you’re pregnant …. you can rip skin off 🥲 i haven’t waxed since… too scared.
Reminds me of the time I waxed a beard, despite the warning from others on Reddit. I totally regretted it.
I had this idea as well a while back ago. So like you I get my wax warmed up and get ready (as much as you can in this situation) and I start from the outside moving in. At first “ah this isn’t to bad I got this” this is where I messed up! I got way over confident because it wasn’t hurting extremely bad. So I slab a huge area with wax. And I let it dry as I pull off the strip from the other more outer edge (if you know what I mean).
So now it’s time to go back to this massive area where I know for a fact it’s going to be painful but hey I’ve dealt with it up till this point you know? How bad could it be? Bro it was BAAAAAD. I pull a little piece of wax off the area and my hands instantly started sweating sweating and I can’t get a good grip on the wax strip.
I’m panicking now because you know I have this wax in a very large very sensitive area that I can’t get off because it hurts and my body refuses to pull. So I’m like what do I do? I ask my BF at the time “hey umm can you come here and help me rip this off please?” He goes “nope not dealing with that and potentially causing you issues” fair enough I get it.
So all I could do is get in the shower with hot water and lots of oil till it melted off. Never ever ever again will I try that.
OK, so I’m old. Does everyone do it now, or just some folks? Seems like it might be a reflection of the pervasiveness of porn? But I feel really sorry for younger women who feel like they need to do this. Glad my Boos of the past didn’t mind the bush.
I got a little desperate during Covid and decided to attempt just a bikini line on myself. Aside from hurting so much more than having a pro do it, the first strip somehow gave me a giant bruise and it didn’t even take off much hair. I will never try again lol.
I regularly wax my own legs. I wanted to try a brazilian too, but it hurt too much to pull the wax off and I ended up with just a few hairless patches like “The 40 year old virgin”
Do small strips….it hurts less
Man, fuck that shit. I just couldn’t put myself through that. Uh uh.
I do my own – the type of wax 100% matters. Do smallllllll areas. It also helps to be flexible and have a large mirror. Shower after lol. I bought a very inexpensive wax warmer on Amazon and have saved hundreds if not thousands of dollars at this point!
Hey if you’re still up to try again, try a (hard) sugar wax. It doesn’t rip off skin, and you can simply run it under water if it gets stuck. If you regret it, you can simply melt it under water cause it’s just sugar!
Never ever never would I wax my woo hah. Tyvm
I had a similarly doomed wax session and the worst part was that I threw all the wax strips dotted with random patches of hair into the garbage and our puppy found them and was chewing on them! 😮
He also scattered them around the entrance to the bathroom so I had fun peeling / cutting half-chewed pube-covered wax strips off the carpet.
I never attempted waxing myself again. 😂
I think one of the funniest stories I heard was of my waxer giving herself a Brazilian. It went horribly awry. The punchline was to her boyfriend. After the wounds healed “ honey, it will be pretty again in a few weeks “.
Haha, I did this about 20 years ago and got one big strip done. It hurts sooooo much! I had to go to a professional to get the rest done.
During Covid lockdown I too attempted this. I will never attempt to do it again. My lovely husband was like can we laugh about this yet? 😅
OP, thank you for posting this.
I’m a guy and can’t find anyone in my town that will do men. I have a hard-wax pot that I use occasionally for my ears, nose, etc. I recently considered other areas, but haven’t yet.
Thanks to you posting about your experience, I’ll just skip it.
Hahaha. That made me laugh. Sorry for your pain though. ❤️
I was hooking up with the chick who had to show me what she had done to herself giving herself a Brazilian and it absolutely destroyed her vagina and a lot of the skin around it 😂🤣
Looked like an inflamed clam 💀
Go get that lasered off
Omg. So I’m a professional waxer. I tried this exactly ONE time. My husband was much more helpful, lol.
I also went against my own judgement and did my own underarms yesterday. I was crying. Just don’t do it 😭
If you had a tampon in, could have just lit the string and melted it off like a candle
Do not put wax on wet skin!!! If you are waxing, it should be done on clean, dry skin free of any lotions. It’s also suggested to apply baby powder so the wax won’t adhere to your skin.
Oooof. I feel this so hard. I DID rip a huge gash open in my labia a few months ago doing a home bikini wax. It was bleeding all over… just a disaster. Won’t be doing that again!
I sugar myself, much easier and if you get scared and don’t want to finish it, removal is as easy as some warm water.
Wax on, wax stay on.
Yeah, I learned this the hard way too. I managed to wax myself there maybe once or twice, but now I keep it at waxing bikini zones and just shaving the rest (or using nair). I remember crying on the floor because I couldn’t do it, but the wax was already on. Yeah, it’s a very painful experience.. I sympathize with you. I only use the wax now for bikini zones, armpits (which isn’t nearly as painful as a Brazilian) and for unwanted hairs on my face.
Sugar wax is less painful than melting hard/soft wax. I also numb the area down there with a numbing cream for 45 minutes and that always helps! You can make your sugar wax or buy on Amazon. I’ve never gone back to melting wax since as it hurts more. Plus you can just wash the sugar wax off with hot water.
Never used hard wax, it rips off skin. Only sugar wax, it’s not as hot, sticks only to hair and can be easily washed off with warm water
I’ve done my own before. Just some walmart wax for legs that goes in the microwave for 30 sec or so. Thr secret is small sections at a time. After ripping the hair off apply pressure to the area so it doesn’t hurt so bad.
the first time i ever tried waxing myself, i decided to wax my pubes off — two hours before a pool party i was invited to by my coworkers. i was on face time with my best friend and everything was going great, the wax was cooling, i was envisioning showing off my rockin bikini bod, and then came time to remove it – i nearly passed out LMAO 😭 stumbled back into the tub and everything!!
i’d done one singular block of wax for my entire nether region, i had NOT trimmed anything in preparation, (so it was full bush getting massacred), and i ended up having to cut my pubes off. with scissors! rolled up to that party walking very gingerly and vanishing to the bathroom to obsessively check my pubes for stray wax clumps i’d missed 🤣
how timely!
The night before i was trying sugar on my shoulder (bodybuilding)… It still hurts all while the hairs were almost lints (not even visible to me).
that was round one, stay tuned for round two with local anesthesia.
The bravest/stupidist thing I tried to wax on my own was my bikini line and that had me sweating and in tears. Oh and recently I tried my armpits (because I am apparently a masochist)
It does work better than shaving imo. bUT you gotta get it professionally done. For the love of god just pay the money
Ouch! I once used depilatory cream and was using it on my legs. I then thought it would be a good idea to do my bikini line. When I wiped it off I must have got the sensitive bits and it burned! Waddled to my bedroom with a wet washer between my legs. I will just shave now.