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Okay, enough of the analogies. Anyone else going Brazilian before your wedding?
I had my first brazilian wax today, and I am happy to report it was not nearly as bad as I feared! There were a few "HOLY S***" moments, but less than I expected. This was my trial run to make sure things went well rather than trying it for the first time right before my wedding.
My advice? Take two Motrin before you go! And a few glasses of wine if you can.
Any suggestions or words of advice to other first-time travelers? :)
Definitely have some wine beforehand! My waxing salon is fabulous - they provide all the wine you can drink (which, my first time in, was a LOT). Also, I suggest going in four weeks before the wedding and then having it redone just before the wedding day. It hurts a lot less after the first time, and because the hair grows in unevenly you'll be smoother after the second waxing than you were after the first.
By the way, it's totally worth every penny. IMHO.
Oh! Exfoliate daily after the wax. And get some ingrown hair solution (your waxing professional can suggest a good one). Use it once a day after exfoliating, works like a charm.
Oh dang. I wish my salon had supplied wine! I had to go straight from work, so no wine for me!
Meeeeee. My appointment is Tuesday. So far i've done 2 regulars and I am in LOVE. Why have I not done this forever?!?! I go to a really chic spa (worth it! Only $35) and the girl is in her mid 20's and really fashionable and doesn't make me weird for being all kinds of nakey on a towel for her to examine. Her wax is soooo smooth. She gives me Aveda oil and it smells so nice. No residue, either!
She said she just does the B-wax from the laying down position and wont make me do things like get on all fours and put my legs up, like the horror stories i've read. That was mostly why i've been scared to do one! Being manhandled by an aesthetician with gloves and powder in hand doesn't really do it for me 
I figure a) hotter hm nights, right? and b) no shaving or razor burn on the honeymoon. Razor burn+ocean=lots of pain
Yes for sure! I can't imagine NOT going to Brazil before my wedding day! ;)
I've been curious about Brazilians but I'm too afraid of the pain. Which is odd because I've been getting my eyebrows waxed for like 15 years and they don't hurt, but I'm still afraid of it hurting down there when they rip it out :o Interestingly enough, my fiance has been mentioning for a few months that he kinda sorta wants to try a "manzilian" (a Brazilian, but for men, lol). If he does it, then I'll suck it up and do it too, regardless of the pain, haha!
A manzilian?!?! I've never heard of such a thing! Wonder how mine would feel about that...hehe.
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That's awesome! My FI thinks we are all crazy for putting wax on such places. I think he'd slap me if i mentioned HIM getting one.
Mine didn't hurt. It kinda bit a little bit, but i was like, "really? that wasn't so bad...i was expecting a lot worse"
If you expect the worst, you know it'll be better =]
Yes, manzilian. There's even websites and everything! A quick googling gave me this one, for example: http://manzilian.com/faq.html :-P
Oh, I wanted to post on this, but I wasn't sure how to word it! I want to do it before the big day, but I'm a little scared. I'm not really sure where to go, I figured if I pick a salon/spa for my hair that'll be the place I try for my "trip"
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I just forwarded that manzillian website to my FI - his response was "What kind of metro idiot invented that"
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certainly, but I like to keep on this regardless of the wedding.
it hurts the first time and then less and less each time after, which I am not sure is a good indication of how much sensitivity remains.
But I much much prefer how it feels and looks.
I use Headshed, a great exfoliatant but I am thinking because there might be um, well, a good reason to get the balm they offer. I've never had problems with ingrowns, but I will diving in a drysuit for a week and I can forsee a need to provide a little maintenance.
CellarDoor - do you have recommendation for pdx?
I have started going to the Dermaspa in Bend and it's pretty good, but I don't think it's the best. And I am always on the hunt for the "best brazilian". I used to like Bellini's on 23rd when I lived in Portland.
When you live out here in the middle of nowhere you try and find the best waxing salons in the cities you visit so you don't have to make special trips (ie 6 round trip just for the waxing).
I would rather wax anyday of the week than shave down there. Just suck it up, it hurts for two seconds and the most painful part isn't anywhere that you'd think! It's right on the top of your pubic bone, or whatever you wanna call it. I've done it 3 times now, and i only fear about 3 strips of wax. Just something I personally do, I shower right before I leave and use one of their little wet towel things to make sure it's all clean. If they are gonna be down there it sure as hell better be clean! And to people in Co, and I go to this place called wax in the city, and i love it! It's 45 dollars, and they have the tip already added in so you don't have to worry about it.
Ugh, did this for the first time for my wedding, and I doubt I'll be doing it again. I took two ibuprofen and two tylenol before going in, and I was still crying it hurt that bad! The lady who worked on me was super nice, and tried her best to distract me by talking a lot, but it freaking hurt! Apparently, the closer you get to the... inside... the more it hurts. Those were definitely the worst parts for me.
On the upside, the hair does grow in a lot smoother, my husband loved it, and after the angry, red skin stage died down it was much cleaner feeling than just shaving. Now if only I could get them to give me general anesthesia before doing it...
Mrs. Spring- There is a topical lidocaine cream that greatly alleviates some of the pain. If you plan to go again, ask the salon to see if they carry it. Worth. Every. Penny.
I go to Wax On in Seattle. I think there is one in Portland too. They're great!
I've been considering the Brazillian and I think I'm getting the courage to go through with it thanks to you ladies!
I thought this article was a funny and informative view on it: http://www.divinecaroline.com/22262/23618-brazilian-waxing-exposed--let--er
Does anyone know of a good um, waxer in the Baltimore/DC area?
@Doctorgirl - Do you know the name of that lidocane cream?
@ doctorgirl - I looked into using a lotion or cream, but I also read this report recently that said research has shown frequent use of the desensitizing lotion can lead to loss of feeling or numbness on the application site. Do you know anything about this? I have only seen one article on it, but it made me kinda cautious about using it... I mean, I like the effects, but not enough to go numb in that area, you know? ;)
I do plan on "going to Brazil" so thanks for the great advice!!
I think I'd be too embarassed 
I just shave. I did get my eyebrows done for the first time in my life before the wedding (well, like 3 weeks before) and, while it hurt less than I expected, my eyebrows were red and swollen for a few hours... I took Ibuprofen about 30mins-hour before I went too. blech.
I had it done for the first time the Tuesday before my Saturday wedding. The pain wasn't too bad but I HATED the way it felt to be so bare -- was really not expecting to have such an emotional reaction to it, but I think a lot of it was that I was home at my parents' house getting ready for this big girl-to-woman event and feeling like a little girl in a very physical way
My $.02: do NOT get it done for the first time right before your wedding.
Mrs. Spring- I use it in the ER all the time. I would have to read the study, but "frequent" use is very different from occasional use. It does blanch the area by constricting blood vessels, so maybe that's what they are referring to? Otherwise, I can't imagine.
Thanks, doctorgirl! My husband will be happy that there's hope for a repeat of our honeymoon. :)
I'm going for my trial run at waxing in the next week or so. What do you all think? Should I just start big and get a Brazilian? Or ease myself into it and just do the bikini wax?
I actually got my first Brazilian when we went to the beach on vacation last year...and OMG, what a great thing it was! Yes, it did hurt, but not as much as I expected it to. Maybe that's because they did a sugar waxing on that site rather than the regular hot wax.
I will be doing both my legs and a Brazilian for the wedding - mostly because we're going to St. Lucia for our honeymoon and I dont' want to have to worry about shaving or growing hairs during my honeymoon! It's so much easier! 
Wow, thanks for all the advice! I am planning on going to Brazil, but now I know to make sure I get it done a month before so my honeymoon wax will be the second one. Oh, and to bring my own bottle of wine! :)
I have been very interested in it, but I am very nieve in how it umm...works.
Do they see all my errr....lady bits? ha ha how weird! I think I would be ok with it, but I am not too sure...how it the process actually done?!
i actually took the plunge and started brazilian laser hair treatments about 6 months before the wedding. it is THE single greatest thing i have ever done. did underarms too, that is AMAZING.
For people who are worried about modesty... Yes, your aesthetician will have full discovery. However, just like going to the OBGYN, they've seen so many they're not surprised, embarrassed, judging, or comparing you to other clients. They're concentrating on doing their job, and doing it VERY quickly.
I honestly thought I was going to be mortified, but the pain factor completely distracted me from the embarassment (I've heard this same thing from women who have just given birth?). I imagine drinking wine before and/or during would also help. :) Fwiw, I was way less embarrassed than I am at my annual exam.
have any of u experienced ingrown hair, or other irritations when the hair start growing back? How about infections? These r my biggest reservations...
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Mizunoheaven (and any other Oregon/Portland ladies) - I recommend Beth at UrbanWaxx. They're the sweetest group of people, and every wax I've gotten from Beth has taken all of ten minutes and been nearly completely pain-free. Plus, all the wine (and chocolate) you can handle.
Everyone who's thinking about getting a wax: don't be too afraid to try! Get recommendations on a good waxist if you can. I've suffered through a bad one or two, but once you find someone who really knows what they're doing it's a total breeze.
I had an awful trip to brazil before I went to jamaica..WHAT even DID go right with that craptastic vacay huh? I have a professional courtesy discount at a spa near the hospital and I went to an older esthetician (sp?) and they said she was good.
I got the topical cream phoned in to the pharmacy btw before..and she still hurt! (she got fired the next day btw..turns out she had not been doing them very long and they'd had several complaints about her) I was red, bumpy, and wasn't completely smoothish. I was in ABSOLUTE PAIN that day. had to put an ice back..well ya know. T came over that night and said "hon, is it supposed to hurt 8 hours after getting waxed down there?" Looking back, I think we were just not supposed to go on that trip to jamaica..kinda a karma thing.
But I have had an AWESOME trip to brazil since then..and will be going on another brazil trip before we go to Florida next month.
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Thanks for this topic. If I get it done a week before the wedding, should I be good for the next two weeks? Or should I try to get it done closer to the wedding?
CellarDoor - thanks for the tip.
I just want to urge anyone that IS thinking about - YOU WILL NEVER REGRET IT!!! and for that that want to shave - well, with waxing, when the hair does come back it is so soft your partner will not complain of it being scratchy as will happen with the razor, well, depending on if you shave yourself a brazilian.
honestly, it hurt the first time and you can bleed a little. but every time after is just better. the hairs have not had a long to form in the follicle and therefore the root isn't as thick.
For us blonde there really is no option for electrolysis, or so I've been told. But if you stay with the waxing, like every three weeks, eventually you don't have much hair at all to be pulled and it doesn't hurt at all.
Modestly, if you are bothered by it they can give you a towel and you can cover what they are not working on and most will not have you get into "downward dog" but will have you "butterfly" and pull your legs up to your chest, in order to get back there.
Always make sure you check yourself before you leave, there is nothing worse than spending ($45 - $90 depending on place) and go home to find that a while patch was missed at your tailbone and therefore impossible to reach with the tweezers.
to those asking about when you should do it before the wedding, I say a close as possible, but at least a day or two before. Not too much longer or else you will likely have grow out by your honeymoon.
if you can't tell, I am a serious proponent of the Brazilian!
Lipgloss, I would prefer several days in between the waxing and wedding. I'd say 5 days minimum, especially if you are planning on being on the beach or in a bikini for your honeymoon! I know this disagrees with a couple other posts, but I have sensitive skin that is irritated for several days afterward, and I feel like the hair doesn't start growing back for a couple of weeks.
The cream is called lidocaine cream or LMX for those who asked.
pren79, I get waxed so that I don't get ingrown hairs, I think I maybe got one, but after you get waxed your supposed to exfoliate a little bit, and since I've done that, everything has been fine. As far as infection, as long as they are a good clean place, I don't think you'd have a problem with it. I've had like 4 waxes so far, and I've have no issues, it's probably the best thing ever I've done for myself.
I've been getting waxed every month for over a year, and one or two of those months I'm afraid to say I have gotten some pretty bad ingrown hairs. This totally depends, though - some people never have a problem with them and others do. But the exfoliating helps, and some ingrown hair solution (basically pimple cream for your nether regions) should take care of it.
Don't let that deter you, though! Waxing is so incredibly worth it.
If they ever figure out a way to make a "trip to Brazil" more painless....then I'll be all about it.
I've had very limited experiences with waxing, I used to get my upper lip done (lots of blonde fuzzies) but yikes it hurt like heck and I couldn't leave the house until the next day with LOTS of concealer on.
I do get my brows waxed and I love the result, and I don't really even notice the pain. But I also take 2 Motrin before my appointment.
Okay, so this is not helpful at all to you, but I'm being selfish in that if I read some more positive responses I may get up the "ovaries" (as my ex-roommate use to say) to visit Brazil.
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