Shaving "down there"

↑ amother ↓

Tue, Feb 02 2010, 11:37 pm

I hate body hair and have been shaving everything down there since my teens. In the past year I did laser for my under arms ($350) and full brazillian ($975) it is HEAVEN!!! I love it and I will start dropping hints to get my lower legs done next Smile

↑ amother ↓

Tue, Feb 02 2010, 11:39 pm

amother wrote:

Wow, is that standard price?

↑ amother ↓

Tue, Feb 02 2010, 11:50 pm

It may be a smidge higher then some places but it's for 6 sessions and it's in a plastic surgens office and one of the strongest lasers out there. A lot of the spas who do this use weaker lasers and you end up paying for follow ups anyway so it works out about the same. I did a lot of research before hand and would suggest you do the same if interested.

↑ amother ↓

Tue, Feb 02 2010, 11:51 pm

amother wrote:

I've been shaving there for 4 years since I got married and find that it only itches if you let it grow back for a while in between shavings. I shave around once a week with no itching.

same opinion here

But then the hair growns back quicker and thicker than ever!

I gave up and started using a bikini trimmer. I shave the sides (although I want to start doing electrolosis on the sides.)

↑ amother ↓

Wed, Feb 03 2010, 12:13 am

amother wrote:

Is the place you got it done in Brooklyn? I am looking in to it now but can't decide if I wouldn't be bright red in the face the whole time the person was doing the laser.

↑ amother ↓

Wed, Feb 03 2010, 12:13 am

amother wrote:

I found that shaving once, or twice, is very itchy. BUT if you shave regularly, just run the shaver over the area every time or every other time you shower, you quickly get used to it and can maintain being fairly smooth without itchiness.

I agree!If you shave there regularly it will eventually stop itching.

MrsDash

Wed, Feb 03 2010, 1:49 am

Definitely go for the brazilian! I go about ever 4-5 weeks or so, and it's only $20. The results are fantastic, and it feels great! It's scary and painful in the beginning, but as you go more often you get used to it. The hair starts growing slower, thinner, and stops growing altogether on some areas.

At least give it a try Once, you will be amazed at how good it feels and looks.

(you can take an advil or something before you go to prevent some of the pain)

↑ amother ↓

Wed, Feb 03 2010, 1:52 am

yoshi wrote:

Do you know of anybody who does electrolysis in the Flatbush, Boro Park area?

fiddle

Wed, Feb 03 2010, 3:07 am

amother wrote:

I've been shaving there for 4 years since I got married and find that it only itches if you let it grow back for a while in between shavings. I shave around once a week with no itching.

same opinion here

But then the hair growns back quicker and thicker than ever!

I gave up and started using a bikini trimmer. I shave the sides (although I want to start doing electrolosis on the sides.)

never experienced such. hair grows the same. if not less. I think it itched the first time I did it when I grew hair there a hundred years ago. I have never had a problem of ingrown hairs or itchiness since.

↑ amother ↓

Wed, Feb 03 2010, 8:57 am

amother wrote:

yoshi wrote:

Do you know of anybody who does electrolysis in the Flatbush, Boro Park area?

Molly Gelbart on 51st Street bet 19 & 20. 718-338-9448.
Get a prescription of Emla numbing cream from your doctor and apply before you go. It won't hurt. (I always went to her without the Emla cream and I managed fine though. But that was on my lip area. For my bikini area, I will try to get the Emla cream.)

↑ amother ↓

Wed, Feb 03 2010, 10:00 am

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I am the above amother. No, I am not located in NY Sad

I see some people are mentioning electrolysis as well as laser. You should note that electrolosis and laser are not the same thing. Elect. is a much much longer process and in the end can be even more expensive then laser due to the amount of sessions needed. The sessions for laser are about 5 minutes x 6 sessions spaced ~5 weeks apart. The elect. sessions last for about 30 min x anywhere from 15 - 30 session for full results.

↑ amother ↓

Wed, Feb 03 2010, 10:15 am

The amother from above again....

I just wanted to mention how my laser tec does the process since you mentioned being a bit red in the face during the process embarrassed

The woman that does my laser tells me to strip from belly button down and she gives me a blanket to cover up with. She just slides the blanket over to access the areas she needs then I flip onto my stomach so she can finish the back part of the bikini. She tries to keep me covered and if I feel she is exposing more then necessary I just say, "I am so chilly today _____(insert name here) can you keep me covered up as much as possible?" Smile

And she usually says something along the same lines like, "I know, they keep the heat set so low", or "I don't know why they keep turning the ceiling fans on the the middle of winter"

I have also found that since having kids and being in a teaching hospital where every interen on the face of the planet checks you, pokes and prods you, I have become a bit less stressed about these matters. Speechless

seer

Wed, Feb 03 2010, 10:23 am

I think you're all making such a big deal over waxing for no reason...
1. it is a once a month thirty dollar expense typically which the majority can afford
2. it's really only painful the first time and afterwards it stings just a bit as long as you do it every month
3. the hair does grow back thinner every time and shaving 100% makes it thicker
4. the people who do it are so professional- you think they're going to sit and stare at you come on they do a hundred of these a week- they don't give a heck what it looks like...
I mean seriously, as women we go through a lot more painful, uncomfortable situations- this is the last one you should be worrying about Rolling Eyes

↑ amother ↓

Wed, Feb 03 2010, 11:30 am

chocolate moose wrote:

OP, I know a place tht's only $18, PM me.

OP here.
I dont live in NY but thanks.
but im wondering, how is waxing only 20 dollars if lower legs are thirty+? if its really only 20 then I may be able to pull it off for now...
also how do you know that the person is good. or does it not make as big a difference as with eyebrows etc since they are just getting everything off and not making a shape.
also what sort of wax do they use. I have had my eyebrows waxed before and I broke out from it so since then I stick with threading (brows and lips for $10 once a month and clean up with tweezer in middle). but when my legs were waxed they used a diff type and I was fine with that. does brazillian use the same wax as legs or would it use the wax used on brows?

↑ amother ↓

Wed, Feb 03 2010, 11:59 am

amother wrote:
It may be a smidge higher then some places but it's for 6 sessions and it's in a plastic surgens office and one of the strongest lasers out there. A lot of the spas who do this use weaker lasers and you end up paying for follow ups anyway so it works out about the same. I did a lot of research before hand and would suggest you do the same if interested.

Is the place you got it done in Brooklyn? I am looking in to it now but can't decide if I wouldn't be bright red in the face the whole time the person was doing the laser.

OP I thought this was you asking.

Anyway, if you you live 2 states south of NY I can give you the place where I go Wink

for laser.

As far as the pain associated with laser it's no more then a rubberband snap and it goes away instantly. She also does a row of 4 zaps then follows that row with a mini ice pack. On a scale of 1 to 10 I would give it a 3 for pain.