No girl doesn’t wish to have silky, smooth, and glowing skin. This is the only reason why girls are crazy about waxing. Because waxing helps girls to get rid of their unwanted hairs in their bodies. The technique of waxing not only aims at making your face, hands, and legs smooth and silky, rather it aims at making our whole body silky and glowing.
With this technique, a girl can carry any type of dress whether mini, shorts, or any other dress comfortably without any embarrassment. Nowadays waxing is not only common amongst girls and women but you will find many men also doing waxing of their metrosexual parts. Since waxing has come into this world, people have known only one type of waxing i.e. hot wax, but nowadays numerous ways of waxing have been discovered. Like cold wax, razor wax, and waxing strips. Through these, women can enjoy waxing in the comfort of their homes.
The waxing process comes with both advantages and disadvantages. It offers certain benefits which are good for you and your body too. But it has various disadvantages also like expensive, infection and more. It can damage your skin in many more ways. We will discuss some of how waxing can be more harmful and disadvantageous than its benefits.
Pain
Whether you are doing face waxing, leg, or hand waxing of the whole body was, pain is necessary to have. Pain occurs because you are applying hot wax, wax strips to your hairs, and snatching it quickly which takes all your hairs. Sometimes this pain can be mild or severe, depending upon the area you have waxed. Just like if you are waxing your upper lips, the pain will be severe and the pain on the legs and arms will be mild.
Redness and irritation
One of the most common side effects which every girl faces after waxing the skin is having redness or pinkish time in the area which you have waxed. In that red part, irritation will also be caused. The redness and irritation will last long till the next day. No matter what area or body part you have waxed or had waxed the whole body, the redness and itching are common which cannot be solved by any ointment. You can use an ice cube to rub the waxed area.
Rashes
It’s again the most common disadvantage which you will face when you have waxed. You can have rashes that will last long for a day or so. It will heal automatically, you don’t have to go use anything on the top of it. But if you are doing waxing at home, raises can occur or it’s the common problem, but when you are going to a parlour or salon for waxing, the chances of rashes is very less.
Temporary bumps
You may also get to suffer from bumps when you have waxed. The bumps occur because of the removal of hairs and pores from the skin. You can use any light cream or balm to get relief from the bumps. Even if you do not do anything, bumps will automatically heal within a few hours of the waxing. Bumps can occur on any body part whether lips, chin, legs, and arms.
Ingrown hairs
With waxing, you can get various ingrown hairs. It is the small or little hairs that stay on your body or stay connected with the hair roots which is impossible to remove with waxing. But with shaving, you can’t also get free from this. Ingrown hairs can stay on your waxed area if you have moved your waxing strip towards the wrong side.
Sun sensitivity
When you have waxed any part or whole body, if your body gets exposed to the sun you may have high chances of sunburns. That’s why it’s suggested that if you have waxed, you should stay in your home until your waxed body prepares for exposure to the sun. You may use ice cubes on that so that waxing may not harm your body part. Use lotion to make your skin smooth and supple.
Allergic reactions
With waxing, you can have allergic reactions. If you are getting one, you should stop using the product which you are using for waxing. Change your product or read the description given at the back of the product so that you may discontinue the allergy. Try using any other waxing product or if nothing works on your skin, it’s better to visit a parlour and have waxing done.
Bleeding
Bleeding while waxing is common and completely normal. While waxing you may bleed a little because the skin hair is removed and if it gets moved in another direction, mild bleeding can occur. Any waxed body part like the upper lip, arms, legs, etc can have bleeding after waxing. You can use any ointment or antiseptic. However, it will stop in a few hours if it’s mild, if it’s severe you should get a band-aid.
Infection
With waxing infection can occur. Sometimes the waxed body part can be swelled or oozed because of bleeding. It can be recovered within a few days or time. While if it doesn’t get ok, you should consult any dermatologist to get proper treatment for this.
These are some ways through which you can have adverse effects of waxing on your body. Some adverse effects of waxing can be preventable while some are not. That’s why before using any waxing product, choose the popular demand product which has no side effects in its history. You can also skip the waxing process if your body doesn’t require much need of waxing. But make sure not to wax the areas that breakout, have wounds, or are ready to have any irritation or rashes. You can also visit any parlor for getting hot wax treatment if the packaged waxed process doesn’t suit your skin.